Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

Forgot to add... Lots of useful info under the 'Education' section of the website.

I've got CD's going back to the 1980's that still work fine Tyler. VCD's that go back to the early 2000's that still work fine. Here is an early VCD I had made back in '03. Works great. But I just keep it in the preservation Archive as a sample Tyler. And these are not even M-Disc Tyler. VCD's were popular between the VHS and DVD era as a bridge of sorts to downsize from Laserdiscs. Now, I have had trouble with getting a custom computer not recognizing optical drives. So sometimes there is that problem. All that stuff you mentioned (LTO & HDD) is magnetic and subject to decay and problems. It is not archival. Engraved optical media (or if they ever come out with engraved synthetic quartz) is the old method of archival preservation when it comes to digital Tyler. But if you are using AZO discs you got to be careful how you store them. They may only be good for a decade or two...if stored right. If stored wrong, then they can be dead in a few weeks. Same DVD...top DVD was stored 'wrong' and has bronzing. LTO tape looks like a nice method for additional backups, but it is too underground Tyler. The companies need to make it more mainstream and affordable.

Thanks for the info Adam. Going trans? I guess it is the rage now! Negative Space Photo Nicki has a beautful website. Still crazy for Bolex I see. I'm glad your scans worked out for you. I wish I could get scans like that, but having a few million feet of film to scan precludes it with my budget. I hope to work on an old film from 1931 called Halloween Hallucinations shortly. All I got is an old Retroscan to work with. But it is better than projecting off the wall and copying with the video camera! I had hopes of getting a Baby Kinetta, but I think I'm a little late. The guy that runs the biz is pretty old and I'm afraid he has slowed down too much. I'm getting old myself, so know the slowdown effect firsthand...I'm just not that old yet. Well, good luck with your films and put up a few clips sometimes.

Photos: eBay - Fair Use No wasted BS or space on it. Anyone ever use one? What was your experience?

I bought a used LG 4K computer monitor someone was selling. It uses a special cable for 4K. The cable looks kinda like a HDMI cable, but it is a little different. There is a port on the computer for the 4K and the HDMI. When I plug in my regular monitor, which uses a HDMI cable, it shuts off the 4K monitor. Is there a trick to getting them to run at the same time? Thanks

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Wow...impressive portfolio you got! When you can have custom music made for a film you can really improve the quality of the film. Good luck with your biz!

Looks like no one uses worktables here. I've been using a Lowes special... I almost collapsed the legs a few times on it. Need something half-ass good. Something that won't fold up if you don't want it to. Look at this... While searching for tables I found out they have modesty panels on desks and tables. They don't want you are looking up the girls' dresses! I had never heard about them until 5 minutes ago! ...oh well, back on the search for a decent scanning / post work worktable!

The SAS interface may cost $500 to $600 alone. They should make a secure USB port that screws in like the old cables did in the early days of computing to run a USB LTO drive. I guess the LTO makers just don't care about making it affordable. The LTO drive cost as much as 6 - 8 basic computers. Personally, I love M-Disc and maintain an M-Disc optical disc library. The only 3 shortcomings of M-Disc are: 1) Cost 2) Limited storage capacity. 3) Low availability. The best the M-Disc can do is about 93GB capacity. If they could make an M-Disc that holds 300GB to 500GB, then you could have something great to archive on. Still, I'd like to get into tape in addition to M-Disc...if it was anywhere near affordable.

Talked with a computer builder. He said they need replacing every 4 or 5 years. But have no experience. He said the pump goes out.

Here is a cute ad from 1912. Cream of Wheat spoofing Aunt Jemina. DDTJRAC

I used to have lots of shoulder issues, mainly on one side. I determined the stress of my hand on the table to use the mouse was the problem. I experimented with getting the mouse between my legs and resting my arm on my thigh as I used the mouse. That was the most relaxed position I could come up with. I used a custom cut plant stand something like this for the mouse. The hard part was cutting the stand to the exact height. If you cut too much you have to add some shims on the bottom. I also trimmed the sharp corners for fit between my legs. Got shoulder / neck problems on the mouse arm? Maybe you are getting old. Go buy a plant stand and give it a try. <><><><> Pan Pacific Auditorium, Los Angeles Source: L.O.C. Post Processing: 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

I'm glad someone said it...TEST! I was going to answer this thread telling them the same thing when I first read it...but I figured they didn't want to hear it. Some people are crazy for this stuff...they are usually the anal people. (As in analytics.) As I've told you all before, I like seeing the practical application and not charts and graphs so much. Here, look at this for an example of practical application... Left: Printed with Epson R2000 on matte paper with matte black ink. Middle: Printed with Epson R2000 on semi-gloss paper with gloss black ink and gloss optimizer. Right: Printed with Epson 3880 with the same semi-gloss paper as the middle sample using gloss black ink. Photograph above: The Lost Princess 2014 (Candid) by D.D.Teoli Jr. Being this is a visual medium; we need to see the end product and not a bunch of graphs and charts. You can have the prettiest chart in the world and the end result still may look like shit! That's the bottom line. Note: If you have trouble seeing a big difference in each print, view them on a color balanced monitor.

