Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

We don’t give much attention to the telegraph now. But back in the day it took weeks to deliver and get a reply answer from a letter sent across the USA. Or it would take months if you were talking about letter going to and from England or Europe. Samuel Finley Breese Morse, (4.27.1791 – 4.2.1872), was an American artist and inventor who helped develop the telegraph and Morse Code. April 2, 2022 is the 150th Anniversary of his death. Within the Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection, I have a collection of Telegraphy related material. I’m not going over the history of the telegraph or how it worked. You can research that on your own. But I will share some of the images I have in the collection in honor and remembrance of Samuel F.B. Morse. Telegraph messenger boy Even though messages could be sent fast, many businesses economized with shortening ‘the code’ by using their own telegraphy code. Now one word in Morse code, could become 7 or 8 words. The telegraph was pretty simple. You had a key and a sounder / resonator connected by wires held on a wooden pole with glass insulators. ...Continued and full rundown: The 150th Anniversary of the death of Samuel Morse…the Father of the Telegraph – Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection – II (home.blog)

I get a constant feed of emails from 'Likers and Followers' from my Vimeo account. But...Vimeo banned me from uploads a long time ago. Why they don't remove my old content, I don't know. It all violates their standards. But every day, every hour the emails still come from the likers and followers from a few old films that were left up. I learned a long time ago to send all that Vimeo email to spam. I can delete in bulk. I can't shut it off, blocked from log ins last time I tried. Here is about 5-1/2 hours' worth of Vimeo mail from yesterday... Here is the Vimeo mail I woke up to this morning... I guess if there was some money involved I would not mind being so popular. But what I feel bad for are the likers and followers that I can't share my material with. I really feel terrible. I tried to put a notice at my Vimeo account to redirect them to the I.A., mentioning the Vimeo problem, but it was blocked. I just put up a few sample films at Vimeo. Nothing really. I got thousands of reels, millions of feet of film. Just fantastic stuff. If I could get it all scanned, GD, my email account would blow up...or would it impload? Whatever. <><><><> Selection from Anatomy of a 8mm Cine' Kodachrome project - D.D.Teoli Jr.

It is not the old Kodak...it is the new Kodak. The old Kodak was more secretive. But whether, old or new, some companies won't even answer their emails, let alone give you a view. Here is (old) Kodak's photo paper operation. Kodak Archive: DDTJRAC Below: An early blackout infrared flash photo from 1945 of Kodak’s Aero Pan film spooling operation. A single GE 22R infrared flashbulb was suspended above each operator for illumination. Photographed with a 4 x 5 camera with infrared film. Kodak Archive: DDTJRAC Can you imagine working in the dark all day? Panchromatic film, no safelight and everything by touch. Sure, we did it all the time in the darkroom. But not in the dark 8 hours a day. OK, maybe it would not be so bad, for half an hour a day, if you had a luscious girl to work with in the dark. But nowadays they got all that me too stuff. So, I'd be fired within 5 minutes. But I'm getting too old, so not much energy left for the gals. Anyway, the gals had to keep their hair wrapped. No drippings on the film! All women crew except the cart. Women got patience. That is something we should do nowadays. Shoot some IR flash in the darkroom! I love IR Flash! <><><><> Selection from Anatomy of a 8mm Cine' Kodachrome - D.D. Teoli Jr.

eBay: Fair Use The film collectors tell me 3M's Photogard and Dacar's Image Guard were helpful for scratch protection on film. But only for poly film. If applied to acetate, the film could not off gas and accelerated the VS destruction. <><><><> Selection from Anatomy of an 8mm Cine' Kodachrome - D.D.Teoli Jr.

You would think so Dom. I've tried FB a number of times over the last 12 years, using different names. Same result. They ban me in short order. Same thing on numerous online discussion forums... Flickr, DP Review, Tumblr and tons more. All that censorship was a driving force for my working on placements with museums and special collections libraries with my work. Online is not reliable at all. Even the Internet Archive... The Internet Archive turned out to be not very archival – Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection (wordpress.com) But... There is nothing wrong with the OP Dom. It applies to the subject. If you don't like it, why waste time on answering it? When I see a post I don't like...I move on to the next one. And this is a discussion forum, so we discuss. And even if it does not help you out Dom...it may help someone else. Writing uses a different part of the brain than talking. Writing can crystalize our thinking on a subject Dom. <><><><> Selection from Anatomy of an 8mm Cine' Kodachrome project - D.D. Teoli Jr.

