Film-8mm

Standard 8

The standard 8 mm film format was developed by the Eastman Kodak company during the Great Depression and released on the market in 1932 to create a home movie format less expensive than 16 mm. The film spools actually contain a 16 mm film with twice as many perforations along each edge than normal 16 mm film, which is only exposed along half of its width. When the film reaches its end in the takeup spool, the camera is opened and the spools in the camera are flipped and swapped (the design of the spool hole ensures that this happens properly) and the same film is exposed along the side of the film left unexposed on the first loading. During processing, the film is split down the middle, resulting in two lengths of 8 mm film, each with a single row of perforations along one edge, so fitting four times as many frames in the same amount of 16 mm film. Because the spool was reversed after filming on one side to allow filming on the other side the format was sometime called Double 8. The framesize of 8 mm is 4,8 x 3,5 mm and 1 m film contains 264 pictures. Normally Double8 is filmed at 16 frame/s.Common length film spools allowed to film about 3 to 4 min at 12, 15, 16 and 18 frames per second.

Kodak ceased producing standard 8 mm film in the early 1990s. Black and white 8 mm film is still manufactured in the Czech Republic, and several companies buy bulk quantities of 16 mm film to make regular 8 mm by re-perforating the stock, cutting it into 25 foot (7.6 m) lengths, and collecting it into special standard 8 mm spools which they then sell. Re-perforation requires special equipment. Some specialists also produce super 8 mm film from exisiting 16 mm, or even 35 mm film stock.

Super 8

In 1965, Super-8 film was released and was quickly adopted by the amateur film-maker. It featured a better quality image, and was easier to use mainly due to a cartridge-loading system which did not require re-loading halfway through.

There are several subtypes of Super-8 film all of which have the same final film dimensions, but the Kodak system was by far the most popular.

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Dual layer DVD Recordable

A dual layer DVD is a DVD that contains two layers of data. Pressed dual layer DVDs (like movie DVDs – DVD-ROM - you purchase in a store) have been on the market for quite some time now, but recordable dual layer DVDs are not available yet. Current DVD recordables can contain up to 4.7 Gigabytes of data, a dual layer DVD recordable could contain up to 8.5 Gigabytes.

Recently Philips Research announced the feasibility of dual layer DVD technology and their announcement was quickly followed by an announcement of competitor Pioneer in which they announced that they were also planning to bring dual layer DVD technology on the market. Although the technology might be (partly) ready, it will take some time before it will be widely available on the consumer market.

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The film could be transfered as it is,or with DVD menu and chapter.Background music or your own voice from tape.

Convert your 8mm to DVD and take care of the movies for the future.Remember the film would be destroyed and broken up as the years go on.The DVD last the next 100 years as new.

Why DVD?
	DVD is the standard that has revolutionized the way we watch movies.
	DVD does not deteriorate with time, no matter how many times you watch it. Using the same care applied to CDS DVD's will last for hundreds of years. VHS on the other hand deteriorates with each use, and noticeably deteriorates after many years even if you do not watch them.
	DVD video and audio are superior to VHS. DVD video provides users with video that is twice as clear as VHS. DVD is capable of showing up to 500 lines of horizontal resolution while VHS is limited to 240.
	DVD eliminates the need to fast forward and rewind to your favorite moments. Using the DVD Menu that will be developed to your specification, you can skip to a particular chapter that is 45 minutes into the video in a second's time.