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Super 8 films and old magnetic audio tape.
Super8 and 16mm films are usually glue-edited. They can fall apart into little strips upon visioning or scanning after so many years. I would thus only entrust them to a professional company offering scanning and restoration services in the US.
I seem to remember a sign somewhere in Santo Domingo or Santiago advertising transferring VHS to DVD... but that was not your question.
I've had PHOTO negatives (standard 36mm) scanned onto disc locally here in Puerto Plata. We had over 2000 pictures and cut strips of 3 to 7 frames and a few uncut rolls. It would had cost us BIG $'s to do that abroad... here we paid less than US$ 200.oo. Some scans are not 100% well placed, but the focus was OK and the resolution beyond what we needed (too large actually, I need to edit them down.). They later on moved the equipment to Punta Cana or Bavaro, but I would like to think that someone with the necessary equipment ought to be found in Santo Domingo or Santiago.
I had a cassette tape with "historic" (unique) sound clips I wanted to have transferred into mp3... I posted here, but finally a steel guitar buddy of mine out of Florida did it on his home equipment.
... J-D.
As I said, the photo processing company which did my negative scans here in Puerto Plata moved to the East. I don't have their contact anymore. They had an office downtown and in Playa Dorada.
For video and film, you may want to approach local filming and film editing companies as well as news agencies (they are plentiful in most city).
Tape... buy a small deck-to-USB kit or send it out to a somebody who has one in the US or where ever home was to you.
Sorry, I wished I could be of more (precise) help.
... J-D.
Yes, if T. Jimenez wouldn't have the scanner for negatives, they would know who has.
My family still has a good bundle of full length movies our grand father made in 40's, 50's and 60's, traveling North Africa with his... 1948 Nash Ambassador! Yep, he'd take that rig down to Southern France, had it hived onto a boat and would do his "Safari" in it, get back the same way and have the body fixed up again! Different times, different customs. But even back then, I doubt that was "normal".
Anyways, the OP's thread, re-awoke my desire to look into the issue of having these films scanned.
If I find something significant... I'll let you know.
... J-D.
My family still has a good bundle of full length movies our grand father made in 40's, 50's and 60's, traveling North Africa with his... 1948 Nash Ambassador! Yep, he'd take that rig down to Southern France, had it hived onto a boat and would do his "Safari" in it, get back the same way and have the body fixed up again! Different times, different customs. But even back then, I doubt that was "normal".
Anyways, the OP's thread, re-awoke my desire to look into the issue of having these films scanned.
If I find something significant... I'll let you know.
... J-D.
