The world of digital video video is here.  It seems every phone and digital camera these days has the ability to take video, and some with stunning quality. High-end wedding videographers are even switching from the tried and true digital video camcorders of yesteryear to digital SLR cameras capable of recording 720p HD video.  But it seemed like just a few months ago that digital video used to mean video shot onto digital videotape.  And the advantages between recordings digital video camcorders and analog camcorders were numerous.

Digital vs. Analog Video

Digital camcorders possess many advantages over their analog predecessors.  Due to the advances in technology that came with the introduction of Digital Camcorders, we highly recommend you no longer shoot with Analog formats.  But it is important to note that not all digital video is the same - we are talking here about camcorders that record video to digital tape formats, not your handheld digital camera that records compressed video to a digital file.  Unless you have a high-end Digital SLR that records to HD video, you will still get better quality shooting to tape with your Digital camcorder.

Here's why we recommend Digital Video over Analog Video:

• Higher-quality recorded video signal
  Analog video uses an electrical signal to capture video images onto magnetic tape, while a digital video signal begins and remains digital.  No quality is lost when you copy your video.   It is also much easier to record and capture video to your computer directly via Firewire.  Analog video degrades with each copy and requires a special video capture card or analog-to-digital converter box in order to import video onto your computer.

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A film length calculator can be very useful in determining the length of video per reel of film.  The run-time for a reel of film will vary based on the framerate the video was captured with.  For example 100 feet of film shot at 18 frames a second will have a longer run time than 100 feet of film shot at 24 frames per second.

However you can use the following as a general calculation:

50 feet of film (3 inch film reel) = 3 minutes
200 feet of film (5 inch film reel) = 12 minutes
400 feet of film (7 inch film reel) = 24 minutes

For additional information visit the film to dvd page.

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A heart warming story of memories remembered: Rudy Resta's wallet is returned to him after being lost for over 40 years.  Watch Rudy relive the memories of the forgotten photos that he thought had been lost 40 years ago when someone stole his wallet.

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