8mm film and
Super 8 film transfer to DVD starting at
19.9 cents per foot.
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3
in.
50 ft.
reel |
5
in.
200 ft.
reel |
7
in.
400 ft.
reel |
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Price* |
$9.95 |
$39.80 |
$79.60 |
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DVD
disc & case up to 2000 feet |
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included |
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USPS Priority Mail
(Average Price) |
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$9.95 |
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*If your
8mm film reels are not full, you will only
be charged for the actual amount of film
transferred from each reel.
Minimum transfer fee
$24.95.
< click here for an estimate of
charges.
Adobe Reader required
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Adobe Reader format is our
preferred method of form distribution, allowing you to open, calculate, view, and print
our order forms preserving the original format. |
At
Digital Express you get the highest quality
available for your 8mm film to DVD transfer.
If you have more than 2000 feet of 8mm
film to transfer, the price to transfer the
remaining 8mm film footage is 17.9 cents per foot.
See what our
customers have to say about us.
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What do I get
with my 8mm film transfer or super 8mm film transfer?
Pre-Production
* Film is cleaned
and lubricated to remove any dirt or ground-in
particles.
*
Film splices are repaired if required allowing for
less stress to the film during transfer.
* Film leader spliced
on film if required.
* True frame by
frame progressive image scanning of your film at 525
lines, 60 fields NTSC at the highest standard
definition resolution of 720 x 486 pixels.
Video
Editing
*
Because home movies from the past were shot at a
variety of speeds, we must set the speed of the
video to 29.97 fps for use in the NTSC television
standard. With the total frame discretion that comes
from TRUE, frame-by-frame scanning, accurate
playback rates are determined and applied to the
video. A 50 ft. reel of Super 8 or 8mm film will
have a playback rate between 3 to 4.5 minutes depending on
what frame rate was used when filmed.
* Removal of any
clear or black film footage from the video file.
* Video is then
computer enhanced for color correction,
over-exposure or under-exposure with contrast &
brightness correction. At this point your digital
video file is of better quality than the original
film you sent in for transfer. For
those of you that are interested in doing your own
video editing, these are the avi or mov files that
you can purchase.
*
Subtitles are created for each film reel
video.
Audio
editing
*
A royalty-free background music track is inserted to fit your
video.
* If
you want us to add your own music and have an audio CD,
audio tape cassette or even a Vinyl record that you
would like to use for the background music, just
send them along with your films and let us know
which songs to use. If your music must be digitized
prior to insertion such as with audio cassette tape,
reel to reel audio tape, or vinyl records there will
be an additional transfer fee for processing the music to a
digital state. There is a fee of $19.95
for synchronizing your digital music to the video
for up to 60 min.
Final-Production
(creation of the DVD)
*
Main Title and Menu created.
* Chapter placement
and Chapter Menu created.
* Authoring of the
Movie, Menus, and Music to a 4.7 GB single layer
Verbatim (DataLifePlus) DVD-R DVD disc, playable on the vast
majority of NTSC DVD set-top players in use today.
* Custom designed
Photo Quality High Resolution DVD disc label is
created and printed directly on the DVD disc.
* The finished disc
is put in a Amaray DVD Case - The case is made of a
soft, dark gray, plastic with a transparent outer
jacket, behind the jacket is your custom designed
and printed Photo Quality High Resolution DVD case label.
Your finished DVD with case is packaged with
your original materials and shipped to you using the
United States Postal Service, Priority Mail with
Delivery confirmation. Allow 2 to 3 days for
delivery.
Shipping your film/s to us: We
recommend using a shipping service such as the U.S.
Postal Service Express, or Priority Mail with delivery confirmation.
This enables you to keep track of your shipment to
us.
Choose a Title for your 8mm film transfer - such
as "Our Family Memories". This title will
be displayed on the TV screen when the DVD starts,
and also be printed on the DVD disc and case.
