I’ve decided to finally digitize my late Father’s Standard 8mm movies. I know the Wolverine unit seems to be the most common machine for this task. Any thoughts or recommendations? Thanks everyone.
I’ve decided to finally digitize my late Father’s Standard 8mm movies. I know the Wolverine unit seems to be the most common machine for this task. Any thoughts or recommendations? Thanks everyone.
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The Wolverine is a simple machine but mostly get the job done. I have one, although sold under the name Reflecta (but it is the same machine). I digitized my parents' home movies. All but two went through. The two that didn't was slightly wider than it should have been being a Normal 6 that was recorded on 16mm where the film was turned half way through and split and joined at the lab. I guess the lab was slightly off the middle for those two.
The result is OK. The speed of the end result was not correct, so I had to correct that with a video editor. I can't remember which fps it saves the video as, but it is not 18fps.
So for the price it does a decent job, but it is not a professional machine for sure.
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This is dangerous territory as "home" machines lack quality. Family films should really be "scanned once" for archival purposes. As I have had my motion picture project scanned on different equipment, I suggest having them professionally scanned.
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