8MM & 16MM Film Transfers
TM Video Productions specializes in converting your old 8mm, super 8, or 16mm films to DVD or other media. We use state of the art industrial film scanners to capture your film in real time through direct imaging. Our transfers do not crop the film frame as some systems do. The result is a full frame, flicker free transfer with sharpness from edge to edge. You always see 100% of the film frame. Your films are also cleaned prior to transfer. Transfers include background music if requested and your film is color corrected, when possible, at no additional cost.
Note: All our 8mm transfers are performed IN HOUSE. Unlike many department stores and drug stores who must send the films off. We find this to be important with many of our customers.
Capabilities & Options
We can handle 8mm, super 8, and 16mm film. Most film and tape transfers are to DVD. However, if you want to edit your own films, we can provide you with data files of your transferred footage in various formats such as AVI, Windows media files, MP4, etc. We highly recommend a digital archive of your home movies. If your DVD ever becomes damaged, we can produce another DVD of your converted films easily and conveniently.
If you are not within driving distance of our studio, we would be happy for you to ship us your films. Please include contact information including: name, address, phone number and a note indicating services desired. Return shipping charges will be added to your total cost.
We transfer from the following:
- 8mm Video
- 8mm / S-8mm Film
- 35mm Slides
- Audio Cassettes
- VHS Tapes
- Beta Video Cassettes
- Photos & Negatives
- LP Albums
- miniDV
- And More
- Cost includes film cleaning and minor repairs when necessary
- Color correction when possible
- Music included, if desired, at no additional cost
- All 8mm & Super 8mm film transfers are performed in-house. 16mm film is outsourced.
- All Super 8mm film is silent only in-house
- Super 8mm sound film must be outsourced
- All films are returned to the customer
- Shipping charges will be added to the total when required.
Other useful Info:
- A typical 3" reel (gray plastic reel) contains approximately 3-4 mins of film.
- Most larger reels contain minute or feet markings.
The following information is provided as a guide for your information:
8 mm Film Conversion Guide
(feet to minutes, approximate values)
| Feet | Reel Size | Minutes |
|---|---|---|
| 50' of film | 3" reel | 3.5 min |
| 100' of film | 4" reel | 7.0 min |
| 200' of film | 5" reel | 14 min |
| 400' of film | 7" reel | 28 min |
8MM Film Demo
We strive to provide you with the best quality film transfer possible. We do this through our attentiveness to every aspect of the transfer process. Our real time film scanners produce a flicker free picture with sharpness from edge to edge and no hot spot. Our transfers do not crop your picture as some systems do. The enlarged gate in our lens aperture allows you to see 100% of your film frame. The frames shown on this page are stills taken from some of our transfer jobs.
Business Hours
Please feel free to contact us anytime. We can be reached by phone or email 7 days a week, evenings included. Call or text us first as we work by Appointment Only.
For your convenience Saturday appointments are also available.
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