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Maybe you inherited a box of old 8mm movie film from a relative, or perhaps you've been holding on to these old memories for decades. These old film reels hold priceless images, and now you want to preserve them in a format that is much easier to enjoy and share. Since 2002 Just8mm.com has been preserving these precious 8mm and Super 8 movie film reels in a more convenient and modern format.

We strive to make this process as simple and efficient as possible. Just gather up your film reels, put them in order, and number them with a marker.  You can even provide brief titles that we will include on your DVD if you want. Your smaller reels may be spliced together into a more space-efficient, organized master reel. Complete our order form, tell us if you want additional copies or a digital thumb drive of your transfer, then print the form, enclose it with the film, and ship everything to us at the address on the form. Turnaround times depend on the size of your project but we aim to complete and ship your 8mm film transfer within about 7 - 14 business days of receiving your order. Please note turnaround times may be extended due to COVID-19 precautions but we complete over 70% of our jobs within one month. On the day we ship your order out, we will charge your credit card and generate an email notifying you of the return shipment and tracking number.

At Just8mm.com you pay only for the film you have and for the work that we actually do. And we NEVER ask you to pay in advance. 

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Our 8mm to DVD Transfer Method

At Just8mm.com, we pride ourselves on providing outstanding quality when we convert your 8mm and Super 8 film. Using custom-built equipment, we utilize a true "telecine" method during the process of converting your 8mm film to DVD or digital files.

First, we backlight your 8mm film with a low-wattage diffused light source. This eliminates the super-hot projector bulb, so it is impossible to scorch your film. Then, using a device which essentially acts as a magnifying glass, we image the surface of the 8mm film. That means NOTHING comes between the film and the film imaging equipment—no screen, no wall, no plastic—and therefore you get an exact replication of what is on your 8mm film without distortion, hotspots, halos, screen texture, or focus "bleeds." Your 8mm and Super 8 film will actually look better than it does on a projector and screen, because the screen adds texture, and thus reduces resolution. We remove the film gates on our equipment, so you will see 10-15% more of the 8mm film image than you do on a projector.

We use high-quality professional imaging equipment so you get impeccable color reproduction and resolution for your 8mm to DVD transfer. We also automatically adjust the exposure throughout each film reel, which helps to lighten dark scenes, and darkens overexposed film. Our method ensures impeccable video quality with no artifacts, blocking, or pixelation. We proudly stand our 8mm to DVD transfer quality up against any other method, period.

Each 8mm movie reel we transfer will be a separate chapter on your DVD menu, with a brief descriptive title if you provide one. You can scroll down to a particular film reel you want to watch, or just start at the beginning and watch it all the way through. The DVD comes with a label and custom title you provide, along with a plastic storage case. We use archive quality Verbatim brand DVD media, which are estimated by the manufacturer to have a useful life of 100 years or more.

We keep a copy of your DVD in archive for a minimum of 6 month, filed under your name. This service is included in our pricing. This allows us to quickly make additional copies of your film and provides added peace of mind in case your disc and/or original 8mm reels become damaged or destroyed.

If you want your 8mm film transfer in a digital file so you can edit, rearrange, upload or otherwise access your memories, Just8mm.com can create .avi, .mp4 or .mov files and write them to a USB thumb drive. And our archive process means you can even order these digital files at a later date as well!

Why our method is better than frame by frame.

In a frame by frame transfer, each frame of the film is imaged separately, then assembled in computer editing software to create a moving video. The problem is that 8mm film is intended to be played on a projector with internal, spinning blades. These blades move in front of the film each time a frame goes by (this happens far faster than we can see) and have the effect of fooling our brains into thinking we are seeing smooth, continuous action. Without these blades, the motion of 8mm film seems choppy and jittery, which is exactly the result you get with a frame by frame transfer. This effect is particularly noticeable when there is any horizontal motion in a scene. With our 8mm film transfer service, the motion in the film is much smoother and more natural because we utilize the spinning blades with which the film was meant to be used.

In addition, most of the companies using frame by frame cannot transfer Super 8 sound film because they never run the soundtrack though sound equipment. There is no way to record the sound from a single frame and then stitch the sounds together the way they do for the images. And if they did run the soundtrack through separate equipment, it would be nearly impossible to synch to the images with the sound. As such, we get a LOT of customers who want their sound film transferred by us after it was sent back to them by our competitors.

About High Definition Transfers:

We are proud to have recently upgraded our equipment to offer 2KHD film transfers.  That said, we do not want our clients to feel obligated to upgrade to HD, or to feel like they are cutting corners if they don't pick this upgrade.  The vast majority of 8mm and 16mm films captured at standard definition look excellent, and were not originally filmed a high enough level of quality or resolution to make the HD upgrade necessary.  Our standard definition transfer service is very good, and we are sensitive to the fact that families have many digitizing needs other than home movie film transfer, and that HD transfer is often not the best use of a limited budget.  So please enjoy our HD service if it's important to you, but please also feel no pressure at all to pay for this upgrade.

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