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1Nov

Improve Picture Quality and Longevity with 8mm Film Transfers

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8mm Film Transfers

8mm film was produced during the Great Depression and released in 1932. So you can imagine what an old film format it is. 8mm film became popular at the time because it was cheaper than 16mm film. In fact, the film used is the same, but in each 16×16 mm square, you can get four 8×8 mm squares. So you had to buy a lot less film, and you could still get a whole picture. Once one side of the reel was played, the film just had to be turned around in order to play the other side. Continue reading

20Oct

Preserving Home Videos While Coming Out of a Pandemic

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Home Videos

What do you think of when you think of home videos? Do you imagine yourself watching faded reels? Do you see yourself and your family laughing, throwing popcorn at each other for how ridiculous you looked back then? Do you recall a romantic time with your significant other? These videos are not just valuable because they bring back past memories, but also because they evoke certain emotions. Continue reading

6Oct

Scanning letters from the 1920’s

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Scanning Letters

The United States Postal Service (USPS) doesn’t provide digitized copies of letters sent through its system. If you want to save your own family’s or other older letters, you’ll need to scan them at home using the appropriate equipment and software so you can later view them digitally whenever you like. This article will tell you everything you need to know about digitizing old letters from the 1920s so they can be preserved digitally and read by future generations in decades and centuries to come. Continue reading