If you want
your 8mm films to be played in a specific order,
number each film box or film reel with the correct
order or fill-out and print the
Reel
Order Sheet. (pdf file) form and mail this sheet
along with your films or any other special
instructions to:
Digital Express
28
North Sixth Street
Shamokin PA 17872-5210
If you have any questions regarding the transfer of your films, please email
us at
sales@digitalexpresspro.com
or call:
570-204-2106.
Payment Methods:
Once we
receive your 8mm film we will review your order and
verify all materials have arrived. You will receive
an email confirming your order was received.
Allow 5 -10 business working days for
completion. You can pay us using all four major
credit cards, your bank account, or your PayPal
account. We also accept cashiers checks, money
orders, personal & company checks. Orders do not
ship until funds are received and cleared. If
sending check or money order make funds payable to
Digital Express.
What about your guarantee?
We guarantee our product to be free of any
defects and offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee.
If for any reason you are not satisfied with your
8mm film or super 8 film transfer, you may return
the original DVD and have any problems corrected. We
will send you a new DVD replacement with the
corrections. Not one of our 8mm film or Super 8 film
transfers have ever been returned for customer
dissatisfaction.
The condition of your 8mm or super 8 films
rely on the quality of the transfer. The better
the film material, the better the transfer. If you send
us films that are severely damaged beyond
restoration or transfer we will notify you to
discuss your options for returning your materials.
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A
few of our completed transfer to DVD samples |
Custom designed
just for you!
DVD Amaray Case is printed in color
using high-resolution text, and photo quality
graphics.
DVD Disc is printed directly on the
disc surface in color using high-resolution text,
and photo quality graphics.
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8MM FILM & SUPER 8 FILM TRANSFER FACTS |
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Film Footage (length in feet) |
50 |
100 |
200 |
300 |
400 |
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Reel Size (in inches) outside diameter of
reel |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
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Regular 8mm Film Runtime * |
3.25 min. |
6.5 min. |
13 min. |
19.5 min. |
26 min. |
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Super 8 Film Runtime * |
3 min. |
6 min. |
12 min. |
18 min. |
24 min. |
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Number of 8mm Film Reels that will fit on a
1 hour DVD |
20 |
10 |
5 |
3+ |
2+ |
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Number of 8mm Film Reels that will fit on a
2 hour DVD (Max.) |
40 |
20 |
10 |
6+ |
5 |
* Because 8mm home movie film
from the past were shot at a variety of
speeds, we must determine the speed of the
video and correct the frame rate to 29.97
fps for use in the NTSC television standard.
The actual playback rates will be determined
on our computer based editing system after
the 8mm film or super 8 film has been
transferred and will vary slightly.
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 This
is a photo of a super 8 film cartridge that
has not been photo processed. We
do not photo develop 8mm film or super 8
movie film. The only place on the planet to
the best of our knowledge that still does is
Dwayne's Photo |
Our
method of preserving 8mm & super 8 movie film.
At Digital Express we provide TRUE frame-by-frame,
advanced 3CCD progressive scan imaging of both
regular 8mm and super 8 film to NTSC DVD video
delivering stunning picture quality, highly accurate
color reproduction, and a 100 % flicker free
transfer. Transferring frame-by-frame ensures 100%
frame accuracy for correct playback speed and the
sharpest picture quality. We scan both 8mm film and
super 8 film images off the emulsion side of the
film through an enlarged film gate which allows us
access to 100% of the film frame in 4:3 standard
format. We can also transfer your 8mm film or super
8 film in widescreen 16:9 format, but some of the
picture will be cropped above and below the film
frame due to the physical size difference of 8mm
film and the widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio. The
sample movie above will give you an indication of
what a super 8 film transfer to DVD video would look
like in widescreen format. Both 8mm film and super 8
film is scanned at a moderate speed of 6 to 8 frames
per second using a sprocketless drive system that
protects your films from the potential damage
typically found on other sprocket driven projectors
and transfer devices. The light source used to scan
the 8mm films is a low wattage diffused bulb; no hot
spots or chance of ever burning the film. The film
is then digitized using a NTSC broadcast quality
camera system with a separate progressive 1/3" scan
CCD for each primary color (red, green and blue).
