I do this for a living. I compare my work to what is shown on the BIO Channel. Most of the home movies of the stars is shot on 8mm or Super8 film. I produce much better transfer than what is shown on the air.
While the printed specs. of Super 8mm is better, in practice it in not.
Regular 8mm Kodachrome ASA 10 Fime grain fine.
Super 8mm Kodachrome ASA 25 Medium grain.
Super 8mm Etachrome ASA 64 Medium to high grain
Regular 8mm Kodachrome Dynamic range high
Super 8mm Danamic range medium
Super 8mm Etachrome Dynamic range low to medium.
When Super 8mm came out, people stopped using flood lights, cameras went total automatic (right that works), and many developers did poor processing.
You can never telecine correctly with a camcorder, but with a high quality CCTV camera such as Mintron $390.00 with lens, you can equal or beat any other commerical transfer services if you are will to take the time and do filtering.
All cameras auto functions must be turned OFF!!
Visit my website
www.photorecall.net (parts under construction) for more information or e-mail me at
rfmmars@cox.net
richard