[AIRPOCKET] decided to bring that back, by converting an old spring-driven 8mm film camera to shoot digital video. The camera in question is a magazine-fed Bell & Howell Model 172 from the 1950s.

[AIRPOCKET] decided to bring that back, by converting an old spring-driven 8mm film camera to shoot digital video. The camera in question is a magazine-fed Bell & Howell Model 172 from the 1950s.

I recently got my hands on my grandpa’s old 8mm video camera from the early 2000s, so I thought I’d share how I digitized the footage. This unit is a Samsung MyCAM SC-M52 that shoots 8mm tapes.

Film movie cameras capture consecutive images (frames) on 8mm, 16mm and 35mm film. Contrast with digital camera. See cine. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires ...