How to prepare for 8mm film transfers. Digitizing old 8mm films makes old movies viewable on modern devices and preserves important family history. 8mm films may deteriorate in storage, but digital formats will remain stable as long as they play …
35mm slides are important to preserve. There’s this really great scene from the show Mad Men where Don Draper pitches an advertising campaign for the Kodak Carousel, a 35mm slide projector. He notes that the format “lets us travel the …
Historical letters and scanning? It is not unheard of for people to collect important documents such as old photos, letters, or other mementos. Having them digitally scanned can be a nice way to preserve them.
Most people take a lot of great home videos, but they never actually sit down to watch and enjoy them. They tend to take them and forget about them. And if your home videos are in VHS format, then they …
Should you transfer old tapes to digital? Unfortunately, your collection of memories on old film or tape has a limited shelf life. Once that’s expired, those memories are gone. But you can extend their lifespan by digitizing those tapes. Here …