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Super 8 Film Scanning up to 5K Now Available From Pro8mm Pro8mm has expanded its film to digital transfer services to now include data scanning of 8mm, super 8mm, 16mm, Super 16mm and 35mm motion picture film. This expansion follows the progression in the motion picture industry from traditional telecine with color correction to data scanning which gets all the ...

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Pro8mm Sponsors the 2016 Al Larvick Conservation Fund National Grant with $5,000 available for scanning Home Movies Pro8mm and it’s partner brand  Home Movie Legacy will be sponsoring the 2016 Al Larvick Conservation Fund Grant.  Applicants can apply to have their home movies transferred of professional scanning equipment by our company.  This is a great opportunity for anyone who is ...

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THE SUPER 8 FILM KIT: A Simple Solution to Shoot, Process, Scan and Upload Your Super 8 Film Project, now with a “kine” copy for traditional projection  For content creators looking for a cost efficient simple solution to shooting on Super 8 Film, Pro8mm has introduced the SUPER 8 FILM KIT, a workflow solution “in the box” for purchasing super ...

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An American Restoration of a Classic Super 8 Film Camera As part of our yearlong celebration of the Super 8 film format turning 50, we have commemorated the milestone with a special 50th Anniversary Edition of the beloved Classic Professional Super 8 Camera. The first release of the anniversary series in 2015 was a limited edition offered in Candy Red. ...

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  As a 35 year veteran of the Super 8 world, I am quick to pick up on trends.  This in part comes from the vantage point of having run Pro8mm for so long, answering dozens of inquires on a  daily basis,  selling film stock and running a lab. As a company connected to the professional use of super 8 film ...

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        With the love of all things analog trending the past few years and the growing popularity of the  Rhonda Cam(rebuilt from the classic Super 8 Canon 310, introduced by Pro8mm in 2012), we are excited to release our second intro to film/consumer-friendly camera, THE RHONDA CAM DELUXE. The Pro8mm R&D camera team was successfully able to ...

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Filmmaker Focus: OTHERSIDE Takes Super 8 Award at Slamdance Filmmakers Steve Darby and Tyler Winther talked with us about how a Pro8mm 8 Roll Film Package got them motivated to make a film for the Kodak Super 8 Film Challenge. They ended up as finalist with a coveted screening at the Slamdance Film Festival  in Park City, a showcase (during ...

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When I was a kid my favorite part of our holiday gatherings was always after the meal when my grandfather would take out the home movies. I would watch in awe and feel great anticipation, as he would thread the projector. Sometimes he would ask us, “What would you like to watch?” My cousins and I would shout out the ...

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