8mm Film to DVD and 16mm to DVD bring back lost treasures

Wow, today I digitized 8mm film to DVD, a Honeymoon film from the ’40s! Yes, that’s about 85 years ago. I also brought a 70s river rafting trip back to life from 16mm film to DVD.

In addition to the DVDs, the digital files are safe for the future via copies on an external hard drive. They can be shared online, edited for individual family members, and played on today’s devices.

Unlike film-to-DVD conversion in the past, I now scan every frame in your reels and convert the captured frames into a digital video file. I edit the resulting file to produce a full, clean frame and remove blank film at the beginning and end of the reel.

Even more than videotape, converting film to DVD or digital is critical because it deteriorates daily. Sometimes a film shows up covered with mold, which has eaten away at the edges of the images, leaving them damaged. From slightly corrupted to destroyed, mold is a huge film enemy.

If you start to smell a vinegar-like odor, that’s Vinegar Syndrome. It’s a chemical reaction that eats the cellulose and produces brittle, warped film, emitting gas that smells like vinegar, of course. Isolate the film that is starting to smell from other films and convert it as soon as possible to preserve the video. Once it becomes too brittle, 16mm film-to-DVD conversion is no longer possible; I can no longer convert film in this condition with even the best conventional methods. Costly film restoration is possible for film that is too warped to scan and too brittle to spool.

Digitize Film and Film to DVD: Start Here

1. Call or text Jamey: 720 204-5464
2. Set an appointment (every project receives my personal attention)
3. Drop off your tapes (and records, cassettes, slides, or negatives, too)
4. Pick up your new digitized video in a week or less.