Digitize 8 mm and Super 8 Films with Wolverine MovieMaker

When certain moments happen, people tend to try and keep parts of it by capturing it in photos or videos. These days, it’s pretty common to find people those moments through their smartphones and post them online. Back then, it wasn’t as easy, especially with videos. Previous generations had to buy a pricey video recorder and the right film to make home videos. The film would also need to be stored away properly, but even then, there’s a possibility that the wear and tear over time would eventually ruin the film and lose that recorded memory.

For the most part, people don’t have that problem now since technology allows us to save those captured memories digitally. What about those films from back then? No matter how dated the memory is, it could still be heartbreaking for those who were part of it to lose that recording. Thankfully, there are solutions that can help preserve those recordings, like the Wolverine MovieMaker.

From film to digital files

The Wolverine MovieMaker helps digitize 8 mm and Super 8 movie reels into an MP4 file, conserving videos captured from yesteryears. From afar, the device looks like a movie projector with its film reels on each side. What’s different is that the middle portion has a screen with basic buttons to navigate the onscreen menu. Its back has slots for the USB cable, power adapter, TV out cable, and SD card for your video file.

Using this. Really simple. Takes a while but so worth it. Taking hours of footage to family Christmas today. The old projector finally gave up the ghost. Now watching on the big screen TV.
Link: Wolverine Digital MovieMaker Pro Film Digitizer, https://t.co/mvaC2W8HuE pic.twitter.com/okT7mwr42d

— Cody "Bucket Hat Moose" Mummau (@mummau55) December 25, 2023

The device converts the 8 mm and Super 8 films into 1080p videos; however, don’t expect any sound. The film needs to go through both film reels wherein one would hold the one end and the other would be the receiving end after the device reads each frame. Frames are read in the tray directly below the screen of the Wolverine MovieMaker. During conversion, there’s a possibility of frames not aligning correctly. For this, users can adjust it accordingly with the device’s frame adjustment option. Once done, users can also rewind the reels back.

Since the Wolverine MovieMaker captures the film frame by frame, it may take a long time. However, once done, users would be able to preserve their memory in digital form without worrying about frames fading away or getting destroyed. For those who have some films to digitize at home, the device is priced at $299.99.

YouTube: Wolverine 8mm and Super 8 Movie Reels to Digital MovieMaker

Photo credit: The feature image is symbolic and has been done by Ilkin Guliyev.