FILM TO DVD CONVERSION

Watch a Sample of Digitized & Restored Film

"Gauging" Your Film

16mm film is 16mm wide, it typically has two sets of sprocket holes - one on either side of the strip - and the frames run down the middle. Occasionally the film will have only one set of sprocket holes - usually but not always to make room for an optical sound track.

8mm (regular 8) film is 8mm wide and has wide sprocket holes down one side. The sprocket holes take up almost one quarter of the film's width.

Super 8mm film is also 8mm wide and has one set of sprocket holes along one side - but the holes are smaller, taking up roughly one eighth of the film's width.

How to Know if Film Has Sound

A Super 8mm strip of film with stereo sound. For "mono" film, the stripe is only on the side opposite the sprockets.	A 16mm strip of film with stereo sound. Older or "mono" sound will only have the one "wiggly" stripe. Notice that there is only one set of sprocket holes.

Regular 8mm film will not have sound.

Super 8mm film will have a stripe of coppery or occasionaly silver-colored metal along the edge opposite the sprocket holes. If it's stereo, there will be a similar, thinner stripe one the same edge as the sprocket holes.

16mm film with sound is "optical", meaning there will be a transparent stripe opposite the sprocket holes, varying in width. Stereo 16mm will have a pair of these stripes.

Will You Get Your Film Back?

Yes. The film will have been gently cleaned (unless cleaning it risks damaging the film) and, in the case of small spools, collected on to larger reels.

DVD Copies

Yes! Nothing we send you is copy-protected in any way - because the memories belong to you and your family.

Editing

Yes! The format of the MiniDV master and backup tapes happens to be well suited to editing - and is in fact a preferred format for small productions.

The "Virgin Master"

The "virgin master" is a MiniDV tape. The format used is the DV standard - used by all MiniDV camcorders and editing decks. If you're planning on editing your transfer on your computer, you will find that your editing software naturally knows how to use the DV format.

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