This looked promising at first, but developed a squealing noise. And wouldn't copy the films properly. I sent it back and amazon gave me a full refund

I had a few false starts. The Scanner was not to blame. First, I had a faulty SD card adapter and after that the SD card itself was bad. But after working through these problems, the scanner was great. I digitized 23 3" rolls of film (all Super 8) without any problems whatsoever. It was fairly easy to thread but a few times I missed the clips that the film must go under when loading, but this was my fault. A small LED light above the loading area would be nice, but I just kept a small flashlight at hand. I didn't expect perfection for the price, but I was very well satisfied.The results were better than I had expected. Some of these movies were over 50 years old. The digitized videos weren't speed matched perfectly but this didn't hurt the viewability. A few had a little jumpiness which I could have probably adjusted out, but I didn't feel that it was worth the effort. It really wasn't that bad.I showed the resulting videos to the whole family on Christmas Eve. Everybody was thrilled. Even the grand kids who now have faces to reference when I mention their great-grandparents.A rewind motor that would eliminate the need to flip the reels from one side to the other would be helpful, but would probably increase the price too much.All in all, I'm very happy with my purchase.

This machine has worked wonderfully! I was kind of skeptic ordering this, but I wanted to make digital files of my late grandfathers 8mm film reels. The first reel didn't go so well, but it was spliced in several places. The last 25 + reels, the machine worked amazingly! It's crazy that it takes about 30 minutes to scan film and then the files are like 3-4 minutes long. Camera's back then didn't have sound either, but they are so fun to watch. Our family memories are now preserved. The machine is very user friendly and easy to operate.

I bought this to convert a large collection of both Standard 8 and Super 8 films. I'm now 28 films (varying from 3 to 10 minutes) in and have had very few issues.The device was easy to set up. It does require an SD card, not included, to function. I had a spare to hand and once you've copied the files off through the supplied USB lead you can delete them so you'll only need one. I guess the reason for not including the SD card is that prices for cards are so changeable. Everything else you need is in the box.Some of my films are over sixty years old, and I have no other way of viewing them, so it is difficult to comment on the quality of the transferred video, but it is as least as good as I expected; if you have newer high quality films you might want to check other reviews. I have one or two later films that were shot with audio which the device doesn't transfer and doesn't claim to.I've had only one jam, but on inspection the sprockets were already pretty chewed up so that's unsurprising. The machine does continue to try to run though and I worry that james could damager the drive if running unattended.I've also had a few longer films 'break', but only where they have been spliced. Again, it is unsurprising that 40-60 year old glue might give out. It is a little difficult to wrap enough film round the take-up spool to get it running after a break and you inevitable loss a bit of footage this way; a spare take-up spool might be a good investment for these situations and I will probably try to find one before carrying on.Having looked at online services, I think I have easily covered the cost of the kit and I'm only around a quarter of the way through. I'm pretty sure there'll be a second hand market for it when I'm done.These films were shot by my late parents and I've been worrying about them degrading to the point of being lost.I selected this model after doing a fair amount of research. Many of the cheaper models seem to be plagued with issues so not all devices are created equal.I would highly recommend this machine for anyone in a similar situation to me.

The Magnasonic FS81 is a really nice machine, and it really does the job well - that is, if you get one that is brand new. I'm on my third now, having had to return the first two for a refund, due to defects. The first one processed regular 8mm fine, but due to a weird electronics problem, could not process super 8mm. The second one had a mechanical problem, and couldn't advance any type of film. Thank heavens for the 30-day money-back return policy, although I've sure been waiting a long time for my refund.The annoying thing is that both machines were previously used and returned to Amazon, presumably because of the same problems I had, without being repaired. If your machine starts numbering digitized films at 0017 for example, that means that someone has made 16 attempts to scan a film before you. I don't know who's slipping up here, the marketplace supplier or Amazon, but it wasted a lot of my time.But I hung in there, and ordered a third FS81 directly from Magnasonic. It's humming away beautifully, and I'm on my 10th film now. There was a tracking issue with my first scan, but I fixed it using the machine's Frame Adjustment feature. On my machine, there is also a problem with the Power button not responding right away, but I'm getting around that by keeping it powered on as long as possible.Mechanically, it chugs away at 2 frames per second, saving the digital file when you stop your scan. I find that I can leave it unattended, if I check on it now and then. If you have splices in your film, they might break, so you want to stop the scan and then start again (after re-splicing, if you like). The picture quality is as good as your film. My regular 8's were sometimes grainy, but the quality of the super 8 digitized movies is impressive. You will probably want to be familiar with film editing software, so that you can trim the junk out of your 8mm films, resize, add titles, etc. (The films are digitized at 1080p, i.e. 1920x1080 pixels, which is really too big. I like to convert them to 960x720 pixels.)

