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  1. I'm no mod, but yes, all you can upload is super low res unless you pay $ to become a member. (I think.) Or use an image hosting service. I always found this policy kind of odd for a forum that is based on visuals. Maybe the owner has to pay for upload space. But all is not lost... You can kill 2 birds with 1 stone. Put up interesting material at the Internet Archive and use it as the hosting service. I was banned from Flickr and some other image hosting sites way, way back. So am happy I can use the I.A.. <><><><> Seed Catalog 1919 Selection from Daniel D. Teoli Jr. AG Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  2. Signal Hill / Long Beach was one of America's big oil producers back in the day... 1932 Olympics - Long Beach, CA DDTJRAC - Oil / Gas Archive <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  3. Or keep them cool...very cool. Acetic acid gas is released in the can when the film gets warm. The metal cans can't breathe and the gas builds up. It starts off a chain reaction that eats on itself and eventually will destroy the film. Either put the film in vented cans of burp them yearly or more. Internet Photo - Fair Use Modern film is polyester based and does not get vinegar syndrome. If you have advanced VS films, vented cans are not enough. The film needs to be removed from the can and be exposed to the air more or less constantly. I've done many tests on this over the years. Open air, no can storage works best for these films on their last leg...if you can't vacuum seal and freeze them. Photo: D.D.Teoli Jr. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  4. OP...yes true. If you are after a certain look, you light it for that vision. You can light something via direct light or reflected light that diffuses the light further. I have to use diffused, reflected light a lot in the Archive for copy stand work to lower reflections, hot spots and reduce silvering on old photos. Contrast can be boosted in post. You can light for detail... You can light for effect... When you are a documentary photographer / cinematographer...you make due with what you got. That is the mark of the professional...they bring home the goods in any light they are dealt. (Candid) Selections from De Wallen: Amsterdam's Red Light District (2015) D.D.Teoli Jr. Greta Garbo on the set Camille (1936) DDTJRAC Here is the score... 1) Do lightning tests...then test some more. 2) A print is viewed by reflected light...a monitor is viewed by transmitted light. They are not the same thing. <><><><> Canon PIXMA MG 2522 Dye Inkjet 6 Months Sun Test. Selection from Dye Stability Testing of Color Imaging Media II by Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  5. Now...it just depends on the material. There is plenty of vintage photography on the market that is dirt cheap. These are usually cabinet cards or CDV's of people...the plain Janes or Joes. But anything notable in vintage photography is usually pricey. And one of the most highly prized and $$ areas to collect is occupational photography, especially daguerreotypes. I was lucky when I acquired this occupational tintype. It was somewhat affordable because it was in such poor condition and the image had to be extracted from it in post. It is a large size tintype measuring 6-3/8" x 8", so that was a bonus. Larger images offer more detail to extract. Post processed scan Raw scan, no post processing. No telling about the age. Tintypes were popular mainly from the 1860s - 1870s. Although they continued to do tintypes for little portraits much later. This tintype is almost prehistoric compared to most of the other tintypes I've seen. If you have $$, you can collect top end material for vintage photography...although these are overpriced. Early on when I first came across the Getty Museum's Open Content Collection, I saved a lot of the vintage photography I found there. Back then (the early 2010s) they offered digital JPEG files that were 45 mb+ for some of their material. And they were very nice digital copies. Nothing like the subpar 200mb TIFF files the L.O.C. offers that are just digitized low quality film copies of the item. And the Smithsonian and National Archives are no better. Sadly, the Getty Museum cut way back in their generosity. The same 45 mb JPEG may be 6mb now. I modelled my Archive after the Getty of old. Although people have to write me if they want anything super hi res. The I.A. limits uploads to 10 mb. There is a practical limit to res and file size unless you are rich. I scanned this tintype 48 bit 2400 dpi TIFF and the file was 1.8GB. Crazy! Here are the extensive bit depth tests for you to peruse. https://archive.org/search?query=bit+depth+teoli <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  6. Ad 1957...don't miss the TV on the table! Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  7. I settled on the Impact lights and stands. Later I found out there were cheaper stands that are of a similar design, but they didn't look as robust. I may have been OK with them, but I could not look at them to find out. That is the case in 2024; you wanna look at something...you buy it to see. The lights are a good value for the money. They do have some areas that could be improved. For instance, the black paint on the barn doors is rough and splotchy in spots, but this varies between units. The pebbled reflector material is a thin, stick-on material and crackles when handled. It comes off easily around the corners when the barn doors are grabbed. There are no washers supplied with the lights to attach the light stand mounting head. Buy some flat washers and a lock washer to mount it properly. The lights are plenty bright for my use, which is for lighting a large copy stand in the Archive and some video. The light output is also very even with good daylight color temperature. There are 2 switches that run two of the four lights at a time for hi (4 light) / low (2 light) output. The lights were well packed, but one of the bulbs had moved away from its socket during shipment and didn't work. The rest of the bulbs had moved away from the light sockets as well, but still worked. To fix / replace bulbs, you push the red button to eject the bulb, then snap it back in. Just snap it in with the light pins pushed close to the light socket. Comes with a super long 16-foot heavy AC cord. The yoke knobs on the sides loosen up easily and have to be constantly tightened. But when the lights are left alone, they seem to hold. The light mount head that connects to the stand has a sloppy fit on my stands. When snugged up it is acceptable...more or less. These lights are about the best bang for the buck when it comes to large, bright, flat lights with barn doors. I rated them 4 stars for an online review. If there were other options in this price range for this type of light, I may have rated them 3-1/2 stars. In any case I'd rebuy them for my purpose. The stands arrived double boxed and well packed. Everything went together perfectly except for 1 wheel that I had to coax on in spots with a wrench. Wheels are similar to the wheels used on inline skates. Stands roll as smoothly as possible. Legs deploy easily and stow with a secure, spring lock. Adjustment knobs are metal with a heavy plastic cover. Everything about it is overbuilt...no screwing around. They handle the heaviest of lights rock solid. If you need more height, you can buy an extension. But these stands are fine for copy stand use as-is. Stands have built-in retractable light mounting rod for vertical or horizonal use. Again...rock solid deployment. Or you can mount your own head. I'm very happy with the stands and would buy again. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  8. Super 8 - Wittner Cinetec - Super8 Film - S8 - 16mm - Narrow Film I was surprised they had so much stuff. Cine' film must be more popular in Germany / Europe than the USA. I think this is their earlier catalog. www.wittner-kinotechnik.de: Katalog <><><><> Early porn videotape ad from 1980 with trade in scheme. DDTJRAC / VHS - BETA Print Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  9. From what I gather they are more or less the cost of a LG ScanStation...but not really sure. The website, while graphically beautiful, is hard to figure out. Looks to be German made. Has anyone used one in the US of A / or anywhere? I'm still holding out for a 'sampling scanner' that spits out a fast, short synopsis of a reel. (Along with gentle film handling Perry.) An example of a .20 second sampler scan. I don't remember the space between frames, but it is important. Maybe this sampler is a frame every 1-1/2 feet. Breast Reduction Surgery Film Sampler Test .20 Sec Per Frame D. D. Teoli Jr. A. C. : D. D. Teoli Jr. A. C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  10. I wonder why they make their stuff pink? Is it for visibility?
