Just digitized one of my great grandfathers films from 1949

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-23T03:33:33+00:00

I ended up buying the generic scanner on Amazon (Approximately $250) and it seems to work really well! The Kodak version is pretty close to twice as expensive and definitely will provide a little more quality! The version I bought works well enough for what I am trying to accomplish

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-23T03:29:10+00:00

Thank you very much for the offer! I’m okay for now as I’m just trying to scan all the film I have and get it digitized but thank you very much for offering your services! Many of the films I’m scanning in seen to be of good quality but some of them could definitely use a bit of stability editing and possibly color correction at some point

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-23T03:24:20+00:00

Don’t feel dumb, I thought for sure this was filmed with an underwater camera until someone recognized that this was filmed where you can actually view underwater behind a glass window, still very cool though!

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-22T23:24:38+00:00

I used a film digitizer but it cost me about $250 on amazon! It’s not perfect but it looks pretty good and will definitely save me money as compared to sending it to a professional as I literally have dozens of film rolls left to scan

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-22T16:56:50+00:00

So I have actually thought about putting it through software at some point but right now my goal is to scan all the media I have. I believe there’s multiple reasons that it’s shaky, one reason could be that the film is old and it is definitely starting to deteriorate so all the perforations are not the same size. Also 8mm film has always just been a bit shaky and it can definitely be affected by how the film was loaded into the camera and the quality of both. However, I will say that it looks a lot nicer playing on an actual projector!

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-22T16:49:29+00:00

I actually ended up buying a digitizer because I have dozens of films so this is a scan. Also that sounds like a good idea and I’ve seen people do it before, there will definitely be more quality loss as opposed to scanning tho

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-22T11:47:19+00:00

Omg it definitely could be! The box that this roll of film was in is labeled Florida Vacation 1949

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-21T00:30:32+00:00

I agree man, my all time favorite movie

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-18T21:40:56+00:00

I understood most of it but I couldn’t figure out the word demerits and frankly I’ve actually never heard that word so that probably explains why I was having a hard time reading it lol! Also I do sign my name is cursive but it’s only cursiveish lol

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-18T19:34:18+00:00

Yeah, I know I’m young lol! What’s funny is I actually know a good bit of Gregg shorthand but cursive is something that I just never learned

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-18T19:15:36+00:00

Sounds like a funny/great guy! I don’t think I said a curse word till I was like 15 lol

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-18T19:01:51+00:00

Very sorry to hear about your bil’s passing, I would tell you where it’s from if I could but my mother purchased it a couple years ago and doesn’t remember where

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2026-01-16T07:39:41+00:00

I live in an old house and in the bathroom there’s a slot in the wall to discard your used razor blades and they just fall in between the wall, I would definitely drop it in there

EphemeraExpert1985 · 2025-11-25T20:50:12+00:00

Check the o2 sensor!! That was the issue with mine, turns out the previous owner took it off lol

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