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

    Also , all the black dots showing up on my film, is it dirt/dust/grime? Or just emulsion decay from old age. I have 30 or so reels to scan and the thought of having to manually clean them all with pec pads seems incredibly daunting lol. Can you guys also tell me what is the flow you're using...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Thank you so much @0dan0 . I would not have the confidence to do any of this without your enhancements. I never used a histogram before in my life until now and it's been very helpful. Although I am finding A lot of my footage the color has severely faded and almost looks B+W now.
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Here is a video of me describing and showing where I am stuck. I also wanted to include a link to a video I thought turned out really nice. (no post work) I have also attached a short video of what the captures currently look like. Very green tinted.
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    So I've disappeared for a few days as i was busy scanning some reels, but I want to say that some of the results i've gotten are fantastic! Very happy with the quality and colors I have been able to get. Thank you so much @0dan0 for all your work with this! I also would like to report that I...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Although I don't know the exact year or date the footage was taken, the box it was stored in says "process before Jan 1958". These are my mother-in-laws videos and im sure they were not stored properly. They were given to me in a ziploc bag...so....:ROFLMAO: I messed with the white balance and...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Thanks so much for the reply @0dan0 and I think you're right. My first capture i ran cropped in quite a way, and that film did not go dark. I ran the second reel zoomed out because thats what I was seeing on this forum. My Mistake! The results look fantastic though, so thank you for all your...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Here is a short video where you can quickly see the transition. I power cycled the unit and retried the scan, and it did the same around the 1:50 mark It happens in the first second, may need to slow playback to see
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    so I got everything set up and did my first capture which went well, it was only a minute long. However my second capture also went dark after about the 1:50 mark. I'm running v 6.6 on model C. I tried to stop and start the capture but within 5 frames or so it would transition back to dark...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Okay just an update. I took 4 hours and read this entire thread. Bravo to @0dan0 and @Mac84 for their work on this. I can't say thank you enough, as someone who has been tasked with archiving old films, but am also a purist with a budget and cant drop 5k on a high end machine. This has been an...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    I have been eyeing a Kodak Reels for a while now, I found this thread, then saw it was %20 off on amazon this week and scooped it for $330. Hopefully I can get all these mods working. There are so many pages to go through, and I see multiple people offering different mods. Any chance we can get...