I got some early 16mm Kodachrome film I have to scan. This was the early, early formula that faded. I think they changed it around '37, maybe '36. Well, I got the whole transition...early faded Kodachrome and some pretty decent Kodachrome from the late 30's and on to the 40's and 50's. Beside Kodachrome, Kodak had changed the dye formula for their dye transfer prints over the years. The dye from the 1950's was pretty poor for fade resistance in the light. By the 90's it was pretty good. Not as good as a pigment inkjet print, but better than the type C prints of that era. Cibachromes were the best for fade resistance in that era. Agfacolor print dye stability test - 6 months of sun vs dark storage. I'll still stick with digital...as long as the electric is on! But if you can get physical analog backups...get em. The more backups the better.

Dunno. If they were cheaper, easier to connect and easy to use...why not? Is there something else holding them back from being more mainstream? What is so special that they cost $5,000?

Well, Kodachrome fades, although it was of the better fade resistant films...when it was made. If you like film for preservation, then you would need BW color separation film for color preservation. When you use a LTO drive is it similar to using a HDD or SDD or is it more complex to back up things, delete and replace, etc?

Thanks Perry. Institutional...yes it seems to be more of an enterprise thing. Maybe if they were more easily connected via USB they would have been more popular with the average data hoarder.

Some religious people complain about using the word Xmas for Christmas. I can't say how far it goes back...but they were using Xmas in 1900 as this ad shows. Same thing with some of the inhabitants of San Francisco that get offended when you use the name Frisco. I have heard the name Frisco used in many old films going back to the 1930's. And I've read it goes back to the late 1800's. Well, does not matter to me, I use any names I like...Xmas and Frisco included!

Photo: National Archives The reproduction office, back in the old days...72 years ago. These galls are all dead now. Just shadows in time. One gals runs the prints off on the mimeo machine. The rest collates, stacks and staples. I got a nice film for Halloween I hope to scan for you - Halloween Hallucinations 1931. I will have to pull the Retroscan out of mothballs. I hope to get it out by Oct 31. After Oct 31, people just move on to Thanksgiving, so one has to be timely with the holidays nowadays. Although that timeliness doesn't seem to apply to the stores. At Lowes they had Christmas trees and decorations up in September! You can't enjoy Halloween; you have Xmas pushed on you before Halloween and Thanksgiving. Well, that is how it is in 2022! Without continual and ever-expanding spending things will collapse! It is sooo nice when you are settled with your gear and don't have to keep spending and buy more and more...you can just concentrate on producing. Robert H, talked about labs with loads of different scanners. It would be nice to have ONE decent scanner and be able to just produce!!

I never used LTO tape, but I thought it was somewhat fast. I was thinking of LTO as an all-inclusive master archive for cine' scans. I would put scans on tape and I could 'grab and go' if I travelled to take a copy with me of the entire library in a tape or two as backup. I will archive the scans to the optical disc library on M-Disc and a second copy on high grade, archival BD-R. But I can't travel with the disc library, as they are too bulky. So, I guess I'm looking to a backup of the optical disc library.

Is LTO tape still favored by the scanning companies or are they moving over to HDD or SDD?

I like electric worktables, as you can adjust height instantly. But I have never used them. The problem is the price...very $$. Who makes good worktables for scanning / post work?

Some sellers on eBay list things for a penny....and sometimes they sell for a penny. Can you imagine all the work they did putting up that massive amount of film stills for a penny listing? OK, they got a little extra from shipping. But still, not much by the time they pack and pay for media mail. I believe they pay eBay commission on the shipping as well, but not sure. Screenshot: eBay As I've always told you. Acquiring films is usually not the problem...scanning films is what is unaffordable. By the time you are finished scanning this penny film, shipping both ways and the rest, you may have $150 to $200 in it. You want the TIFF files...cough up hundred/s more $$. If I ever acquire a decent scanner, I will scan all your archival films for free...but you share the digital copies with my Archive. Don't want to share? ...then go pay someone to scan it for you. <><><><> Found Photo : Weegee with Bolex Weegee Archive - DDTJRAC

1900 This was a big deal. Before it, you had to heat your water on the stove. Gasoline powered must have been something. Gas fumes are highly explosive. Crude oil and NG made an unbelievable change in how people lived. Here... Internet Archive Search: sodbusters in transition teoli

Anyone try one? What was your experience?