My family has dozens of small 8mm film home movies. We separated the 3 inch reels into "batches". The first batch was given to yesvideo for a dvd transfer around 2003. We recieved the dvd, and got the film back, albeit in two large reels instead of 10 small reels. For whatever reason, we never got the second half of reels digitized. I would like some suggestions as to what to do next.

I have no experience in loading film, nor do I own any kind of telecine or capture equipment. However, I have heard that homemade transfers, when done right, can look better than companies like yesvideo, not to mention being uncompressed and in higher resolution. However, since I have no experience, I am afraid that I would ruin the film if I did any such thing.

What do you suggest? Buy telecine and capture equipment and do it myself? Give the second half of reels to Yesvideo? Give it to a different company known for high quality restorations?