Don't know who is telling the truth. I hope to get back to the thread later to see who else chimes in on this subject. I hope Robert has something to say on it. And it is not that I don't believe you Perry, it is that I know nothing about the scanner competition. So, I do not know where Lasergraphics fits in with sound reproduction. Like I said previously, I was very happy with the optical sound you did for me Perry.

Are you serious?? I thought Lasergraphics was King or at least Queen. Now, I'm not interested in hi-fi or multi track crap. Some films have narration, and some films have synched dialogue. Maybe an old Soundie here or there from the 40's. That is all I'm after. There is a guy on LinkedIn that transfers sound like you speak about, off films. I wondered why anyone would do that if the scanner can read the sound. But I guess scanner sound is not good enough for the big boys. Here is a 16mm sound film Perry scanned for me a few years ago when I first started... It is a raw scan. OK, Perry has a $$ Lasergraphics model, but won't their El cheapo Archivist do as well with the sound? Perry also did one by Deanna Durbin. I thought sound was great. Beautiful little film. As soon as I put it on YT, they took it down within a few hours and banned me for 2 weeks. That was my intro to being a film archivist. I paid $35 - $40 for the film, maybe it was $160 to scan, + shipping both ways and boom I get banned for my troubles. Plus, I paid Perry to burn me some discs. I didn't know how to burn Blu-ray back then, make MP4 or even make titles. I'm an old fossil still photog from the 70's. I knew nothing of cine' film and video. Here is the 'banned film' that Perry did. Internet Archive Search: Deanna Durbin teoli (Raw scan)

Just getting back on this thread today. After I posted earlier in the week, with hopes of reading the replies, I found another few hundred 16mm reels in storage to organize. So did not have time. I've found I have 2 or 3 copies of some films...all because of not knowing what I have. That is a big problem when you got stuff all over the place. That is terrible Tyler. I mean, it is good you were at least able to discuss it with them. It is not like Lasergraphics where they won't answer emails. But FF is not much better if they can't or won't understand the issue. OK, they will answer your inquires--but do nothing about it. Reminds me of the Russian post software I use. They eventually answer emails, but you are in the same boat as FF...same problem and nothing has changed. I'm thinking FF should lower their machine way down in price if it does not do sound right. $45K for a 'so called' sound scanner, that does not do sound, is way too much. Can the sound be fixed in Audacity? Or does it get out of synch? How have you worked with this sound issue Tyler? Well, I got half an hour, now about 26 minutes, so will see what I can read here.

Calle’s methodical analysis makes the reader more curious about the artist herself than the guests she spies on. https://hyperallergic.com/697958/sophie-calle-the-hotel-review/ ...in 1981 Calle took a job as a maid in a Venice hotel, where she examined, photographed, and otherwise forensically documented the possessions and activities of the various guests whose rooms she had been tasked to clean. By looking through their suitcases, reading their diaries, and rummaging through their trash, Calle paints a subjective, voyeuristic portrait of who she imagines these people to be, and invites us to fantasize about them along with her. --------------------------------- She is dedicated to her art!

Both male and female faculty internalize the idea that responsibility for raising children precludes serious art and then they recapitulate it. Takeaway from UPenn 2010...“most successful female artists are either childless or lesbians.” https://hyperallergic.com/708715/how-mfa-programs-perpetuate-the-taboo-against-artists-having-children ---------- I guess it is not kosher nowadays to tell artists that. People get mad if you tell them the truth. What is promoted nowadays is the idea that you can do or be anything you like. I'm just glad I don't have to be responsible for kid/s. I could not stand the stress nor the cost. Nowadays, it is enuf stress just paying for rent for a closet and some food. Besides artists, lots of Americans have cut back on having babies. Some say it is to save the planet. But I think a lot of it is...babies are too $$. It is not like the old days with granny was taking care of the babies. People are spread out. No granny to be found. And in some locals, hard to even get a babysitter. My advice to artists... You had better be successful with your art if you want babies or be married to a non-bohemian to pay the bills. A 2 bohemian couple may have a tough time nowadays. Cheap artists' lofts or cold-water flats are long gone. And if babies are a must, and your income is uncertain, then you need to be well versed with how welfare works.

