I guess it was a bit simpler for people born in the 70s.
For my part: Way back in like 2001 or so, I decided to digitize my family's collection of super-8 videos from when I and my sister grew up. I used a borrowed DV camera (with a firewire interface), the 70s projector and projection screen. Ended up with decent 480p quality. Used some ancient Linux/GTK-based editing tool to do the cutting. Ended up with what is now a 90 minute, 700 MB .mp4 file. I'm happy that I ended up keeping the audio track, recording the noise from the projector and my occassional giggles
It took about 1-2 days. Also I somehow broke that expensive borrowed DV camera (pretty certain it broke itself), so i paid like $150 to have it fixed.
Anywy, ~two decades later: I'm so happy I did all of that!
For my part: Way back in like 2001 or so, I decided to digitize my family's collection of super-8 videos from when I and my sister grew up. I used a borrowed DV camera (with a firewire interface), the 70s projector and projection screen. Ended up with decent 480p quality. Used some ancient Linux/GTK-based editing tool to do the cutting. Ended up with what is now a 90 minute, 700 MB .mp4 file. I'm happy that I ended up keeping the audio track, recording the noise from the projector and my occassional giggles
It took about 1-2 days. Also I somehow broke that expensive borrowed DV camera (pretty certain it broke itself), so i paid like $150 to have it fixed.
Anywy, ~two decades later: I'm so happy I did all of that!