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| 8mm film to digital.; Convert film to digital | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: May 23 2018, 07:19 PM (123 Views) | |
| longbich | May 23 2018, 07:19 PM Post #1 |
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This may be a tad out of the park. I am trying to convert some old 60's 8mm film into a digital resource. I have the projector. I have the film. Everything works. There are many parts of the film when projected that display much darker than would be in real life. I can record these films with a video camera. No problem. Can anyone explain how to make these results lighter, brighter? Maybe the settings on the video camera? ISO, Exposure, White Balance, Scene (cloudy, beach, tungsten, fluoro) etc.,? |
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| RaiderNation | May 24 2018, 05:56 AM Post #2 |
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LB, I did a google search for you for "service that converts 8mm film to DVD Australia" and here is the results URL. There are some in OZ. You might want to look into them. I have no idea how you'd do it yourself. https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1&ei=uosGW8-uEorgzgL9wpnABQ&q=service+that+converts+8mm+film+to+dvd+australia&oq=service+that+converts+8mm+film+to+dvd+australia&gs_l=psy-ab.3...24644.27230.0.27680.10.10.0.0.0.0.175.1235.0j10.10.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.9.1119...0i22i30k1j33i22i29i30k1j33i21k1j33i160k1.0.d73FDU484U8 Edited by RaiderNation, May 24 2018, 05:57 AM.
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| clone | May 24 2018, 07:48 AM Post #3 |
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| longbich | May 24 2018, 07:20 PM Post #4 |
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Thanks RaiderNation and Clone. I have looked into the pro services available to me and they are jaw droppingly expensive. I had to compare whether I could afford this for the amount of gratification I was going to have. It didn't come close. I have figured out a way to video the films kinda like the bootleggers do in cinemas. I have tried Clone's suggestion which did make the films recorded lighter but there was a large drop in clarity, they were fuzzy and unclear. I will persevere. |
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| Demagogue | May 25 2018, 11:31 AM Post #5 |
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One of my coworkers had a similar project and he did as you said, played the video onto a screen and then recorded it with a digital camera. Once you have it in digital format you may be able to do some editing to the lighting with software. I would suggest looking into what software is available to edit the video of the format that the camera you have records in. |
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| longbich | May 27 2018, 01:06 AM Post #6 |
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Thanks Demagogue. I am on track to use a program to see if I can lighten my vid. There is also a hugely time expensive method to do frame by frame which I am trying to avoid. |
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