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

    @Federico, I am from Singapore and I bought the Kodak Reels from Amazon US, which is sold by GadgetBasket. This is confirmed to be a US set. It comes with the US style 2 pin adapter. Perhaps the power adapter can be a reference to determine the locality of the set. In relation to the inability...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Thank you. I just flashed the firmware to my Kodak Reels 2.0 (presumably US version, bought from Amazon US) and it worked! By the way, I initially had a problem in that files were not saved on a fresh empty SD card after flashing the high bitrate firmware (same issue reported in post #14 and...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    @Mac84 , thank you for uploading of the updated firmware for the US-based units. I would like to check if playback is possible if I flash the firmware high bit rate with original resolution?
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    This is really a great resource for owners of Kodak Reels. Has anyone tried digitizing negative super 8 (Vision 3 films)? If yes, how is your work flow like? I was told by Kodak help support that scanning negative natively and to positive video in is not possible on Kodak Reels. Strangely...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    Thanks for the firmware links. I will give it a try after I digitised some of my existing films to do a comparison. I have seen this video and it is indeed better. I am having the V2.0 based on what the software tells me. And I was told "Reelz" is shipped with V1.0 and "Reels" is shipped with...
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    Modding the Kodak Reels 8mm Film Digitizer (Firmware Hack)

    I just got myself the Kodak Reels and chanced upon this useful resource. Thank you for the amazing work! Besides bitrate change, is it possible to lock the white balance? This is probably the most annoying for me as the white balance changes mid scene during a scan.
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