Clean, Preserve and Convert Super 8 Film
Super 8mm film technology emerged in the 1960s as an affordable way for people to create home movies and preserve family memories. For many aspiring film makers in the '60s and '70s, the Super 8 film format was their first experience with the world of film production. Whether your collection consists of family memories or serious works of art, Super 8 films approaching 50 years old need to be preserved and protected. You can clean your films and convert them to a digital format for many more years of enjoyment.
Instructions
1. Use your Super 8 film editor to thread your film onto the take-up reel.
2. Apply enough methyl chloroform or perchlorethyline to dampen your cleaning cloth. Carefully crank the take-up reel to allow the film to pass through the cloth as you gently press the cloth onto both sides of the film. Pinch the film between the cloth just hard enough to apply the cleaning solution and still allow the film to pass through the cloth as you wind it onto the take-up reel.
3. Mount your video camera on a tripod and focus the camera on the condenser lens of your telecine projection system. Position your telecine so that the condenser lens is level with your video camera.
4. Focus your video camera on the telecine condenser lens. Adjust your zoom lens so the entire projected image fills the frame of your viewfinder.
5. Project the film by moving the telecine projector into the forward lamp position.
6. Press record on your video camera.
7. When the film is finished, remove and label the recording from the camcorder. If you are transferring multiple films to the same video tape or DVD, note what films were recorded for future reference.
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