Questions for Converting 8mm film

[Ral-Clan]

You can do it at home if you have a telecine device.  It's basically a box into which you shine the film projector....it projects onto a little screen and you video it with your video camera:

http://www.projectormovies.com/telecine/telecine%20box/2008-09-23%20Goldbeam%20Producer%20II%20film-to-video%20transfer/Goldbeam%20Producer%20II%20film-to-video%20transfer%20004.JPG

These devices aren't too expensive and I've seen a few show up in Thrift stores for around $20 each.

But, like the other posters say, it's probably just a lot less hassle (and better quality) to have an experienced company do the conversion for you.