In the description on eBay, it says it takes half a minute to scan one frame in 4K. Did it use a camera to digitize? Or was it something like a flatbed scan with a slowly moving scan eye? Click to enlarge It has a lot of parts and guts to it. What era was it mainly used in? Any commentary to add to the historical record? <><><><> DDTJRSGFA

Don't know how up to date it is with prices and equipment, but this is what I got. Arriscan 2019 05 US Archive Technologies : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Kinda confused about the IR dust cleaner. From what I gather on page 5, you pay $18.2k for a license to use the Diamant software with the Arriscan...but you still have to buy the Diamant. Is that right? Software License to use the ARRISCAN XT raw infrared channel for third party products, including special DIAMANT-Film IR-Cleaner dust busting GUI application for running on ARRISCAN XT Linux host PC with command-line interface for automated post-scan dust & scratch repair. includes: D2.0019781 1x IR-Cleaner Software License 10.0019777 1x Infrared System ARRISCAN XT Or are they giving you some equipment for the $18.2k?

An excellent rundown on camera angle possibilities. https://www.videomaker.com/how-to/shooting/your-complete-guide-to-camera-angles

Thanks for all the feedback, everyone! I have not read anything as yet. I hope to catch up on the thread this week. Have not had much time for anything. I've been working on getting the cine' film Archive reels into ABC order as well as half a dozen other jobs. About 80% done with ABC 16mm reels. Then I will reshuffle them into better ABC organization to allow for working space. Once I have final organization, I will label the cans top and sides. Then I have to computerize it all. ABC's are fantastic! I can even find my split reels now...filed under 'S.' It has been a lot of work, as many of the reels were unknown and had to be reviewed some on the rewinds to figure out the content. Some will have to be broken down as they contained various films. Computer is no big deal. I just make files for each film. No need for database software to buy or learn. I can even put screenshots from the films in the files. It is searchable. It is fantastic! I use the same system I use in the Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection. I'm not one to complicate things. I'm not an overthinker...I'm a simpleton. You need room to work on the shelves...pressure packed is not good. So, I will keep shuffling until I got it half-ass right. Even though I don't have room to keep the Archive all organized in one spot, it is better than it was. Got many hundred small reels. Hate em. 400 footers are my fav. The small reels will go into ABC boxes I use for my optical disc library. My dream house would be a small ranch with a roof that doesn't leak with 50 chrome wire shelf units from floor to ceiling. Shelving is king...it separates the hoarder from the non-hoarder...a place for everything and everything in its place! Internet Photo: Fair Use I've closed down the cine' Archive more or less to new acquisitions and have got rid of about 380 8mm reels. I've kept about 535 8mm reels for now. I hate 8mm, just too low Q, especially with archival material. There is no use acquiring more and more 16mm film if it can't be scanned. But for now, I'm keeping the bulk of the 16mm with the hope something changes in the future. And if it never gets scanned, someone else can deal with it when I kick off. The pickers may disperse it on eBay, or it may all end up in the nearest dumpster. Just no telling. I had met an old gal in the Post Office a while back that took an interest in my film work. She saw me unpacking some film shipments there and we got talking. Over time she had expressed an interest in buying me a cheap scanner for $50k. She was retired from biz and well off, she had few interests except a trip once in a while. I guess she was nostalgic from when she was a girl in school and watched the films. She didn't like the stag films, but she was not too prejudicial, so she overlooked it. Anyway, last time I talked with her I ran down the scanner options with her. Lasergraphics will never answer their emails. I would not be comfortable with sending them a f'ing penny. And the FilmFabriek won't scan the sound right. So, I told her I was not comfortable taking her $$ as I had no place to go with it. What a mess with these GD scanning companies. Well...that is how it is on 3.21.22

Dunno, it is beyond my pay grade as 'they' say. But, on a much lower level of working in demolition and construction decades ago, there was a lot of 'extras' involved in jobs when you could charge for material. Contractors would overspend and would keep the extras as a bonus of sorts after the job was done. They could charge for the same material on the next job, bill for it. They would buy the same material and use the receipts to get paid, then get refunds and use some of the leftover from the previous jobs. It may not be exactly related you your example. But in this day and age, people are getting more and more desperate when it comes to $$. The amount of spam I get has skyrocketed with scams. It is human nature to try and grab all the gusto you can. And sometimes it is not exactly honest. In your case, you may be able to build on your honesty and get a reputation of being able to produce good quality work within a moderate budget.

