Two Methods of Converting 8mm Film to Digital

A couple of decades ago I got a copy of some of my grandfather's old 8mm home movies he filmed in the 1960s.  These films were played on an 8mm film projecter onto a screen and recorded again using a VHS camcorder.  I got a copy of this tape.  About a decade ago, I digitalized all my VHS tapes using a VHD to DVD converter deck.  This included the tape with my grandfather's movies.  Then a few years later, I converted the DVD files to mp4 format to share with family more easily.

Needless to say the quality of the video was pretty poor.

Recently, I discovered the original 8mm films in my parents home.  I wanted to get a higher quality digitalized version of these films, so I did some research and bought an 8mm film scanner.  Specifically, I purchased a Wolverine Data Film2Digital MovieMaker-PRO.  These machines scan each frame of the film separately, doing somewhere between 2 to 4 frames per second.  8mm film runs at 18-20 frames per second, so the conversion process takes a fair amount of time, even for a short 4 minute film.  The results are well-worth the wait as the video below shows.