starry night
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Mar 3, 2006
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This posting is NOT about external sources who will transfer your stock of family memorabilia to digital.
It is about my DIY home project to do this, and control it myself and for FREE!
I am using my iPhone camera to photograph my old family photos and other memorabilia like wedding invitations, newspaper clippings, letters, items from high school yearbooks, etc., then transferring them to my laptop for trimming and editing. I am very pleased with the sharpness and resolution.
Likewise with the slides, we got a small single-slide viewer (not a carousel or projector) from a neighbor who was discarding it, and took a photo from the viewer screen with my iPh.
The same neighbor was donating a 8mm projector (Keystone brand) to Goodwill, so he gave it to us, and we will donate it when our project is completed.
We used this to project our short reels onto a white wall in our house, and recorded the projection with my digital 35mm camera recording function. I am limited to about 30 minutes of tape in the camera memory, so do a set at a time, and transfer to laptop to clear the memory for the next set.
The VHS videos was the hardest to do. We had given up our old component when we moved (kept only our DVD player), so we spent awhile trying to run down replacement equipment. Found one at salvage store (Goodwill) for $5, but it didn’t work. A friend has loaned us theirs (along with the old-school connectors to the back of our TV), so I am playing all the tapes and recording (again with my digital 35mm camera) and copying the clips we want to save. There were hours of Grand Canyon mule ride content taken by DH, the view of my backside (along with the mule’s) swaying along the trail. So, I am able to trim much of the screen-time and copy the good parts.
We copied relevant bits to zip drives to share with family members.
We have really enjoyed re-living these moments, and I’m really pleased and satisfied with our product.
It is not a professional technological masterpiece, but we are satisfied…we did it ourselves….and virtually for free.
I would benefit from hearing your experiences, tips or other ideas on how to manage family materials.
It is about my DIY home project to do this, and control it myself and for FREE!
I am using my iPhone camera to photograph my old family photos and other memorabilia like wedding invitations, newspaper clippings, letters, items from high school yearbooks, etc., then transferring them to my laptop for trimming and editing. I am very pleased with the sharpness and resolution.
Likewise with the slides, we got a small single-slide viewer (not a carousel or projector) from a neighbor who was discarding it, and took a photo from the viewer screen with my iPh.
The same neighbor was donating a 8mm projector (Keystone brand) to Goodwill, so he gave it to us, and we will donate it when our project is completed.
We used this to project our short reels onto a white wall in our house, and recorded the projection with my digital 35mm camera recording function. I am limited to about 30 minutes of tape in the camera memory, so do a set at a time, and transfer to laptop to clear the memory for the next set.
The VHS videos was the hardest to do. We had given up our old component when we moved (kept only our DVD player), so we spent awhile trying to run down replacement equipment. Found one at salvage store (Goodwill) for $5, but it didn’t work. A friend has loaned us theirs (along with the old-school connectors to the back of our TV), so I am playing all the tapes and recording (again with my digital 35mm camera) and copying the clips we want to save. There were hours of Grand Canyon mule ride content taken by DH, the view of my backside (along with the mule’s) swaying along the trail. So, I am able to trim much of the screen-time and copy the good parts.
We copied relevant bits to zip drives to share with family members.
We have really enjoyed re-living these moments, and I’m really pleased and satisfied with our product.
It is not a professional technological masterpiece, but we are satisfied…we did it ourselves….and virtually for free.
I would benefit from hearing your experiences, tips or other ideas on how to manage family materials.