  11. Don't have insurance. Know nothing about the company. But the questions you asked should be directed towards the insurance company. They pay the claim...not the forum. If you can't get your questions answered, that tells you something about the company. Usually, you schedule your items for a stated value to be insured. Or they may just give you a depreciated value determined by their adjuster. Good luck with figuring it all out! <><><><> Redd Foxx Collection DDTJRAC Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photograph
  12. The 1-year BD-R sun stress tests are done. The Ridata 25gb Blu-ray results are as follows: 2755 files on disc / 9 files failed to load. While the Ridata didn't pass perfectly, it was still pretty perfect for 1 year of sun. Here are the final results from 1 year of sun 25GB BD-R stress tests: Verbatim BD-R 25GB purchased in 2019 / Japanese manufactured - Passed Verbatim BD-R 25GB purchased in 2020-2021 / Taiwan manufactured - Passed Verbatim M-Disc BD-R 25GB purchased in 2019 / Taiwan manufactured - Passed Optical Quantum / Optodisc BD-R 25GB purchased in 2019 / Taiwan manufactured - Failed within 5 weeks of sun. Smartbuy BD-R 25GB purchased in 2019 / Taiwan manufactured - Failed within 5 weeks of sun. PlexDisc BD-R 25GB purchased in 2019 / Taiwan manufactured - Failed within 5 weeks of sun. Ridata BD-R 25GB purchased in 2023 / Taiwan manufactured - 2755 files total on disc / 9 files failed to load after 1 year of sun. Note: The Ridata inkjet printable discs have strong chemical smell when new. Whereas none of the other discs tested has this strong smell. Here is some interesting info on the history of M-Disc. Reddit (They lifetime banned me.) had a discussion on fake BD-R M-Discs. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/yu4j1u/psa_verbatim_no_longer_sells_real_m_discs_now/ Matt_theArchivist "Hopefully this can put closure to the speculation. Our organization is a databank and is a big user of mdisc for archiving. We reached out to Verbatim last week about this Media Identification Code (MID) discrepancy. Here is their reply, in their own words ---- "The creator of the MDisc technology- Millenniata went out of business in 2017, they sold the technology to Mitsubishi, who until 2019 owned Verbatim. Due to this, the stamper ID changed, but the formula & the disc materials stayed the same. Mitsubishi sold Verbatim & all the technologies to CMC in December of 2020. Verbatim is the only company authorized to sell the original technology. Any Millenniata discs available were all produced before 2017 when the company shut down and any other brand is not the original technology." ----- So there it is, mdiscs with either the 'VERBAT' or 'MILLEN' prefix are fine. Just different production periods. Cheers." Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  13. I had a collection of old 16mm films I had picked up a while back. The films were all on cores and double stacked in 35mm cans. The films were wound kinda loosely and were ready to blow. You can see the separation with the arrow. These were all multiple titles ganged up on large reels. No way to get them out of the deep 35mm cans without the centers popping out. And if you ever have popped out the core of a film, you know there is no getting the toothpaste back in the tube. In such cases a pizza peel works wonders when handling the film. An old gal was visiting me from down the street. She saw the peel and asked if I liked to bake pizza. I told her yes, but I don't do much with pizza any more since my teeth are shot. And that peel was for film anyway. My pizza peel is much smaller. I got the film collection all spread out to breath. The collection was from an old 99-year-old porn director. His ex-porn star wife in her 70's sold it to me. The film was all stored in cans in a hot CA storage unit. The VS was so bad you could smell the film across the room when you opened a can. VS is developed from a combination of heat and lack of ventilation. The gas builds up in the can and it feeds on itself once it gets going. But if you catch the film in time, you can air it out for a spell, like 6 months or a year and the smell pretty much goes away. (In many cases.) Letting the film breath does not magically cure the VS, but it slows down the decomposition a lot. There is something like 80 or 90 films in the collection. But vast majority has to be broken down from cores. Too bad I don't have a lacky intern to do the work! <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  14. Google image search I make all my own coffee. Never been to a coffee shop except to look-see a couple of times. I did get some tea one time at a tea shop in Pittsburgh. But that was because I met someone there or would never have gone. I just make all my own food and drink at home. When on the road I would use a little propane burner to brew up some tea or coffee at the rest stop. Soda fountains were a big deal back in the day. Large drug stores had them too. I don't recall going to a soda fountain as a kid either. My family didn't eat out much. I did go to a knock off of an automat a couple of times. Peoples Drug Store I looked up what a barista made for salary. Surprisingly not that much. They would do better off just working minimum wage in CA for $20 an hour at McDonalds. Seattle, WA. $19.76 per hour. 433 salaries reported. Los Angeles, CA. $18.10 per hour. 716 salaries reported. New York, NY. $17.28 per hour. 1.3k salaries reported. Portland, OR. $17.02 per hour. 176 salaries reported. Chicago, IL. $16.77 per hour. 520 salaries reported. Indeed.com You would think they would make more money. There is some skill to it, at least with the fancy milk swirls I've seen in the photos. <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  15. If you are interested in lighting, here is a 'who's who' of film lighting dealers that may be of use to you. Dealers | Mole Richardson Co. I'm thinking of going with Impact for stands...$150. Looks like plastic knobs, but read a review that said they are metal with a rubberized coating. Guess it protects against shocks. Here... Light Stands & Grip Equipment | Impact (impactstudiolighting.com)
  16. I only have cheap, lightweight lights, like this. I have no good lights or stands. I will have to check this all out as far as adaptability. I didn't know it was so complex. Thanks for the info!
