A few years ago, I bought an 8 mm home movie camera in a second hand store. I did a teardown on it here and pulled out for your pleasure those parts of it which I considered interesting. My vague plan ...

Replay: Super 8mm and its relations still have quite a following, but what is the point of the format in the modern age? Last year I decided to do something I'd been meaning to do for a long while, I ...

I recently came into 15 reels of old family films in 8mm and Super8. I'd like to convert them to an HD format for editing. My equipment is a projection screen and a Canon 7D, the latter with ...

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The following content is brought to you by Mashable partners. If you buy a product featured here, we may earn an affiliate commission or other compensation. TL;DR: The Kodak Reels Film Digitizer turns ...

I am not sure where to post this, but I had to tell someone. After researching 8mm to DVD transfer, deciding on a vender, I ask my dad for the films, only to discover that he threw them all out. This ...

Motion picture film. The standard 8mm film was launched in 1932 by Eastman Kodak, providing a more affordable format than Kodak's 16mm film, which debuted in 1923. In 1965, Super 8 came out with a ...