The video output of the camera must be converted to a DV signal before entering the computer and requires the ADVC 55, 100 or 110 made by Canopus. The projector has no shutter and rapidly presents all frames to the video camera directly via a magnified view of the gate. As a result, the video camera is actually looking at the surface of the film for maximum image quality. Each time a new frame comes up in the gate of the projector, it is stationary for a split second and the software registers that frame's position within the video stream. Then, the film advances and the same thing happens for the next frame, and the next and the next and so on, for hundreds, even thousands of frames. After processing via CineCap Velocity, the end result is that each frame of your movie will exist on a separate frame of video on your hard drive. Then the playback rate of those frames can be determined by using CineCap or your existing edit software for perfect, flicker free movies on video with clarity edge to edge and zero hot spot. The ability to transfer each frame and keep them separate makes the Sniper series the finest personal transfer device available for super 8, regular 8 or 16mm film.