  17. Thanks! Probably would have missed it. I give BH a quick looksee and then move on if they got nothing. Mole is something! I can't use most of their stuff...it is for the big, big boys! But they do make smaller items as well. Here is some history on them... PETER MOLE, founder of Mole-Richardson Co., was born in Sicily in 1891. At the age of 6, moved to New York and attended Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parochial School until 6th grade. His education did not continue until age 20. After he moved to Buffalo, New York, Peter enrolled at Bryan & Stratton, a 2 year Business & Engineering College where he received his degree. At Union College in Schenectady, NY, Peter Mole earned his Electrical Engineering Degree. From 1917 to 1923 he worked for General Electric Company and in 1923 moved to Los Angeles. Peter then went to work at a rental house in Hollywood. He saw that the lighting equipment and techniques filmmakers were using were not fulfilling their potential. With the advent of Panchromatic Black & White filmstock, he saw the possibility of using the new Incandescent Lighting to replace the less efficient Carbon Arc light. Joining forces with Elmer C. Richardson, a shop superintendent, and a chief studio electrician, Peter Mole formed Mole-Richardson to pursue this new lighting. The first Mole-Richardson light was built in a small machine shop in a garage in Hollywood, California. It was just 8 years later that the company won the first of four Academy Awards for its creation of the first Fresnel Spotlight. In 1927, Peter published an article in the the Society of Motion Picture Engineers Journal on the cost savings of the new Incandescent Illumination. In 1928, Mole-Richardson was asked by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and the American Society of Cinematographers to participate in their first Technical Report on Incandescent Illumination. The report published a picture of the new line of Incandescent lights from Mole-Richardson. Peter Mole became President of the SMPTE from 1951 to 1952 and stirred some controversy by embracing Television as a viable
  18. Could not find any Mole at BH, but they have some Impact Lowboy that may work and are affordable. They had something called an Avenger Long John Silver for $10K! Jeeeesus, they are worse than Kaiser for cost. But they are very tall stands. <><><><> Selection from Daniel D. Teoli Jr. SPAM Email Collection
  19. I would start watching Blu-ray 'extras' to hear some of the behind-the-scenes scoop. Tremendous amount of good info in the bonus section on some discs. If you find some old guy that is retired and has nothing to do, they may want to talk. Just depends. I used to do a tremendous amount of cold mailing / emailing for still photography. If I got a 3% or 4% response that was great. Many times, it would be 0%. I never cared if people like the cold call or not...I just went from A-Z and did it. <><><><> Cine Master Titleer 1940 Selection from Cine' Advertising Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  20. Buddy...they didn't always have color temperature meters. They would run lighting tests. That was one of the purposes of stand-ins, beside focus marks. O. Winston Link in the darkroom Encyclopedia VA
  21. This is a high-grade alcohol for cleaning. Comes in glass. About double the price of plastic 99% bottles. You can also buy it in 55-gallon drums.
  22. Collection of literature on various cine' film cleaning machines. Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Books, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine Example of rodent damage Selection from Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Studies Collection <><><><> Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Advertising Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. VHS Video Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Popular Culture Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Audio Archive Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography
  23. There was a topic on cleaning films here around '08. They had a couple of dead links that were archived on the Wayback Machine. Here they are... Cleaning Film (archive.org) KODAK: Recommendations for Cleaning Photographic Materials: Tech Pub CIS-145 (archive.org)
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