<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks Mik, Reelife does not regularly perform tape or film transfers as a stand alone service … <br><br><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Regards,</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Tom Adams, Director/Owner</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">www.ReelifeProductions.com</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://Folktography.zenfolio.com</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">• Cool Media Production...Not Boring or Dumb •</span></p><p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Media that Educates, Entertains & Enlightens... since 1996</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.294118); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; margin: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">
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<p><font face="Calibri">Funny. Back in the 80's I worked at a place
that converted S-8mm film (and other film formats) to VHS tape.
I saw the care they took most of the time and was on the
production team when orders started to pile up. Now I'm
converting my own VHS tapes to digital.<br>
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<p><font face="Calibri">If you have a lot of tape, it might make
sense to do it yourself, unless you feel the condition of the
tape is too delicate to handle yourself (like the oxide is
falling off the acetate). I had about 50 tapes to transfer, so I
bought a ClearClick Video2Digital Converter 2.0 and borrowed an
S-VHS semi-pro deck from my local public access TV station (they
don't use them anymore -- was just in storage) and recorded the
tapes onto thumb drives, which I then moved to my internal HD
for editing and clipping. The quality of the video generated by
the ClearClick is pretty good, all things considered, and it was
easy to see what was going on because the unit has a small
screen you can look at while it's working. I used the s-video
port and the RCA L/R audio. Your mileage may vary.</font></p>
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<div>They tried to bill me for products I never requested, and
they tried to charge me a different amount than they quoted me.
I had to dig up the email proving that they quoted me a
different rate before they refunded the difference.<br>
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possible to access all of their customers' captured videos and
photos. To their credit, they took it seriously when I reported
it to them and escalated it to the owner, but it took them six
months to fix the issue, and they never notified their
customers.<br>
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delete all copies of my data, but they left my data online and
exposed insecurely for several weeks until I asked them again to
remove it.<br>
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time on a digitizing project, and I wrote a guide explaining how
I did it:<br>
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<p>I have a friend who has some
particular needs in terms of transferring VHS to a
digital format. He’s transferred other tapes via
commercial companies, but there are some sensitive
issues with the current tapes that might require more
specialized attention:<br>
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<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li style="margin-left:0in">They don’t track properly
in a VCR, so need someone with the tech to adjust
for that<br>
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<li style="margin-left:0in">They are quite dark, so
need adjusting for that also, if possible.<br>
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<li style="margin-left:0in">One tape may contain
politically incorrect material (not blue, per se,
but something that more modern sensibilities
wouldn’t approve of. But it’s a family tape, so
they want to preserve them).<br>
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<p>He’d like a local and/or small
concern who may be able to assist. Any suggestions?<br>
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<p>Thanks in advance!<br>
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