EachMoment

Standard 8mm Cine Film Digitisation Services

8mm Film to Digital Conversion

Convert your cherished 8mm films into digital formats compatible with USB memory sticks, DVDs, or online albums. At EachMoment, we are expert digitisers of 8mm film and all other kinds of cine, including Pathé 9.5mm, 16mm, and more.

Preserve your precious memories with our Memory Box system—the UK's safest way to digitise cine film.

  • Free collection and re-delivery by the UK’s most secure courier.
  • Free cleaning and restoration by our team of specialists.
  • Free crush-proof Memory Box to protect your precious memories.

How We Convert 8mm Film to Digital

1. Fill Up a Memory Box

Your crush-proof Memory Box arrives on your doorstep the day after you place an order.

Fill it with your 8mm films, other cine reels, and more. If you’re curious, check out everything else that we digitise, including VHS tapes, Hi8 tapes, and photo slides.

When you're ready, we collect it via the UK’s safest courier—completely free of charge.

2. We Digitise Your Memories

Our lab’s specialist restoration team safely cleans and repairs every 8mm reel that needs attention at no extra cost.

We digitise your memories to the best possible quality. Choose to enjoy them on a USB memory stick, DVD, or through an online album.

The same high-security courier returns your Memory Box with your safely preserved digital memories, as well as your original 8mm films.

3. Enjoy Your Digital Memories

Now you can easily share and relive precious memories on any digital device—smartphone, tablet, computer, or TV.

Laugh and cry as you see and hear old times and familiar faces brought to life again.

Feel secure knowing that your memories are preserved forever. They will look as good in a hundred years as they do today, ready to be passed down through generations.

Why Converting 8mm Film to Digital Is Important

While it's difficult to say exactly how long 8mm film takes to degrade, most homes are not equipped to prevent their deterioration. Heat, moisture, and sunlight all have a damaging impact on the quality of 8mm film. It's devastating to learn that your precious memories have lost their clarity or vanished entirely.

Ciné film is also highly flammable. Customers storing large quantities of ciné film often feel more secure knowing they've bypassed a substantial safety risk by converting 8mm film to digital formats. In short, the sooner you transfer your 8mm film to digital, the better.

Transferring 8mm film to digital will conserve any old memories buried in your deteriorating tapes. Converting your footage not only frees up space in your garage, shelves, or attic, but it also securely protects your memories for the foreseeable future. Plus, you can relive your memories on your computer, laptop, or mobile device—taking them with you wherever you go!

The Best Way to Convert 8mm Film to Digital

Some people have consumer-grade equipment to convert ciné film to digital, but these are generally undependable and produce low-quality conversions. The process can be awkward and repetitive. Customers have reported issues when trying to clean or convert ciné film themselves, particularly with older film, such as breakages or not finding compatible digitisation equipment.

Instead, let EachMoment handle the process for you. We'll collect your ciné film from your doorstep, convert your footage to high-quality digital formats, and return them to you on a sleek USB memory stick alongside an EachMoment DVD. Everything comes smartly packaged in one of our Memory Boxes, ready to be gifted or cherished for years to come.

Our Process

Cleaning 8mm Film

As ciné film ages, it can become dry, brittle, and may even emit a vinegary smell due to degradation. There's still a chance of saving your footage and transferring your 8mm film to digital formats. Before converting, it's essential to deep clean the film using a two-pass wet/dry method. We use specialist cleaning fluid, lint-free cloths, and compressed air to remove mould, dirt, and smudges, giving your film a freshly polished appearance.

At EachMoment, every single tape, photo, or ciné film is assessed and cleaned on a case-by-case basis using bespoke cleaning methods to ensure the best possible result.

State-of-the-Art Equipment

When converting ciné film to digital, we use regularly serviced, broadcast-quality digital telecine equipment or frame scanners—depending on the type of film. Domestic standard scanners are available to buy, but our customers often find the process frustrating and the equipment costly.

It's not worth putting your precious memories in jeopardy with subpar equipment. Our professional-grade equipment ensures your 8mm films are digitised safely and effectively, providing you with the highest quality digital conversion.

Editing and Post-Processing

Once digitised, the digital file can be edited to bring your ciné film footage up to modern standards. During the scanning process, each individual frame is scanned at high resolution. This allows us to remove sprocket holes and spaces between frames if desired.

The scanner’s software then reassembles the frames into a continuous film, reducing flickering and providing a seamless viewing experience. If you prefer the retro feel of including sprocket holes and frame edges, we can accommodate that preference as well.

Ciné films are especially vulnerable to discolouration. After capturing the film as a digital file, we use advanced software to correct the colour balance, moving away from the magenta tones commonly associated with old film. Brightness adjustments and enhancements are applied, and filters are used to remove artefacts, ensuring your memories look their best.

Why Wait? Convert Your Ciné Film to Digital Now!

Once these steps are complete, your ciné film is fully converted to digital formats, giving your footage a new lease on life. It's time to relive your newly restored memories.

Preserving your precious memories or gifting an EachMoment Memory Box to a friend or family member is a touching way to show how much you care. Whether it's a birthday, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, or Father's Day, the memories enclosed in an EachMoment Memory Box always make the most thoughtful gift.

Ready to start? Order your Memory Box today and give your 8mm films the preservation they deserve.

A Brief History of 8mm Film

Meaning 'moving film', ciné film refers to motion picture film formats used for early home movies that preceded consumer-grade videocassette and digital formats. Introduced in the early 1920s, lightweight 8mm ciné film cameras provided the first practical format for making informal home movies, allowing non-professional filmmakers to capture everyday life on screen.

Although earlier 16mm film was a more costly hobby reserved for a select few, the 8mm format, introduced in the 1930s, made home movie making reasonably affordable. In the mid-1970s, the arrival of colour film, along with the advent of the cheaper, smaller, and more efficient Betamax and VHS formats, signalled the decline of 8mm film into obsolescence.

Despite their long absence from the mass market, EachMoment still converts thousands of hours of 8mm film to digital formats each year. Our customers always tell us how liberating and comforting it is to free up space around the home and to rest assured that their footage will be safe for many more years.

Preserve Other Media Formats

At EachMoment, we don't just digitise 8mm films. We also offer conversion services for a variety of media formats:

Explore our full range of services and let us help you preserve all your precious memories.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or need assistance, feel free to reach out. Our team of specialists is here to help you every step of the way.

Don't let your treasured memories fade away. Convert your 8mm films to digital formats with EachMoment and keep them alive for generations to come.

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