8mm movie conversion

I have about 1200 feet of old 8mm movie film that I would like to have converted so that I can import it into Apple’s iMovie where I can edit it and make a movie of it and put it on a DVD with menus.
What format do I want to have it converted to ?
Which version of iMovie is the best for this ?

I think your question is sort of outside the realm of iMovie and more of how to get old film based movies recorded onto digital tape or another digital format easily imported to the computer.
Most people who report on what they did ended up displaying the movie onto a good background with the projector and simply video taping it off the screen, wall, sheet, etc.
These are old silent 8mm films?
Patrick

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My own video cameras may not be of high enough quality to do this conversion, even using their signal out as a direct input to something like the Canopus ADVD-100.
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Look in your local phone book under "Video" or "Video Services". I had some childhood 8mm & Super 8 reels transferred to VHS a couple years ago, and I'm sure nowadays they can go straight to DVD.
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I am wondering if anyone has done any conversion of 8mm over to digital. I appreciate your feedback!

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