8mm Film to Digital
Heirloom converts 8mm film to digital, including Super 8mm film. Small and large reels. High quality capture of silent movies, and those with sounds strips!
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8mm and Super 8 films were never designed to last. Over time, environmental elements will deteriorate film, causing a loss of quality. Within decades, your cherished home movies will be permanently damaged. Converting 8mm film to digital not only preserves the video for countless generations, but it also makes it easy to share this treasure with friends & family around the world.
8mm Film to Digital
Portable digital formats allow you to watch videos on any device, including computers, mobile phones, and smart TVs. Saving the digital files to a USB flash drive is a stable solution. Even better, keep your digital files on the cloud, so you can securely share them and easily stream through hours of memories.
8mm Film to DVD: A Fool's Errand
8mm film to DVD conversion will disappoint. A cumbersome DVD is almost as faulty as the original film! Heirloom transfers video from all 8mm film directly to cloud storage. This means your digital video is backed up at multiple data centers, ensuring you'll never lose a file. Buying a USB flash drive is the next best option to managing your digitized video files.
8mm Film Conversion
Heirloom converts 8mm film to MP4 files at 480p, or Standard Definition (SD). This 720x480 resolution is used by YouTube, Netflix, and other streaming services. As original 8mm film resolution is limited, it’s a waste of resources to convert your films to a higher resolution.
8mm to Digital at Heirloom
Our experts label each of your 8mm reels with a unique tracking number. This number becomes the name of your digital video file. These files are immediately uploaded to your online Heirloom account, so you can monitor our exceptional quality at any time. This means no waiting to receive a returned DVD or flash drive before starting to add searchable descriptions to your files.
Vinegar Syndrome
Vinegar syndrome is a chemical process that occurs in cellulose acetate film, causing degradation, warping, and emitting a vinegar-like odor. This syndrome, if left unchecked, can irreversibly damage the film, leading to the loss of invaluable memories stored within. Experts at the National Archives believe 8mm films will last only 70 years.
Degraded 8mm Film
Vinegar syndrome renders some 8mm film untouchable. Heirloom technicians will advise if your 8mm films suffer from vinegar syndrome, and if they can recover any of this degraded video. There's an additional cost for degraded 8mm film, and Heirloom can make no guarantee of recovery.
Editing Your Video
Heirloom digitizers play your 8mm films in real time in order to make the highest quality “1-to-1” capture. However, they are limited by the lighting, focus, and camera work that originally captured the movie. Heirloom’s 8mm film conversion service performs no other editing of your video, allowing each customer to express their unique preferences for post-capture production.