First, there is potential for distorted aspect ratio There are two important challenges to overcome with this method of film transfer. You get a pretty good result doing that provided you are careful with the focus of both the projector, have a nice flat screen, shut out stray light sources, properly adjust your video camera, and position it on a tripod as close to the projector as possible. The basic, DIY method, for converting old home movies on 8mm or 16mm film to video is this. Simply project the film onto a screen (of whatever size) and (digital) video record the result. (Sorry, the only magic machine with a door that takes an old film roll and reels out digital video is s professional video conversion company) Whether you do it yourself or take it to the guy at the mall, the film is going to get played, then recorded.
First though, a little advice to get you started Video Conversions for Different Formats Transferring 8mm or 16mm film: You are going to need that old projector to convert 8mm or 16mm film to video. So in this article, I am going to give you some pointers for transferring your own film and video. And the more old film rolls or old tapes that you have, the more it's going to be worth doing that conversion to DVD or digital video yourself. The good news is that video transfers aren't all that hard. Most of us have film or video that really ought to be transferred to DVD.
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