Convert 35Mm/135, 110, 126Kpk And Super 8 Films,Slides & Negatives Into Digital

[Bigfellah]

DIGITNOW! 22MP Film & Slide Scanner All-In-1,Super 8 Film,110/126 Film, 35mm Negative/Slide to Digital JPEG Converter

Does anyone know what format the Super 8 film is converted to using this item?

[Tuvok]

Looks like it only converts to photos.

[bhg481]

I think when it says it converts Super 8 to digital it means it will allow you to take a still from a single frame; from my experience the only way to convert cine film to digital is to project it and film the screen with a video camera. Be under no illusions, scanning prints/negatives/slides is a VERY time-consuming process; I don't know how old you are but scanning a movie frame by frame is a job you are unlikely to finish in this lifetime. Think about it, a 3 min film at 24fps contains 24x60x3 frames = 4320 frames. Allow 1 min to position a frame and scan it and it's 72 hours to do the movie.

[Buenchico]

As has been indicated above, the device you mention scans still images only. The item's description on Amazon (where it's currently unavailable anyway) states that it scans to JPEG images: "Converts 35mm/135, 110, 126KPK and Super 8 films,Slides & Negatives into digital JPEG format within 2 seconds"

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[Bigfellah]

Thanks Tuvok, that's what I presumed.

bhg481, I am of a certain age but have plenty of time! My thoughts are that it will only do frame by frame (not an option I would go for), but then what's the point of this machine if it doesn't convert to a proper digital movie? Methinks I'll look at a different one that excludes Super 8 option.

[bhg481]

If you still have your Super8 projector the project and scan method is reasonably successful. I converted a film for my brother-in-law some years ago and was surprised how good it was.