Keeping an old 8mm projector alive with high-power LEDs

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There's a certain mystique about old home movies and 8mm film; whether it's footage from a family gathering from 40 years ago or a stop-motion animation you made when you were 12, there's an immediacy for film that the VHS tapes from your family's first camcorder can't match. [Teslas Moustache] has been getting into 8mm cameras and projectors, so when he came across a 8mm/super 8 projector that … [Read more...]

Converting 8mm film to digital

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Many of us have these old 8mm family videos lying around and many of us have lamented at the perspective cost to get them converted to digital.  [Paul] came up with a pretty slick way of digitizing them himself. He cracked open an 8mm projector and replaced the drive motor with one he could run at a much slower speed, allowing him to be able to capture each frame individually with his digital … [Read more...]