Hmm... Have you tried a cleaning tape on your 8mm video camcorder? What presets are you using? NTSC to NTSC i presume?
Does the result differ vastly from that of results directly from camcorder to your TV set? On 10/11/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Sune. > > I have done exactly what you suggest, played the 8mm tape with my old > camcorder and did a passthrough with my DV camera. I wasn't very happy with > the results though. They were acceptable but I was hoping that someone with > "professional" equipment might get better results. Gee, I hope it's not true > that this is the way that everyone is doing it. :-( > > Thanks, > Randy > > > > > From: "Sune Alexandersen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <suneworld%40gmail.com>> > > Date: 2007/10/11 Thu PM 12:47:09 EDT > > To: [email protected] <Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: Re: [AP] Digitizing Older 8mm Tapes > > > > Hi Randy! > > My company does this. I also transfer 8mm film with > > http://www.moviestuff.tv/cinemate_series.html > > Video 8mm is really easy to convert and you do this yourself if you > still > > have the older camcorder. > > Simply hook it up to your current miniDV camera (which I assume you have > > since you are on this group:) and use "AV Digital Passthroug" without a > > miniDV cassette in the camera. You simply hook up your 8mm Video > camcorder > > via composite and voilã. > > Record it into Premiere and your done. This is the way we, and probably > > everybody else right now does it. > > > > Let me know if you have any further questions. > > > > Sune Alexandersen > > www.dunderfilm.no > > Norway > > > > On 10/11/07, Randy Brust <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <rcbrust%40epix.net>> wrote: > > > > > > Group, > > > > > > Does anyone know of a reputable lab for converting old 8mm analog > > > camcorder tapes to digital format? Seems like everyone and their > > > brother will convert and compress them to standard DVD format. But I'm > > > looking for someone who will convert them to AVI. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Randy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sune Alexandersen > > www.dunderfilm.no > > www.videoforweb.no > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > -- Sune Alexandersen www.dunderfilm.no www.videoforweb.no [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