I bought this Magnasonic unit from Amazon 2 1/2 years ago, and only 2 weeks ago did I unbox it and try my first transfer. There is a small learning curve to use it. I recommend watching a few videos online as an orientation, then select a movie reel to try it out a couple of times. The SD card you use to capture these films does matter. 32GB SanDisk Class 6 or higher will give you the best results. I formatted the SD card on my computer first. It can be done on the machine but I chose to do it on the computer. I have only tried 3" Super 8 reels so far, all originally shot and developed in the early 1970s. I'm 40 reels in on an 76-reel project. I do have some 5" and 7" spliced reels that I will try later. So far, so good. No issues or problems. A 3" reel takes around 29 minutes to transfer, then I switch the film reel and take-up reel on the machine and use Fast Forward on the menu to rewind the film in about 3 minutes. I do not sit there and watch the machine over the 29 minutes, but I do stay close by in case there is a problem. (There haven't been any yet.) I set a timer on my phone so i can be there shortly before the scan finishes so that the film un-latches from the source reel as I don't wish to tax the motor on the take-up reel that is pulling it thru. Sometimes they un-latch on their own, but sometimes the films do not. So try to be sitting there right at the end of the transfer. I transfer 5 or 6 reels, then I remove the SD card to check & edit the recordings. I have been posting the finished product on a YouTube channel I set-up for my family. The digitized films look great on a phone or laptop or an iPad. I doubt they are going to look awesome on your big screen TV, if that's your goal. But for my purposes, the results are very nice and I think it has saved me quite a bit of money vs. a transfer service. If I do two transfers each evening + a few more on the weekends, I'll be finished with this project in 1 month. Not bad. If I used a transfer service it would probably take them longer than that, and I would be close to $1,000 lighter. I'm very happy with this unit so far !

個体差なのか、本体を30分動作させるとフィルム送りがスムースになります。フィルムの送り穴に少しでもダメージがあると止まります、デリケートなので要注意です。

設定、８ｍｍフィルムの装着、スキャン、巻き戻しなど、すべてが簡単に安定してできた。マニュアルは英語であるがわかりやすく丁寧で、簡潔にまとめてあり、書かれてある通りに間違いなくできた。

Overall - I was pretty pleased with the quality of the product. Basically what is described is what you will get. It does take some patience for the first few reels to get the hang of it. Especially the frame adjustment portion of the process. The unit makes the adjustment pretty easy for you, but it's just the nature of how the film has to be fed through the scanner. Since your really running through decades old film that can be breaking down, etc. that once you think you have the alignment right, you'll see it won't be after 20 or so frames into it. Plus breaks in the film, or any where the film has been taped together, it's going to hang up, etc. It's a project to have running in the background while you are nearby to check on it every once in a while.BEST TIP/SUGGESTION REGARDING REWINDING THE FILM:So, I didn't have enough patience for the rewind process using the machine. Just slow, to much work swapping the reels around, and takes to long.TRY THIS TO REWIND AS FAST AS YOU CAN MAKE IT - Avoid the Written Directions All Together !! - When the film is done scanning, leave everything as it is. Be sure the film has run all the way through the unit (dangling free end from the right hand reel). Start the film back onto it's original reel (on the left side of the machine - you may have to remove that reel to properly get it started and locked onto that reel and then replace back on the unit. You'll see how you want to route the film around the knobs that help tension the film normally - I would use one of the one the right bottom and then feed to the one know on the left under where the original reel is hanging). Oh, basically you can turn the unit off - does not need to be on. Use a short but solid small rod, or for example a 3-4" wood nail that you can place the tip of it in the original reel, and then basically start cranking that reel around and around feeding the film back on to it. What every you use for this, because it's round, so the cranking goes really smooth. After some practice, I could a 3" reel in about 20 -25 seconds. That's it. Swap that reel for the next one to be scanned, and you are good to go ! Hope this helps !! Good Luck !COUPLE TIPS:1) I didn't change any of the contrast/brightness settings, the default seemed to be just fine. You may find that same thing yourself.2) Depending upon the condition of your film/reels, you may want to clean the dust/debris from the film before running it through the process, because any of that will impact the final product.3) You might want to have one of those cans of Keyboard/computer Compressed air cans handy, and just give a small puff on the scanner plate after each film in case hair/dust/debris has landed in that scanning area.Overall Feedback & My Project: I've been very satisfied with your product and I've scanned in ALL 100+ Super 8 Reels that my parents had created many years ago. As a matter of fact, this was the first time I've ever seen these films, and since both my parents passed away several years ago, this was a very special project to me and my family. Many Thanks !