Getting your Super 8 images from unexposed film into a digital format isn’t as hard as you’d think. All films require some form of processing after use, then exposed film images will need transferring into a digital format for later editing.
Home Super 8 processing – in a drain pipe!
With some bits and bobs from the local hardware store, you too could follow the Peaceman’s instructions and process at home…
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Telecine, all you need to know
If you don’t know your flying spot from your film chain, help is at hand with our step-by-step guide to transfering film to digital, including advice on solutions for all budgets…
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LaboratoriesAll Super 8 films have to be processed by specialist laboratories, unless of course you decide to do it yourself (see below). Labs that offer Black and White processing are denoted , E6 reversal processing (Ektachrome) and ECN2 negative processing (Vision & Fuji) . Andec Filmtechnik  Augustos Color  B & W Film factory  Cine Dia  Cinelab  Color City  Color Lab  Dwayne’s Photo  Exclusive Film and Video  Film Rescue International Film Plus  Fotocinema  Gama SAI  Graficolor  Megacolor  Movie and Sound  Nano Lab  Niagara Custom Lab Northwest Imaging  Pac Lab  Pro 8mm  Retro Enterprises  Rocky Mountain Film Soho Film Lab  Spectra Film & Video  Super 8 Reversal Lab  Yale Film & Video  Zenit 
Filmmakers labsYou don’t have to process with the big boys, sometimes local artists and filmmakers might give you the look you want. Filmlabs.org
Hand ProcessingWith some know how, the right chemicals and a little perseverance, it is possible to process your own Super 8 films. An Itch To Scratch Cine Tank Guide Developing Super 8 Drain Pipe Processing Handmade Film Institute Hand Processing Notes Ken Paul Rosenthal Movie Processing Page Ralph Dickinson’s pages Super 8 Camera Tiny Picture Club
Optical / Blow UpSuper 8 and small gauge films can be optically printed, altered or blown up to 16mm and 35mm formats (at a price), here’s a list of organisations who are specialists in such options. AGF Laboratórios Andec Filmtechnik BB Optics B & W Film factory Cineric Color Lab DuArt Movie and Sound n.o.where lab Studio Gamma Super 8 Reversal Lab Super8.to.it
Sound stripingWhilst Super 8 sound film is long out of production, a few specialists can still stripe a processed film for a sound track to be added later. AGF Laboratórios Filmbesprung
Digital to Super 8It is now possible to get your digital footage, computer graphics and animations transferred onto Super 8 film. Combine digital versatility with the proven archive qualities of film. Amazing! B & W Film factory
| | TelecineThere are various options for film to tape (or data file) telecine ranging from industry standard professional flying spot type broadcast solutions through to frame by frame scans and film chain (projector and camera). With all, the results can be dramatic and show Super 8 off to full effect. Some now offer high definition and straight to hard drive outputs. professional suite AGF Laboratórios Agressive Media Andec Filmtechnik AVP Video Transfer Bono Film Bonolabs  Brodsky & Treadway Buscando Hormigas Cinelab Cinelicious  Cinepost Color Lab  Debenham Media Group  DuArt E. Anglian Film Archive Estudios Mega Fipra Ikueisha Kahl Film Lightpress FSFT  Movie and Sound Norsk Smalfilm Online Video  Pac Lab Park Road Post Post House Pro 8mm  Rushes Soho Film Lab Spectra Film & Video  Transfer Station Video-8 Wagner die Filmfabrik Yale Film & Video
frame by frame film scan Avid Tech Transfers  B & W Film factory BlueCineTech Bolex Digital Color City Die Filmwerkstatt Digital Transfer Systems Disk Bank  DVD Infinity Ever Media Exclusive Film and Video The Film Whisperer Fipra Forever on DVD Frame Discreet Kahl Film Media Capture  Movie Stuff Movie Transfer Norsk Smalfilm The Old Film Company Photoplays Screenshot  Studio Kopiowania Super 8 Reversal Lab Supersens Tout Sur DVD Uppsala Bildteknik  Vintage Media Wagner die Filmfabrik Widescreen Centre
film chain AV Geeks Buscando Hormigas Cine vis 8 & 16 Echo Park Film Center Film and Video Services Go Agressive Garage 5 Hippies Films Home Movie Depot Java Photo Moving Images Norsk Smalfilm Plato Video Screenshot Supersens Super 8 Transfers Tornij
buy your own machine! Movie Stuff MWA Nova flashSCAN8 Tobin Cinema Systems
DIY Do It Yourself!You could always just video your Super 8 footage off a white wall or (for the technically adventurous) it’s possible to build you own telecine device using a projector or film scanner as the basis of a truly bespoke system. Learn more… information and articles Computer Arts Digitising 8mm Film Movie Making Manual – Wikibooks PC Mag
diy, components Glasscreen TeleCine Components Video Optik Braehler
diy, step by step 8mm2avi Fälker’s Telecine Flatbed Telecine Fred’s Smalfilm FSDT Project Homebrew Telecine Legacy Project Super 8 to DV for free Telecine Machine
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