Movies on processed 8mm or Super 8mm film are typically found on 50-foot reels, which are 3" in diameter.  Movies on processed 16mm film are typically found on 100-foot reels, which are 4" in diameter.  Previously consolidated 8mm or Super 8mm films are found on 4" reels (100 feet), 5" reels (200 feet), 6" reels (300 feet) and 7" reels (400 feet).  Previously consolidated 16mm films are typically found on 7" reels or larger.

How do we do it?
We use state of the art equipment to give you the best possible results. The images on your movies are digitized through a process called "aerial image transfer". This means that the frames are transferred from lens to lens and never projected onto a screen for filming. 

Our equipment also allows us to sync the shutter speeds between our equipment so that the final digitized product is "flicker-free." If you have seen other transferred movies, which appear to have a dominating light that constantly pulses on and off, then you know the value of a flicker-free transfer.

The first step in our conversion service is to carefully examine the film for any defects, such as torn sprocket holes, burns, or otherwise unusable footage. Any such sections of film are carefully repaired, or removed if necessary.

Next, all of your film is cleaned and conditioned by hand. This is one of the most important aspects of the conversion process. Dust, mildew, and other particles will cause significant reduction in image quality. We remove all contaminants in order to give you the cleanest, clearest picture possible!

Finally, your 50-foot rolls are consolidated on to 400-foot reels in order to more efficiently and effectively complete the conversion process. Your footage will be returned to you on these 400-foot reels (7" in diameter) in airtight storage bags.

At Memory Keepers, we value your memories like they are our own. We ask you to consider the following items should you compare our service to others:

• Your movies never leave our care, custody and control. We do the work ourselves and do not ship your film off to a transfer house on the West Coast.  Your movies will be expertly transferred by a mature and extremely competent technician.
  
  
• The quality of the final product is dependent on the use of superior equipment.  At Memory Keepers, we use high quality digital cameras to capture your precious memories.  Our expensive cameras boast three CCD imaging chips.  Each chip renders one million effective pixels.  This compares to, for example, a $1,200 digital camera available at Best Buy which contains only only one chip with only 700,000 effective pixels.  All imaging chips "read" images in terms of red, green and blue.  Our cameras have one dedicated chip for each color versus handling all three colors with one inferior chip.
  
  
• At Memory Keepers, we transfer directly to DVD.  We fully utilize the 540 lines of resolution offered by a DVD.  Some competitors automatically go to VHS first, and then to DVD.  A VHS tape only holds 240 lines of resolution.  Therefore, the final DVD product can only contain 240 lines of resolution.

We know you will be very happy with the quality of our work.