8mm & Super 8 Film to Digital Converter, Film Scanner with 2.4" Screen,Converts Frame by MP4 Files, Viewing Saving on 32GB SD Card(Included) for 3”5”7”9” Reels

It took me a few weeks to find and purchase 8mm splicing equipment and in a way, that helps my review. With an 8mm movie film in decent shape, this converter is great and trouble-free. 8mm movies are 16 frames per sec, this converter scans at 2 fps, so a normal 4 minute movie takes 32 minutes. You can just about set your timer and walk away. Where it has trouble is that some old splicing kits overlap the ends of the film and use cement, so the edge and step that is created gets caught on the edge of the feed table. Stop, move it over the table and restart. Splicing tape works fine. It's a little brain teaser to swap the reels end to end for rewinding, but that's part of being a less expensive converter. The 32GB SD card can hold ~100 4min movies, so don't go buy more like I did. I'm doing the 6th movie this afternoon and like it more and more.

Brand new out of the box. Set it up properly because I RTFM'ed. Motor doesn't run. Screen says "Please connect power supply". Obviously, the power supply is connected. Otherwise the screen wouldn't light up. Waste of time and money.

Getting started with this device was more difficult than I expected. I had to consult several Youtube videos to troubleshoot the machine before I could begin digitizing the film. There were issues with the SD card causing the film to be jittery. Also, some film would not feed correctly. I learned from Youtube that the press plate needs to be adjusted to allow the film to flow smoothly. But because of the angle of the press plate, and the lack of the tiniest Phillip's head screwdriver, it cannot be adjusted. Thus, I had to jerry-rig the machine with a piece of paper, and still, not all the film passed through. Customer service, available via email, took a day for a response and was not that helpful. The manual that comes with the machine is bare bones and there is nothing in it about trouble-shooting the machine. That would have been nice. You will also need to buy a 7-inch reel if you have films that large.

Bought this to scan the old family reels since my projectors were done for and I couldn't use my other method of capturing them without those, and this had the options I both wanted and needed. First, since none of my reels had any audio, the fact that it does not capture the audio does not affect me in the slightest, however, if you have super 8 reels with audio you want captured, this is not for you.That being said, this device has plenty of options in framing your capture how you want it from brightness adjustments to over scanning the film to get the whole film frame. Everything captures in 1080 and the quality is amazing.Another thing to point out is that it only comes with a 5" take up reel, unless you have extra take up reels lying around like me, you will need to pick up a new one for your larger reels, which this supports up to 9". It takes me around four to four and a half hours to scan a 7" reel uninterrupted.All in all, the price was right, the device works amazing on my 8mm and s8mm reels. It was worth the purchase!

It is a bit slow, 1 minute of 8mm film takes about 8 minutes to digitize. However, the results are good, and this process is more cost-effective, and faster than sending the tapes to some of the commercially available services. Well worth the investment if you like to have a patient, hands-on approach.

I've had lots of issues with this from the first reel. Feeds through too quickly or not at all. When it does work, it gets stuck in the middle. Out of the box, the small screws under the lid were too loose. Occasionally, a reel will go smoothly, but mostly not. I tried to contact the manufacturer with no reply. I do not recommend. You get what you pay for.

My dad recorded many 8mm movies back in the 60s & 70s. I have a projector to watch old 8mm film but didn’t want to pay the expense to have the several reels converted. I bought this and have been converting reels to digital.Granted, it takes a little setup, but once dialed in, it captures the video fairly well. I had to adjust to XYW settings. X moves the frame left or right. Y adjusts the frame up or down. W adjusts the Zoom.Be patient. It doesn’t capture at the speed of a projector. Basically, it advances each frame about every .4 seconds and just captures that image to the video file. A small 3” reel takes about 30 minutes to transfer. A 5” reel is taking about 90+ minutes.I transferred videos to my computer to edit and share with family. So far, everyone is enjoying the memories, especially since we lost dad back in ‘85. Mom even got to remember where and how she honeymooned in Florida in 1965.Thankfully this came with everything necessary to start converting, especially the memory card. Out of the box and setup in about 10 minutes. After getting better at the frame image adjustments, I load a reel, start it, then come back 30-90 minutes later to see if it’s done. It shuts itself off once no film is passing through the lens.

Purchased two of these neither of them worked correctly. Sent them both back. Have still not gotten my refund after three weeks.