Best way to repair perf damage

[gendreau2]

I'm trying to determine the best way to repair extensive perf damage on about 400' of super 8 film. (Holes are stretched over about 80% of the film.) I have been unable to find perf repair tape in rolls for super 8 film, so I am considering bonding a strip of clear leader to the edge only, then trimming off the excess. Can anyone suggest another method, or a source for perf repair tape? For obvious reasons, I am also looking for help in finding someone who can do this for me!

Thanks,

Kathy

[Alex]

That's a tough call but time may be on your side (assuming the film is not deteriorating due to poor storage or some type of solution getting onto the film) The two options I would recommend are either a film transfer to video where the speed of the film transfer is slowed way down. This would allow for the film to be transferred frame by frame but actually adjusted before being committed to tape.

You can try this link Moviestuff they may be able to help you.

Another option I can think of is to wait (if you believe your film is not deteriorating) and in a couple of years (or sooner) you will probably be able to do desktop scanning of your super-8 film, which would probably give the best result since the film won't actually be moving.

I just remembered there is a salvage company that actually repairs and restores film but I don't recall the name of the company.

I hope this info helps you.

How did the film get damaged in the first place?

[oldasdirt]

You might ought to post this on cinematography.com and see what John Pytlak may suggest.
There was a mach?ne called Perf Fix and another called Cinebug,but I never saw one for 8mm.

[Alex]

I was reading through a Super-8 filmmaker magazine (circa 1980) and saw an ad for a Kodak Ektasound Moviedeck model 265 and 285.

The ad says "the sprocketless film drive means the film gets gentle handling from start to finish.

These projectors have been mentioned before on this forum. I wonder if one could get a high quality film to video transfer by using one of these projectors with damaged perf film.

Warning, these film projectors look like a slide projector and the film "disappears" inside. I don't know how easy it is to retrieve the film if it gets stuck inside.

[oldasdirt]

Warning, these film projectors look like a slide projector and the film "disappears" inside. I don't know how easy it is to retrieve the film if it gets stuck inside
Not very.Back in the 80's I knew some folks who used these for film to tape and I forget why,but they never had a problem with image flicker,even though the projectors weren't synced.Most of the time they worked flawlessly,but there were some misthreads and the film ended up near the lamp and it made for a nasty meltdown.

[digitalvideos]

maybe this outfit is of interest

http://www.indeco.com/rhfg

[Alex]

Thanks for the link!