Re: Digitized!

From: Georgie Hinklemyer <samoolives_at_yahoo.com> <samoolives_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 05:08:27 -0000

You could think of it as buying them at about $10 per film.
-G.

--- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com, "Georgie Hinklemyer <samoolives_at_y...>" <samoolives_at_y...> wrote:
> Rough price estimate. The films I remember are (in no particular order):
>
> * Feeding Frenzy (apx 20 mins)
> * The Spy Film (apx 30 mins)
> * Jack the Yak (apx 10 mins)
> * Tug of War and other high school "activities" (30 mins??)
> * Lieutenant Polumbo's murder mystery at UCLA (apx 30 mins)
> * Murder in Vein (apx 30 mins)
> * The Juggler (apx 15 mins)
> * Reunion in San Francisco (30 mins???)
> * Misc other stuff I can't think of (give it about 1 hour)
>
> Assuming the values above, that's about 15,300 seconds of film. If a standard 8mm film runs at 36 feet/second (rate found on the internet; not verified) that's about 551,000 feet of film.
>
> Times 20c ~ $1100.00.
>
> Divide by 10 Olives...? Hmmm. Maybe a culling would be appropriate. But which ones to leave out?
> By the way, who has the originals? ALL of them?
> --G.H.
>
>
> --- In OliveStarlightOrchestra_at_yahoogroups.com,
> "tschibasch <tschibasch_at_y...>" <tschibasch_at_y...> wrote:
> > FYI: If the cost is $0.20 per foot, then we are looking at a very
> > large bill for even one film. Witht that said, I would love to have
> > everything digitized, since the film itself will not last forever.
> >
> > John
> >
Received on 2003-01-23 21:08:36