-=> Jay Emrie said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "MESSAGE EDITING     01/02" on 12-30-02  20:53.....

 JE> There are projectors made that go directly from 8mm to VCR
 JE> tape WITHOUT using a video camera to take pictures of the
 JE> projected image.

Yeah, I know -- a combination of a movie projector and a video
camera all in one unit. I worked with a number of them in
broadcasting. We called them telecine machines.

But for the home setup, it is easiest to put a low power lamp in
your projector, focus the image onto a ground glass screen about 4" x 6"
(which may need a bit of modification to the lens system of the
projector) then focus the video camera onto the back of the
screen.

Oh yes, one other thing: since the above gives you a TV picture
that is inverted left-to-right, you should add a front silvered
mirror in the path to reverse the image back the way it should
be.

 JE> Maybe it would be better to also preserve them by
 JE> digitizing them and keeping a file of that - say on a CDR.

Yeah, but the whole point of this discussion is that we don't
know what the true lifetime of a digitized recording is going to
be.

I suspect that it may be a _LOT_ shorter than most people think.

And there is some doubt as to whether someone finding one in good
condition in 100 years time is likely to be able to extract any
information from it.

OTOH, silver oxide images on a film or paper base have a well
proven lifetime of over a century, and given reasonable care they
look like lasting a lot longer.

Also the techniques for viewing them are unlikely to become "lost
technology" 

From Greg Mayman, in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia

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