Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

Good example of mixing film and digital. See the commentary on the DVD

Photos: NOVA MWA FLASH TRANSFER FT16 FILM SCANNER : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Looks old to me. What can you tell me about this Nova 16mm scanner? <><><><> 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

I was complaining about Windows forced updates and how they screwed up my computer to someone. He suggested I use Linux. Can you run Windows based software with Linux? When I went to Windows 11, some of my Epson scanning software didn't work right. Their fix was hit the Alt key. It works...half-ass. I'm thinking if the Windows software doesn't work right with Windows 11, how can it work with Linux? What do you think about Linux? All my software is for Windows. I don't really know, but I think Linux is for people that write code and make their own programs. (But just guessing.) <><><><> Cover Glamour Photography - The great cross-country girl hunt 1957 DDTJRAC

Ofri... I enjoyed watching your sampler. Pleasing and creative visuals and effects. Very Nice! ...Good luck! <><><><> Betty Page - Weegee

That is something, USC going into the digitalization business. You'd figure they make enough $$ from the tuition. I didn't see them selling any hardware. Looks like smaller isntiuions may be interested in farming out their digital scanning / sotrage. This is interesting... We are able to ingest digital files online, on hard drives, or from digital media such as LTO tapes.

Not sure how the Film-Guard works. Is the film running through a solution before scanning on the Lasergraphics?

What is wrong with the vertical design? Does the film scan better on cores?

I had read the rollers in the HDS+ are a sticky type that catch the dust and dirt and need replacing once in a while. Have you had any issue replacing? You mentioned a loss of faith in the machine. What caused that?

I was searching online for recent FilmFabriek reviews and found this scan test. I thought I had read here that the FilmFabriek was coming out with a new 5K model, but not sure. The video has a comparison with a Lasergraphics. It would be nice to see the still comparing the two. Any new developments with the FilmFabriek HDS+? ...or interesting developments / breakthroughs with members running a HDS+. Also found this. If it was scanned on an HDS+, the registration as shown in the sprocket, looks terrible. I had read something about a Muller HDS model. Anyone know what the Muller model is about? <><><><> An 16mm IBT Dye Transfer Technicolor Lab Head DDTJRSGFA

Do these lines on the reels of this 2007 Spirit scanner have any practical use or are they just for decoration? It looks like there is a pressure gauge in the scanner. What was it for? Photos: eBay - Fair Use From eBay listing for $4,000 2007 Spirit scanner sold as parts.

Thanks for the rundown on the Cintel, Perry! That's sad you can't afford a place. I mean, with a successful biz, if you can't afford it...who can? I hope heating a church is not too $$ crazy. Maybe you can sublet space out to defray costs. Well, send in some photos when you get settled. A work-house is on my wish list of things to buy. Of course, I don't have the $$ for one...but it is on my list. Around here, a doable work-house is a real option as long as you are not running a business out of it. Since I'm running an archive that sells nothing, it would be fine for me. First thing I'd do I would be to line every wall with chrome wire shelving. (That has skyrocketed in price from $89 to $149 per shelf unit.) Here is what you would get around here for a work-house... $10,000 house $55,000 house $130,000 house Having a proper place to work makes a world of difference. You don't have to fight things instead of doing your work. Perry touched on this with his comments about the Lasergraphics. Something along the lines of...you can do your work and not worry about reliability...type of comment. I've said this before about the need for constant gear acquisition. If you can get settled with your gear...you can just produce and be relaxed about your work. It is a nice place to be.

OK, thanks for the clarification, Perry.

What is dead about it? Wouldn't they service it? What type of price were they asking Dan?

Is this something you built Robert? Love the focus rack! You need photos of it.

That's impressive Perry! Good luck with it. I have no interest in building anything, nor do I have the skills and knowledge for it. I'm an end user. As I've said, I don't even need the films. (Although handling lots of film has its own educational benefit.) If it was possible, I'd be perfectly happy with acquiring high quality scans of films. (If they were reasonably priced.)

Well, this is not the Large Format Forum, so we don't have to be that anal Phil. Artists and the like need a little room to work. They don't like to be pigeonholed. I never complain about these things and let people ruminate a bit. You never know where things will lead and boom...you have a breakthrough! That would be great if they redesigned the Cintel and there was another option for sound 16mm scanners other than the usual names. B&H sells Cintel scanners. But getting any info out of B&H is tough. Here is an old article B&H did on film scanning. It was how I learned about Cintel. Photo B&H A Guide to Scanning Motion Picture Film | B&H eXplora (bhphotovideo.com) What is nice about the Cintel is you can buy the scanner and the components at B&H and it is somewhat affordable. Plus B&H answers their emails. The downside of the Cintel is the output is no good for 16mm. (per this forum) And I think it won't work with Windows, you need Apple. I see Perry has bought or rented a church to relocate his operations to. I've been trying to clean up things to make room for a proper table to do cine' scans on. (I've been using a folding table I got at Lowes.) The point of all this is...we are all on different levels with our film scanning. And there hasn't been any decent options for affordable 16 mm sound scanners. But, hope springs eternal, as they say.

So, you are saying if you bought an Archivist and now want a Scan Station you just buy the extra parts? How does their trade-up program fit into that Perry? Are they giving you a break on the parts prices? I still never got a reply from them on this.