Each CCD contains 680,000 pixels and together they
deliver an unsurpassed image quality transfer you
would only expect to find on a professional Rank
Transfer.
 8mm
Film - is a motion picture film
format in which the filmstrip is eight
millimeters wide. It exists in two main
versions: the original standard 8mm
film, also known as regular 8mm or
double 8mm, and Super 8. This is
a photo of a 3 inch reel of 8mm film that
contains 50 feet of processed film. The
actual playback time of this film on a 8mm
film projector would be around 3 min. & 20
sec. if shot at 18 fps (frames per second). |
Standard 8mm
film - The film spools actually
contained 25 feet of 16mm film with twice as
many perforations along each edge. When the
film reached its end in the take-up spool,
the camera was opened and the spool in the
camera was flipped over and the film was
exposed along the other side of the film.
After processing, the film was split down
the middle, and spliced together to give one
50 foot roll of 8mm wide film. Because the
spool was reversed after filming on one side
to allow filming on the other side the
format was sometimes called Double 8.
Normally Double8 was filmed at 16 frames per
second.
Common length 8mm film
spools allowed filming of about 3 minutes to
4.5 minutes at 12, 15, 16, and 18 frames per
second. The standard 8mm format was quickly
displaced by the Super 8mm film format which
offered cartridge loading, and a 50% larger
frame size.
Super 8mm film -
simply called Super 8, is a motion picture
film format released in 1965 by Eastman
Kodak as an improvement of the older 8mm
home movie format. The film is 8mm wide,
exactly the same as the older standard 8mm
film and also has perforations on only one
side, but the dimensions of the perforations
are reduced, allowing the exposed area to be
increased in size. It featured a better
quality image, and was easier to use mainly
due to a cartridge-loading system which did
not require re-loading halfway through.
Super 8 film came in plastic light-proof
cartridges containing coaxial supply and
take-up spools loaded with 50 feet of 8mm
film. This was enough 8mm film for 2.5
minutes at the U.S. motion picture
professional standard of 24 frames per
second, and for 3 minutes and 20 seconds of
continuous filming at 18 frames per second
for home filmmakers use, for a total of
approximately 3600 frames per film
cartridge.
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We DO NOT transfer any
copyrighted materials unless you own the copyright.
We DO NOT transfer any pornographic
materials.
Supported formats: Silent Regular
8mm film, Standard 8mm film, double 8mm film and
Super 8 movie film. If you have 8mm sound film and the
sound track is defective or bad enough that it
wasn't needed, we can transfer the film to
video and insert background music. We can but do not
normally transfer the sound track off of the 8mm or super 8 sound films.
Please call if you have any questions or special
circumstances that we may be able to help you with.
Additional copies can be
ordered on DVD-R, VHS, SVHS, or MiniDV videotape.
Please see our Duplication
page for pricing.
8mm Movie Film Single Frame
Capture - Need a special picture from your 8mm or super 8 film transfer?
We will capture a single film frame and
save it to a tiff digital format so
you can view, edit, print, and archive on your
personal computer. Pictures will be included on your
DVD and can be accessed by a personal computer
DVD-Rom.
External USB Hard Drive
Cross platform compatibility (PC-MAC)
Almost all USB external hard drives can be
compatible with both the PC and the Mac if the drive
partition is formatted in FAT32. This means you can
exchange data between the PC and Mac platforms
conveniently. There is a single file size limitation
with FAT32 format, no file can be larger than 4GB.
For (larger film reels) the 6 and 7 inch reels
respectively, the AVI or MOV file will need to be
separated into smaller files. NTFS formatted drives
do not have this file size limitation.
If you want us to
supply the hard drive, it will be an External USB Hard Drive, PC/MAC
compatible formatted with a PC in NTFS or FAT32
partition. Compatibility may vary depending on your hardware configuration and operating system.
Normally a 320GB Drive will be supplied with all of
your video files transferred to the drive. The cost of the
drive including the transfer of files is $150.
A
manufactures hardware warranty will be supplied with the
unit.
