I have a bunch of my familys old home movies that were taken on Polavision Phototapes. How can I have these transferred to video tape?
[As an aside, I’m surprised how many times I’ve been asked this sort of question– perhaps there are more Polavision owners out there than I thought… 🙂 ] Your options here depend in part on whether or not you still have (or have access to) a functioning Polavision Player. If you have a working Polavision Player and don’t require absolutely top-notch quality, you’re almost home free– all you need is a video camera or camcorder (if you don’t own a video camera and can’t borrow one from somebody, you might check your local public library). In fact, it’s actually easier to transfer Polavision to videotape this way than it is to transfer conventional home movies yourself, because the Polavision Player already has a rear-projection screen. Plus, the Player is already optically aligned for that screen. All you have to do is set the video camera on a tripod and aimed so that it is exactly “square” with the Player screen (the camera lens axis goes through the exact center of the Player scr
