Thought I might share a tip - I had both 8mm and Super 8mm film which I transferred successfully to VCR tapes (now could do same think to DVD). I did have both projectors in working order. I placed the screen in a dark room and rolled the film. I set my video camera on a tripod pre-set to fit the screen image. It worked wonderfully. Tip - prearrange your films to the correct time period before you begin. You can either play background music or talk you way through the silent films. I did the same thing with photos but in this case I did talk about each person I was projecting as a way to let future generations who the history and stories of interest. In this case I started with oldest photo in the family, ending with the youngest. Hope this may help. longlakegranny