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

    I've seen this bug, but I didn't bother reporting it because it only happened once and I couldn't repeat it. Anyway, the workaround is simple enough: restart the unit. That said, if you are able to find and fix the bug, then you rock, as always!
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Hi @0dan0 -- I have a couple observations / questions about the ISO / exposure algorithm. v7.1 - v7.5: During capture with my 'C' unit, the highest ISO / exposure that I observed was ISO 200 / ~5970µs. I never observed an ISO of 400 during capture, even with a black image. Is that behavior...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    I like the transparency of idea #1... It will likely lead to many folks buying a 12mm macro lens (I have mine, but I still need to install it). I have mixed feelings about idea #2... I like that any scaling artifacts would be eliminated for 12mm lens users at 1440x1080. I also like that it...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Woohoo! No more blue snow! @0dan0 You. Are. The. Man.
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    @0dan0 Thanks again for implementing my prior feature request (in-capture exposure lock) so quickly. If you are still accepting feature requests, then I have another one: in-capture adjustment of the blue and red channel gain. After you provided in-capture adjustment for the green channel, the...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    @0dan0 I also have a type C unit that I intend to lens-modify using the recommended 12mm lens from RMA Electronics (ordered and shipped Mon 12/1), 7mm extension ring and lock ring from m12lenses.com. I printed the lens offset v13 that you posted November 15th with the hope that it would work...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    I second your motion to leave the Qp functioning as-is... I am happy with it bouncing between 17 and 20, even when it infrequently crashes. Regarding jitter, I have only seen it on the bottom of the frames, and only from the very beginning of a scan. For me it is a mechanical issue, not a...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    @0dan0 Thanks so much for continuing to share the results of your tinkering with this group. Your new settings control with on-screen brackets is a brilliant solution to the "minimal button" problem! The new Qp control worked well for me at the "best" level of 15 on the roll I tested (using the...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    @0dan0 - playback broke with v4.0: V3.0 16 Feb 2025 On-device movie playback works with this version. V4.0 18 Feb 2025 BUG INTRODUCED: On-device movie playback is now broken... Perhaps this is a result of moving 1 of the 2 image buffers lower in memory??? As I mentioned in an earlier post, my...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    @ThePhage Sorry to hear about your issues scanning 7" reels. I only have 3" reels to scan, so I don't have any 4 GB file size concerns. However, I also had the device "freeze" during a 3" reel scan once... I can live with that, because it hasn't done it since. Regarding the random jitter issues...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    That's definitely good news about the 12mm lens being a match, but bad news about the 16mm lens. @0dan0 Do you still have any hope of finding a lens that could get good focus, good coverage, and good resolution, given the short focal length of the Reels' design?
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Not identical to Scorpion's, but close enough? https://commonlands.com/products/16mm-m12-lens?variant=40507626651766
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    I don't believe that my blueness issue is related to the firmware. Instead, my issue appears to be solely with the hardware. The light source has not been illuminating fully. Yesterday its illumination decreased by ~75% in the middle of a scan, and moments later it went completely dark! I was...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    @0dan0 Like @jackmonte1987, I am sometimes seeing a pronounced blue shift with a +2.0 WB set... See the attached clip, especially the end. I'd much rather see you expand the setting range than return to the crazy AWB in the stock firmware.
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Sticking to FAT32 with these units doesn't bother me one bit. That said, I believe that other folks have reported that the firmware (stock and presumably all mods created to-date) formats memory cards as exFAT when someone chooses to use that feature on the unit. That is why I suggested trying...