I keep coming across video tapes. The little DV tapes that we use now, DV tapes from my previous life (which I haven’t bothered to watch and therefore cannot throw out or label), and even some 8mm tapes… Um, I’ve never had an 8mm camera, so I have absolutely no idea what these are, and I have no idea how to find out what is contained on the 8mm tapes. I can’t just pop them into the video camera and watch the videos back on TV…

After we get to wherever it is we’re going, the easiest thing will be to have someone to convert film in 8mm to DVD for us. I don’t even *know* anyone who hasn’t switched to DV cameras and thrown out their old 8mms, possibly because I haven’t asked, but more probably because y’all know how fragile video cameras are – my previous DV camera broke, and it was cheaper to buy a new one than have it fixed. That ended up being a moot situation, because Frank bought one to do his “Happy Dance” video before we got married, so I became co-owner of that one when we got hitched (it’s also how I own all but two of my guns!). Back to the 8mms, even if I did know someone who owned an 8mm camera, I would probably let the professionals convert the Super 8 Film to DVD, because if I recall correctly, the way we got film off the 8mms was to put the VCR on record, play the tape through the TV, and end up with a VHS tape instead of an 8mm. Eh, no thanks. I want these tapes on DVD so I can find out what is on them without having to dig out a VCR.

This reminds me. I never put up our karaoke videos after I did the DV film transfer a few weeks back (an easy firewire transfer straight to computer, and yes, my computer burns DVDs). Probably because I’m so appalled at my pudgy arms. We just need to record again, and this time, I should wear sleeves.