8mm & 16mm Movie Equipment

Below Are Photos Of The Typical Equipment

Used to Film, Edit and

Project 8mm and 16mm Home Movies

Above is a typical 8mm movie camera used by millions of households to capture their family history.

Above is a typical 8mm and 16mm movie film editor. Notice the splicing device on the front center and the screen which was lit from behind to see the movies tranferring from the left reel to the right reel. The movie editor was cranked by hand to advance the film.

Above is a typical 8mm movie projector.

Movies film came in 3 inch 50 foot reels that the film maker would splice using the movie film editor shown above into 4, 5, 6, or 7 inch reels.

Above is a Super 8mm film cartridge. Prior to this film makers had to hand load their film into their movie camera.

Above are the three sizes of home movie film.

Click Below For Other Conversion Information:

• Video Tape Transferred To DVD

• Slides Transferred To DVD or CD

• Negatives Transferred To DVD or CD

• Photos Transferred To DVD or CD

• LP and Records Converted to CD

• Audio Tapes Digitized to CD