So much, in fact, that any rigid splices - such as those made with the dreaded scotch tape - might have trouble navigating the tight corners and cause a backup, so be sure to babysit this unit and give the takeup reel a little nudge

On top of arriving without the takup reels and the shaft adapters, the unit does not work consistantly...it jams for no reason, even without any external tension or sprocket damage/bad splices.

doing this greatly cuts down on issues with bad splices

These were good splices, too, that worked great in an 8mm projector.2) get an extension cord.

Other than watching for bad 50 yearold tape splices (and a bit of a learning curve), this machine has been fairly set-and-forget for the 65 captures I've performed so far.

You do have to pay attention to the process as bad splices can be a problem.

If there are bad sprocket holes, thick splices, film warping due to age, etc, then you may experience problems

It should come with free splicing kit!!!

How well the splices held up.

Aside from that, the film has jammed a couple of times when there are old, rough splices in the film

Spent the whole morning trying to digitize two 3" rolls of film that are in great condition (good sprockets, no splices, etc).

I have had virtually NO stops during recordings unless I manually stopped the process to realign the film (this can happen when you are scanning 7" reels that have many smaller reels spliced together - bad splices will cause the film to be "off-center" from your original settings when you started the scan; this is not a fault of the device.)

I won’t cover film preparation like cleaning or fixing bad splices

I did have to hunt down and buy an 8mm film splicer because my splices on the film let loose in many places.

I had bad splices that failed (my fault), but that wasn't the biggest thing.

Overlapping splices will hang up in the gate.

This is to be expected, however, each time you restart after a bad splice, etc

and you'll break splices

Once in a while a bad splice would hang up

The splicing over time comes loose or sticky and so often times your larger reels will get hung up on the splices.

That said, as long as the film doesn't hang up on a bad splice or multiple broken sprocket holes that needs to be manually advanced past it can be left virtually alone to do its thing.- Don't expect to transfer an old movie using only the machine and having a watchable video afterwards

One thing to keep in mind, if your splices are good, they will run through with no problem

In addition to the inevitable splice-stuck and splice-broke, there were a couple of instances where the processor froze, but the film advancer kept working till the machine was switched off

If your film breaks - don't bother splicing it, just start another empty reel - why it's good to have extra reels - because you can join those in your video editor later

- Get the maximum 32GB SD card - If you forget to check on it and you get to a bad splice spot, reels will just stop, but the frame grabbing keeps going.

If you hit any rough splices or chewed up sprocket holes, the film will hang up

As long as the 8mm and/or super 8mm film is in reasonably good condition (clean with secure and accurate splices) the Movie Maker will do its job, and do it very well.

I did have a couple of poor splices get hung

Once in a while a bad splice would cause it to stop, or the picture would be jittery, and I'd have to re-run a segment, but most went smoothly with no supervision

(in other words looks as bad as the old movie night projector)It has locked up on bad splices where it continues recording same frame (edit out or be present to fix on the spot)

Second, if there is any flaw in the film such as a bad splice or sprocket holes, then it simply stops transporting the film through the guide.

The bad splices and worn sprocket holes mentioned above will jam the machine and it will generate many shots of the jammed frame

Takes long time to produce as each frame is shot and it requires monitoring of bad splices causing jamming, but still worth it.

The sponge right before the sensor path seems like it is designed to catch a splice and even on the feed tray, there is another spot to snag splices at the top if the first snag-point missed.

Apparently not only do the splices cause trouble, but also some of the tape back in the day was not all made the exact same size, so some is bigger, and that causes issues.

A 50 ft. reel of 8mm can take about a 1/2 hour to convert and you can't really just walk away from the machine as you don't know if the film will get need will need your attention if there are bad splices or sprockets

Quality was better than I expected considering most of the reels were made in the 60’s and early 70’s.

The medium sized wheel can hold small super 8’s no

With all the choices for LED’s, Wolverine could have chosen an LED with a more natural, warmer color.

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