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6. JPEG quality: Q95 → Q100 Correction to my first post: the JPEG buffer is not "what is left in the memory pool". The stock app sets it as a fixed budget of 0.25 bytes per pixel (+ header) at 0x801E4588. That's 6.4 MB at 24M and 4.4 MB at 16M. Detailed slides that don't fit drop to Q90. The...

Thanks for sharing the screenshots. Now I see the issue: WB gains are reset to 000,000,000 - which are minimum accepted values for Red, Green and Blue. On my device the defaults are 689,256,218 - More Red compared to Green and Blue, for natural colors on most reels. But good default values could...

Hello all! After the Kodak Reels tinkering I got back to my other digitizing device: a Reflecta DigitDia Evolution magazine slide scanner. It works fine, but I've never been fully happy with the image quality: visible JPEG artifacts and a soft "watercolor" look. It turns out to be the same...

Videos saved with custom firmware are using higher bitrate than the stock firmware. Built-in playback likely can't handle this. 64GB cards should be fine also if formatted with FAT32 (there's free tools like Rufus or guiformat for that). The SD card performance with ExFAT may be insufficient for...

Type D — FW 271: build number on the start-up screen Firmware version added to start-up screen ("Type-D - FW 271") No other changes since the previous build. @lrdgreen89 @JohnCT Could you try flashing this version and tell me what the start-up screen says, and whether the OSD appears...

Ok, that's another report on the same topic. Let me share a new build that prints the firmware version also in the splash screen to be 100% sure what happens here! For the dark colors, could you try Reset in the OSD recording menu? Thinking, is it possible that the WB settings are somehow...

Thanks for reporting! On my unit, "FW 270" in yellow at the top right is visible all the time, so if nothing appeared at all, I'd like to understand why. Could you try once more? Flash FW 270 again. Power the unit off and on once after the flash. Check whether anything appears on the start...

Sorry the reset didn't help. I still doubt it's a newer type. I interpret the serial H2825 as week 28 of 2025, which would match your 7/2025 camera board, and stock D runs everything else normally. A wrong type usually breaks much more than just zoom (frozen screen, dead buttons, strange...

I compared with my own unit: fully zoomed out, mine looks very similar to yours (see attached picture). So your optics are fine, and that is simply the full zoom-out view. Sorry for the confusion earlier! So the only real problem is that zoom and position don't respond. The buttons clearly work...

Thanks for the detailed testing, that's really useful. My build (FW 270) is based on the stock Type D firmware. Button handling there is the stock D code; my additions only read the buttons. So dead buttons mean the D firmware doesn't match your unit, which suggests it isn't a Type D. Two...

Thanks for testing! Since the stock firmware has the same problem and the flash clearly ran, it doesn't sound likely this would be a firmware issue. I think it's more likely something on the hardware side. One cheap test to try first: the 8mm / Super 8 switch. Flip it fully both ways and see...

Not dumb questions at all, and nice work on the SD socket repair! Yes, H2825 units are identified as Type D. Since you don't know what's on it after its eBay history, I'd go in two steps: Flash the stock D firmware first. FWDV280-D-stock.zip (post #143). That gives you a known-good factory...

Hi @Boojakascha - that sounds really unfortunate! Just to be sure I've got the details right: You modded the camera in the unit and soon after that the issue with black screen and unit not initializing started? First time back in August? If the motor doesn't spin and the firmware file stays...

Hi! Another update. D-Type FW 270 attached. Still few more tweaks on top of build 265. What's new Fixed the OSD flicker. The stock UI was clearing the UI layer in two different places. The OSD now redraws immediately when that happens. Stall auto-stop timing corrected from build 265. 270 is...

Hi @jmccabe - please try the build I just shared (forum post #731). Among all the fixes, reworked also how the menu & settings functions. Hopefully it's bit more usable now!

Type D — New build, found and fixed a freeze bug (please test!) Short version: Found a bug in my code that causes a freeze, and it's fixed in this build. I can't promise it was the only one. So please try this build and report back — including "no problems here", which is also as useful. The...

Oh no! You're probably already tried all these, but sharing few ideas just in case: Re-format SD card, max. 32GB as FAT32, then copy and try flashing firmware (either stock firmware or modded) Long power off (>5 minutes), press power button +30 seconds while power cable is not plugged UART on...

Small follow-up build for Type D devices, mainly for the folks who reported the reel-end auto-stop firing on real footage. What's new Reel-end auto-stop is now a menu toggle. New item ASt in the recording menu cycle (FPS · R · G · B · QpF · ASt · YEAR · MON · DAY · RST) — Left/Right or ± flips...

Hi @Eradicator - you're the second user already with the same issue - sounds like I need to fix this! Repeating questions from previous reply: Good idea about having a global toggle for disabling/enabling auto-stop functionality. Will look into that.

Thanks for reporting this @danhendleydigital Few questions: When the incorrect reel auto stop happens, what's the "Exp" value on the bottom right of the screen? When the reel ends for reel, what's the "Exp" value? (i.e. just white screen without any film) The auto-stop currently reacts if...