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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Do you have any other electronics with a compatible rom on it that you can test your reader with? That way you'd at least prove that the reader and its cables are still functioning properly.
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    "I think it's not 1GB , above in this document there is 16KB data cache (upper case B) , almost used for bytes, below at built-in memory they used 1Gb (lower case b) almost used for bit. :-(" Wow. Good catch Hawke (eye). So we have a gray area in our knowledge again? Is it possible for one of...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    I found some info on the NT96658 on a Chinese site. To get the entire doc would entail setting up an account and a credit card. It being China, I was reluctant to go that far. But I was able to screen shot the first spec pages that may or may not help you guys. See attached DOCX file. It does...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    0dan0: I would love to help with your upgrade investigations, but my background is electronics hardware, not software. So I'm not sure I have the expertise you need. If you have any low level grunt work that would help you out, let me know.
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    0dan0, Would you share the vendor and part number of the lenses you purchased? I would like to order some and play around with them as well. On the focus problem you are seeing, is the camera/lens too close or too far away from the film? Or can you tell at this point?
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Wow, that's amazing video. So do I have this right? You are using a DFM 37UX226-ML camera, via USB to a Windows PC running IC Capture software to capture the images? Is the Wolverine just a transport deck for the film at that point? I found these links...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    0dan0, thank you for your work on this firmware. I installed it on my "C" machine and the difference is striking. I no longer have to fight the curves controls in my editing software. Now I can set it once for the whole scene. The workflow is SOOOO much easier.
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    That's great deal of data, and interesting to think about. Concerning the camera/lens, MAC84 in his Nov 12, 2023 (page 3 of this forum post) shows a great picture of the camera with the cover removed. Notice the 6 rectangular holes in the metal frame. The cover clips into these holes. I used...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    I was using the Frame Adjust feature, and zooming all the way out showed quite a bit of area around the film frame itself. So I started wondering if there would be any benefit to physically moving the camera mount so the camera is closer to the film table. That way you wouldn't have to digitally...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Hi folks. What a great project thread you've got here. I've been modifying off the shelf stuff to make it do what I want for years. So this might be a lot of fun for 2025. I just received Kodak Reels digitizer from Amazon, "sold by GadgetBasket". To add to the serial number mix, it has a "K"...