I appreciate your video. I ordered one of these and was getting cold feet after reading some of the reviews. Now I'm really looking forward to getting it.
Here, in Ukraine, the best way to transfer your films or tape is to DIY or to bring your VCR to someone with a TV Tuner / capture card. I wish we had something like you've doing. Keep up the good work!
@@EmeraldCoastDigitizingI wish I've known that you offer these services, because I've invested too much money and effort to digitise everything myself. I had to get an old PC, a firewire add-on and TV tuner card (4 of them actually, because they're too old to work even on Windows 7 x64), a good array of hard drives and a few VHS and miniDV cameras. Unfortunately, it's hard to get something reliable here, so I would rather pay for international shipping than DIY. But hey, at least I can offer some services here in my country. Not that I want to do this AGAIN, he he:)
I just bought a Kodak Reels... have you noticed how the automatic white balance changes colors when it's not supposed to? Like the white balance goes from white to yellowish and back again in the same scene? The inconsistency likely will have me returning it.
For the price I’d say worth every penny if you have a lot of film. The image quality is great but some color issues from time to time. You can stick a grey card in front of the sensor while transfering and trick it sometimes!
I've been using the Kodak Reels for the past year and it's been working great except for one thing. I've noticed that when putting a larger spliced 7" reel kind of causes a stutter at the end of my files. Frames that are repeated or stretched. Have you noticed this? I guess the machine isn't powerful enough to be pulling that much film? Seems to run fine with the standard 3 min reels.
I have already scanned hundreds of films, I have two Kodak Reels, no problems with stuttering, 9 inch reels are no problem. Maybe the machine has a problem?
Interesting. Could be that the camera it recorded on had some issues, but I don't notice it on the small standard reel captures, only the larger ones. And as far as I know the large reels could not be used in any cameras, they were all spliced together later on. Maybe the scanner motor is dying/weak? It certainly has had it's use over the last year.
Just got a Reels, after trying another machine that had trouble and often jammed. Reels handles films great, but... I have trouble getting a stable picture. Sometimes it flutters, sometimes it doesn't. Can't figure out a rhyme or reason -- sometimes with the same film! (If there's a problem, I try more than once.) Any hints to fix this? I'm following instructions. What am I doing wrong?
These machines use a controller board that automatically adjusts the frame registration. If you SD Card isn't formatted properly, the controller has trouble and jitters results. Formatting the SD Card in Fat32 with 32 or 64 allocated block sizes should fix it, if that's the problem.
No, the machine will not play the movies for you. It only runs at about 2 frames a second, taking a picture of each frame of the movie. So you will only see the movie while digitizing it, at that speed.
Great detailed explanations. I'm deciding between buying a Wolverine and Reelz. Tried Wolverine at the library, not bad, not great. Some TH-cams seem to show Kodak Reelz has higher clarity, while Wolverine has warmer color. th-cam.com/video/LhQ7qT5CSAE/w-d-xo.html --Thanks for posting this view of the process, many good tips.
I also use the Kodak Reels myself, I have already scanned hundreds of films, super quality and it always works,
You are doing a great job. Just use what works for your customers.
Thank you, I will
I appreciate your video. I ordered one of these and was getting cold feet after reading some of the reviews. Now I'm really looking forward to getting it.
Here, in Ukraine, the best way to transfer your films or tape is to DIY or to bring your VCR to someone with a TV Tuner / capture card. I wish we had something like you've doing.
Keep up the good work!
You can mail in!
@@EmeraldCoastDigitizingI wish I've known that you offer these services, because I've invested too much money and effort to digitise everything myself. I had to get an old PC, a firewire add-on and TV tuner card (4 of them actually, because they're too old to work even on Windows 7 x64), a good array of hard drives and a few VHS and miniDV cameras. Unfortunately, it's hard to get something reliable here, so I would rather pay for international shipping than DIY.
But hey, at least I can offer some services here in my country. Not that I want to do this AGAIN, he he:)
Do you prefer the Kodak over the Wolverine? Pros/cons?
How much would you charge for digitizing 2 15 inch reels?
I just bought a Kodak Reels... have you noticed how the automatic white balance changes colors when it's not supposed to? Like the white balance goes from white to yellowish and back again in the same scene? The inconsistency likely will have me returning it.
Yes it does have some quirks. I put all files in to an editor and correct white balance.
For the price I’d say worth every penny if you have a lot of film. The image quality is great but some color issues from time to time. You can stick a grey card in front of the sensor while transfering and trick it sometimes!
I've been using the Kodak Reels for the past year and it's been working great except for one thing. I've noticed that when putting a larger spliced 7" reel kind of causes a stutter at the end of my files. Frames that are repeated or stretched. Have you noticed this? I guess the machine isn't powerful enough to be pulling that much film? Seems to run fine with the standard 3 min reels.
I have already scanned hundreds of films, I have two Kodak Reels, no problems with stuttering, 9 inch reels are no problem. Maybe the machine has a problem?
It works fine for big reels as well. Maybe film issue
Interesting. Could be that the camera it recorded on had some issues, but I don't notice it on the small standard reel captures, only the larger ones. And as far as I know the large reels could not be used in any cameras, they were all spliced together later on. Maybe the scanner motor is dying/weak? It certainly has had it's use over the last year.
what kind of splices are? cement or tape?
@@biscayforex4317 Cement
How do you know you’re not scanning the jump between frames?
Playback
Just got a Reels, after trying another machine that had trouble and often jammed. Reels handles films great, but... I have trouble getting a stable picture. Sometimes it flutters, sometimes it doesn't. Can't figure out a rhyme or reason -- sometimes with the same film! (If there's a problem, I try more than once.)
Any hints to fix this? I'm following instructions. What am I doing wrong?
These machines use a controller board that automatically adjusts the frame registration. If you SD Card isn't formatted properly, the controller has trouble and jitters results. Formatting the SD Card in Fat32 with 32 or 64 allocated block sizes should fix it, if that's the problem.
Can you use it to play and watch reels before you digitise?
No, the machine will not play the movies for you. It only runs at about 2 frames a second, taking a picture of each frame of the movie. So you will only see the movie while digitizing it, at that speed.
Which one is better the kodak or the wolverinr
Kodak reels are better. There is a reason why the other one is called a wolverine it can eat film.
Kodak by miles
The worlverine just doesn’t work well. The Kodak has never failed me
Do u transfer reels that have sound
Yes but I just use moviedeck projector and Sony fx6
no gloves?
Do you see gloves? Lol
Great detailed explanations. I'm deciding between buying a Wolverine and Reelz. Tried Wolverine at the library, not bad, not great. Some TH-cams seem to show Kodak Reelz has higher clarity, while Wolverine has warmer color. th-cam.com/video/LhQ7qT5CSAE/w-d-xo.html --Thanks for posting this view of the process, many good tips.
Awesome!