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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    And a further update: The startup screen looks perfect. When the film gate LED lights up, the film image on the screen displays a slight ghost of those horizontal lines, superimposed over the film image. However, the scan itself looks fine, and even better, when I compared this scan with a...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    I fiddled around with the zip file and tricked the computer into letting me transfer to the SD card. Installed the firmware on my scanner, and GOT A HEALTHY SCREEN!! Haven't tried scanning anything yet, but I'm quite relieved!! THANK YOU!!
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Hi Steve. Thanks for the prompt response. I'll give them a try and let you know. As an aside, even though the screen is not working correctly, the scanner still does scan. Following the button-pushing sequence from memory Hi Steve. Same result using Firmware A. I attempted Firmware C, but it's...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Hi Steven. I watched your excellent video, and just got my tinkerdifferent registration approved. I did download the firmware update for my Firmware B unit. SN: K3124148BK01604. It waited the expected 30 seconds, but I was then greeted with the following display. When I push any of the buttons...