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

    Hi, and great thanks to all effort with the firmware D. It works great, I use now 270 and will upgrade to 272 soon. I have two questions about the quality after a scan. I have seen som other examples in this forum with attached scanned films, and the have awesome quality. When I scan 8 mm films...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    I have one notation about the disturbing scratching sound that can appeare when scanning film. I think that I have located where the silicongrease shall be placed. Look at the pictures and see where the arrow is pointing. Use a syringe to dispense the grease between the plastic gear and the...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    My gears teeths was totaly dry. And I refer to the gearwheel shown on the movie I uploaded. Did You grease this teeths?
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    One final question before I go buying silikongrease. Did You also grease the tooths on the plastic gearwheel? I am planning to inject silikongrease with a suringe, between all moving parts
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    And by plastic cover, You mean the rear of the mashine or did You manage to lift som plastic cover over the pulling mechanism in front of the mashine? Or just lifting the lid as when one is mounting film for scanning And then greasing down in the mechanism?
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Hi, did You totally dissembled the mashine or just open and removed the back and then greased with spray?
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Strange noise from the mechanism that moves the film forward between each scan of filmframe. It sounds like somethiing is not greased. It stoppes after a while and then it can return. Most of the time there is no destrurbing noise, but it makes me wonder if something may crash in i near future...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Exposure and White Balans with 12 mm lens and unmodified firmware. I have to decrease the Tint to -2.0 to get rid of a redish colorstick. But sadly lots of colors are then underpressured. Better colors with Tint = -1,5 but then all is a little bit red. My exposure is set to -1.0. And I have...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    👍, I am really looking forward for the ”D-Day”😉😉
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Hi, if You do that You may be have future proböem from the glue that comes from the scotch tape as the tape may drop off and leave remains of glue. Just a thought…..
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Hi @0dan0 , I do not see any vignetting so far, maybe later on. But one thing is positive with the aperture reduction, and that is that the flashes from autoexposure is minimized. I can think that the lens is capturing light even from the filmbase holes on the side for pulling the film forward...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Hi @ThePhage , I am zoomed all the way out. I have the sensor mounted 7 mm higher than original. If I move the frame some clicks(2-3)) up or down, the pictures edge will be visible. I have not tried to scan with the lens mounted in other distances due to what was written in the Great Manual for...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Hi, here are two files, one with 8 mm lens and the other with 12 mm. The RAW 8 mm is pixilated and also change the light due to exposercontrol. The RAW 12 mm is more detailed, less pixelated and therefor also better colors. And maybe the light is not changing beacuse I used the frame You...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Modifying the covercap to the lens and sensor. I have modified the thermoplastic cover, shown in the attached pictures. 160-170° Celsius with a hot air gun and then pressing with a wooden stick. It seems to work. And then a small strip of black electric tape to cover a small strip where the...
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    Hacking the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (New Thread)

    Aperture-thoughts🤔, and size of capture-files Is it advisable to put on a ”hat” on the lens (12 mm) with a aperture-hole? Will I get a sharper picture? I mean the lens is focused on the filmplane and there should not be anything more to focus nearer or beyond the filmplane! I think I read...
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