Dec 26
Richard was asking, on today’s show, how to convert video from 8mm film to a digital version he could work with on his Mac.
I had been asked this a few weeks ago by a client of mine. Here’s what I found:
If you’re in the Madison area, “The Camera Company” can do this for you. A friend of a friend had good things to say about a company called “Dig My Pics“.
Otherwise, some hits that Google turned up:
Once you have the film converted to digital, you can work with it in iMovie on your Mac, massage it into something you like, then burn it using iDVD and inflict send it to all your relatives and friends.
March 24th, 2009 at 3:39 pm
In transferring video from my Sony mini DV camcorder to my IMac for unknown reasons the transfer just suddenly stops. I then have to go back and begin from the very beginning [ I can find no way to continue from where the interruption occurred ]. The same thing happens in transferring back to the camera. At one point I felt the problem is with the firewire since applying pressure to the connections helps. The problem is very intermittent and I wonder if you have ever encountered this problem. How could I determine if it is the firewire connectors or the computer or camera connections?
March 24th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
Roger, it’s really hard to say. If you have a different cable, you could try that. Or if you’ve got a friend with a Mac, you could try importing some video there and see how it works. Otherwise, you might follow up with Sony and see if they have any suggestions on their support forum.
September 17th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
Transferring film to DVD is a delicate process. I’ve had a lot of luck with Film to DVD.
–Jim