Have tried my own methods and professional scanning in the past with my 8mm movies but was always disappointed with the results. This machine certainly exceeded my expectations, the results are amazing compared to past attempts to digitize these films. A little bit of clean up with some movie editing software and my collection will soon be restored.
Tip: don't try and use a micro sd card and adaptor to record data, it won't work, you must use a full size sd card.

I ordered a Reels digitizer direct from Kodak instead of Amazon because I felt better about buying something directly from the source. It showed up in a generic box with parts missing. I called customer service to make a complaint. The Customer Service rep said I would need to send a copy of my invoice to the parts department through email and explain what is missing in the email. It felt like I was being made to jump through hoops to get what I paid for. For some reason my email and order number would not generate an invoice for me so the customer service rep was forced into doing her job 😉…it’s not the first time I’ve outsmarted a lazy customer service rep. She then found my order number and confirmed she would in fact do her job but told me I was going to have to call back the next day to make sure that she was in fact shipping me the parts. I have never had worse customer service in all my years on this earth and will never, ever buy another Kodak product in my life and will share my story with anyone who will listen and encourage them to do the same .I can’t believe a supposedly world class organization would have such an incompetent person working in their Customer Service Department! …update still waiting after over 2 weeks! Don’t buy Kodak…ever!