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I've ordered two of these units now. The first one was missing the reel adaptors and neither of the units work well, as they create a very shaky image.I believe the issue is that I'm transferring Super 8 film. The unit is built for regular 8mm, but they provide reel adaptors so that you can also use Super 8 film Unfortunately, the adaptors aren't snug enough, so the transfer is unacceptably jittery. I've tried various fixes, googled and watched YouTube videos, etc. Nothing works.The unit might work well for regular 8 footage, as it's built for that and you don't need reel/sprocket adapters. The 8mm reels fit snugly, as they should, so I'd expect a lot less wobble.All of the rave reviews are likely from folks transferring regular 8, not super 8.Pros: exposure and sharpness of the image is good.There are a few people selling reel adaptors that I could've tried, but didn't want to spend good money after bad. If you're the handy sort you might be able to McGyver this.

Absolute trash.

Al principio trabajó muy bien, después se dejó de ver la pantalla

If you’re looking for a way to convert your family’s old 8mm reels to digital files / or have them easily accessible on your computer especially on the cloud so you can watch them virtually ANYWHERE and without giving up one of your kidneys to pay for all of your film reels to be sent out and digitalized one by one!!(Especially if you just happened to come across old family reels like we did in an attic and had ABSOLUTELY NO IDEA WHAT WAS ON ANY OF THEM!)Well then, this is your golden ticket to saving a buck while also enjoying the process!This device comes with everything you could need for the process. Along with a 32 gig SD card that the device stores each recording on with easy access via any SD card to computer plug in like the usb/ SD/ flash drive connector to MacBook like we needed, obviously that was sold separately).It also has a plug in the back complete with the cord if you want to view the frame by frame of the film on a larger screen or TV.And it also has a usb for possible saving right to a computer instead of SD card (we couldn’t figure that one out so we just used the SD card option as it seemed easiest.)The filming is super easy! Thread it through and make sure to read the instructions! We also looked up a YouTube tutorial to get a better idea since we weren’t of the era of 8mm films! Only vhs tapes. LolBUT JUST SO YOU KNOW… it only comes with 1 small reel to transfer your family reel/ film on to. We had to order a larger one (that you see in the video) from eBay in order to fully record all of the reel without stopping the recording.So just be mindful if your family film fits on a whole 4-5inch reel, if it is almost or close to completely filling the old family reels, then it may be a better idea just to order a huge transfer reel as we did (as seen in video) of 7” or so you can record non stop without any issues of overfilling the transfer reel on right and having to figure out what you’ll do next.WE SAY THIS BECAUSE… Once you stop the recording for ANY reason… you automatically begin a new recording file once you press play again.**SO KEEP THAT IN MIND** it may be nice to play back whatever you’ve recorded BUT it’ll be better just to let it run its course or you’ll have 10+ short clips of the same reel because you couldn’t keep your composure while it was recording.Ultimately we couldn’t believe the ease of this device once we figured out how to use it. It’s a good idea to read the manual because it may not be rocket science but sometimes you DON’T actually know, and it’s better to make sure than to mess your precious family reels up! (:Highly suggest this device even though it is a couple hundred dollar investment… but we recommend you go for it especially if you want to save some money in the long run and have a great useful /practical device. When companies charge $25 per reel to convert dependent on size of reel or length of film it can add up, plus you truly never know what can possibly happen if you send them out. We personally wouldn’t take the chance and would rather be responsible for messing something up on our own rather than to have something this valuable to our family end up lost in the mail or god forbid it gets ruined in routeDO IT YOURSELF! We highly recommend this product! It has been fun for our family and we are sure it’ll be for you as well.GOOD LUCK! And thank you to the seller!

Like simple to set up, obviously not as well constructed as wolverine, but for the cost excellent value, suggest you follow a few YouTube videos having done that I hit the ground running.Some negatives if film has any defects it will stop, once this happened I discovered the machine commences a new file so for one 3 minute film I have about 20 snippets which you have to play individual, if anyone has a solution on how to join them together on the computer I would be grateful, other issue was that loading the film there i only one white tab instead of 2, but not a big issue if you use a torch to load film.Copying to computer no problems, haven’t tried editing yet, can’t decide what app to use.In summary so far happy overall, will do another revie when I get to my sliced longer films.

ARRIVED QUICKER THAN EXPECTEDDOES THE JOB BUT SLOW

Works very well, producing good results using the default settings. In particular, the exposure and colours look great. So far the film transport has been faultless, although spliced film can sometimes get caught at the join. It's worth spending time familiarising yourself with the instructions and taking care to thread the film correctly. I have scanned a number of Super 8 films plus a couple of older Regular 8 films and both formats have all come up very well. I would rate the quality as being consistent with the overall quality of 8mm film in the first place. But the main thing for us is simply being able to relive the old memories again, and this has been the best aspect.This scanner has been an excellent choice, especially when you have a large number of old films. Once scanned, it then becomes easy to sort out the worthwhile ones from rest, in a convenient format.