Quality of 8mm film

[David Thrasher]

On the frame rates, here is some information that might help: 

24 frames per second is the rate for sound films, whether super 8, 16mm, or 35mm. 

16 frames per second was the standard for silent film once motor drives became available (possibly in the 1920's). 35mm was this way until sound came along. 16mm and 8mm remained this way for the amateur market because sound cameras was scarce.

18 frames per second for silent movies came about in the 1960's with Super 8 and possibly was used for standard (or regular) 8 film of the time. I think I have seen people have sound super 8 films run at 18 frames per second but that wasn't the standard.

-Dave 

Original message:

There is a way to give Quicktime a directory full of sequentially named 
image files (like 001.pct, 002.pct, etc) and have it make a movie out 
of them.  I forget what the frame rates are - 18 and 24, off the top of 
my head. But many cameras were adjustable, and some not that accurate, 
so the frame rate that it was shot at could be different than the 
standard. Best guess - tweak it until it looks right.

SR

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