I'm not a big practitioner of applied digital grain. But every once in a while, I use it. Maybe things have changed with the fake grain, but this is the formula I had settled on a few years ago. I'm not up to date with the new AI software options, so maybe other options now. If you know you will be trying digital grain then you plan that in your shoot. A lot of the old, grainy film photography was not that sharp. This is the issue with digital. Too sharp and too much midtones or dynamic range. Shoot wide open for low depth of field. Normal or short tele lens. Don't use a wide angle. Make it contrasty with less midtones. Have some areas burned out. Try out different digital grain formulas. They make a big difference. Do your testing to settle on what you like. Fake grain is not organic like real film grain, so it applies an even amount of grain all over. This is the issue with fake grain...nonorganic. If you burn areas out, then there is no / lower fake grain there. But that may not be possible with cine' software. With still software you can do it with contrast grading tools. Sometimes you can achieve the film look with a wide angle, but it is harder. Here is an example of how not to shoot. Wide angle, lots of depth of field and the dreaded plasticky, digital look. Jersey City Campsite Here is another example of applied digital grain for the film look... All photos: D.D. Teoli Jr. Click on photos to magnify views

Dunno OP...I got no crystal ball. But they predict that studio photogs will be replaced by virtual production. Maybe they will go that route with movie actors, but only if there is a big savings in cost. Isn't $$ the root of it all? Unless they need virtual actors to do what real actors cannot do. I don't know if film use has stabilized or not. It just keeps getting more and more unaffordable for the small guy. Big production has no problem affording film, but everyone else does, unless rich. I'm hoping cine' scanner prices come down as the market gets saturated or new models come out. And if not, maybe more scanners come on the used market. I plan to buy some AI software in a month or so. I've been looking at it for a few years. It supposedly upscales things via AI. I get lots of low-quality material that could use a little upscaling that actually made it look better. So will give it a try. As far as studies? Don't be prejudicial. Look at as much as you can. We can always learn things. Even if it is by some roundabout way that jars our senses into a new reality. Good luck!

Owen...shoot some film and push / pull it to get the lowdown. You may find that you get different results from different labs as well. If you don't want to use cine' reels, break down some of the cine' film like Freestyle used to do, and shoot as stills and develop yourself. These examples you are looking for is something Robert H. should be doing Owen. You know, in the old days, we didn't push film or shoot expired film for effect. We did it because we had to. Dynamic range was bad and couldn't afford film back then, even though it was cheap as hell compared to film now. These were all pushed a couple stops. The center photo is 6x6, the rest are 35mm. Selections from Peephole: Peering into the World of 1970's Hollywood and L.A. 2012 by D.D.Teoli Jr. Below is an example of digital pushing to the extreme. Same photo, no pushing / post work... Why not shoot it right? Photography is banned, can't take any readings, can't adjust your camera, everything is guestimate, had 5 days to make a book...bla, bla and bla. Yes, you want digital examples of pushing, look up my Red Light Amsterdam DeWallen project Owen. EVERYTHING shot at night is digital and pushed in post! But you don't need to push film to get the effect. Do it in post Owen. You can get all the effects you want from post. And it is more reliable than pushing. Hakenkreuz in a Dress Los Angeles, 1973 D.D.Teoli Jr. (No push...just post.) <><><><> Selection from Erwin and his Guns - Stereo Archive. DDTJRAC

Expresso Bongo 1959 Clip : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Pretty racy by American standards of the 1950's.

Press photo Cleveland, OH 1938 Believed to be the world's largest process camera at the time. DDTJRAC Verso photo above DDTJRAC The importance of the process camera was this... In the old days we didn't have scanners. Everything was duplicated on film via cameras. Camera & Process Work Chambers 1964 DDTJRAC

Have him write me at w1000w@aol.com. I'd like to correspond with him. He should have all that history archived. I have a large Graphic Arts Archive and would love to add anything he can offer to it to help preserve some of the historical record. Dan

Just ran across this workshop at an upcoming AMIA (Association of Moving Image Archivists) conference in Pittsburgh... LTO for the Masses. That is what you need to run LTO...a workshop! Or maybe it just tells you some basic details and you need 2 more workshops on how to set up and run. De-Mystifying LTO, or, LTO for the Masses Linda Tadic, Digital Bedrock Larry Blake, Swelltone Reto Kromer, AV Preservation by reto.ch LTO data tape is an economical and physically robust storage media option for archives with digital content. Its open file system, LTFS, is not reliant upon propriety software. As a result, it enables accessing individual files as if the they were on a hard drive. LTO can be used with single desktop drives, in small changers, or in large-scale robotic systems. This session will de-mystify using LTO data tape for archival data storage. The panelists will review the storage technology, and provide considerations in using LTO: drives, software, hardware, workflow when migrating to newer LTO generations, and open-source tools. The core part of the session will outline the components in building a streamlined and portable LTO system that can be used by anyone.

Normally I just use store bought HP computers. But over the years I had 2 custom computers built. Once recent Windows10 model only lasted a few days before one of Windows updates messed it up. After one of their updates, it won't recognize external optical drives any longer. I tried a lot of the online fixes, but the problem has not been fixed. I was wondering if Windows glitches affects custom computers more so than store bought computers. The older custom also had a similar problem, but it was eventually fixed with another update. Since both custom computers had issues, that made me wonder about custom computers and Microsoft. I keep 2 computers offline just for this very reason. They are out of the hands of Microsoft and their forced updates. It is too bad this recent custom could not have been kept offline. Optical drives are a big part of my work. I'd 50% dead without them. How have you fared with custom computers? Any problems like this with Microsoft? <><><><> Selection from Sotheby's Photography Catalog Collection DDTJRAC