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Are you converting your home movies to digital? We couldn’t agree more with your decision! We are happy to help you with your film reel size estimate and we only charge you for the exact amount of footage that contains video during our home movie to digital process.

Home movies come in different sizes of reels, and how many feet of film a reel holds is approximate. Fortunately, it’s not very complicated to get an idea of how much old film reel footage you have from the diameter of your reel. We want to show you how to get a better idea of the size of your film collection.

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Our pricing for old film reels depends on the amount of footage on your reels. Film footage correlates directly with how much video you will get back after the transfer to digital.

These measurements are true for 8mm, Super 8 and 16mm film reel sizes. For example, if you have three full reels, each of which is 5 inches in diameter, that’s 600 feet of film total.

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Pickup services available across the Northeast. Visit one of our 40+ locations or ship your projects to our headquarters at 84 Needham Street, Suite 130, Newton, MA 02461

If you’re not quite ready to digitize, it’s important to keep your old film reels safe until you want to make them digital. One of our expert technicians has some great tips for the care and preservation of old home movies.

Sizing for film is standardized by diameter, which can help you easily determine the footage. 16mm film reel sizes are slightly different than 8mm and Super8. You’ll usually find 16mm film on the largest reels.

If you’d like more information about the specific type of film reels you have, you can visit our 16mm home movie page, our 8mm home movies page or our Super8 home movies page page.