By chance, I just happened on this Gullwing on eBay. This is what $1.5 mil, buys you... $1.5 mil?? Sales tax on that is about $95K. For $95 K I could buy a Lasergraphics cheapo scanner and still have enough left over to buy a Cintel scanner for wall decoration!

The late cinematographer Robby Müller was a big advocate of testing. I remember watching an interview of him talking about doing extensive tests of various filters for an upcoming BW film. From what I recall, he said he ran film tests for a couple of weeks with filters. And in the end, he decided filters were not up to the job for his film. Müller was an advocate of letting the camera stay in the background and not having camera work be the main thing. Internet Photo: Fair Use Robby Müller, Inventive Cinematographer, Is Dead at 78 - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Bringing it home to our own forum, I read countless questions here that can't be solved by words, they have to be solved by tests. In the digital age you can't get things any easier to test than digital. And with film, testing is even more important. So, I can't understand why people have such a block to testing things. Can you tell me why? Recently I joined a forum that deals with various still scanning methods and post work. As specialized forum for scanning, I thought it would be a given that members would have test results comparing a flatbed scanner against a camera scanning setup, as they had sections for both of them. My interest in camera scanning is my archival work. Some archival work, especially some cine' film, is not conducive to flatbed scanning. So, I would like to know how methods compare before throwing some money at it. As well as knowing what direction to throw the money in. You would have thought I was from outer space asking the forum that question. I got nothing useful from the forum except a lot of replies criticizing me and my request. Not looking for pen pals, nor having time to waste, I left the forum. I will have to throw some money at it and do my own testing. I was just trying to economize on testing to find direction. Sometimes it is nice if you can build and refine on the testing that has gone before you. But to really get at the truth, you need to test things yourself sometimes. Breastfeeding won't yield much if the tit is dry. <><><><> Example of Newton rings from scanning film directly on glass - DDTJRAC

If you ever get anything done, send in some samples to see the results.

Have you done any samples to show us?

If you need VHS static for any projects, I have lots of them. I put a few up at the I.A. and will add more as I get time to cut them out. Internet Archive Search: vhs static teoli

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eBay: Fair Use Too bad more people didn't archive camera / cine' stores from their heyday. Now you search and search and are lucky to find a crapper photo on eBay for $25. Well, I can't complain much. I never took any photos of them and was around them for decades. Hell, I could have made a nice little archive just from picking up old camera / cine catalogs for free! If you see something interesting...Archive It! Take some photos. You are already there, so why not? You never know when it will disappear, and your photos may be the last extant images of it for the historical record. DDTJRAC ...Oh...one other thing. Do a decent job. I've noticed some cinematographers do crappy still work. It is like they dismiss it as 'snapshots' and only put effort in cine' work. Have some pride in your work. Don't produce shit for the historical record.

I had forgotten I had nearly a hundred old school Chinese / Asian / Oriental kung fu movies. They were packed away in storage for almost a couple of decades and just found them a few weeks ago. That was what spurred my Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple post. These old king fu movies were made all over the place...Taiwan, Hong Kong, China and some other places in the Orient. I like the old school kung fu movies because they were raw and the people making them worked uncensored. Being underground myself, I don't like censorship. Take this film Kids from Shaolin (1984) Kids From Shaolin Clip 1984 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive The dad of the Wudang clan (latter called Wutang in America.) has 10 daughters. Across the river, the Shaolin Clan has 10 boys. They continually try to get together in the film, as boys and girls usually like to do, as it is nature's way. (Well, it used to be anyway.) The dad of the Wudang clan is desperate to have a boy. So, the old mom pops out another one and boom he get his boy. The dad is so proud he lifts the baby in praise and starts sucking and kissing the babies pee-pee. And not once or twice but a number of times. I didn't put it in the clip above. I don't know if you could and not get legal hassles. Just no telling what they consider as kiddy porn nowadays. Especially in conservative states. Anyway, point is, the Chinese / Asian / Oriental moviemakers are on a different wavelength!

The image extends over to the edge on the right. Was it blackened in processing or film production? Why were circles left open? Did the lab blacken both sides of the film? What is the purpose of blackening the edges of the film? They had a lot of wasted real estate back in the day with 16mm. The blackening process would be welcomed if one was scanning with a Retroscan. (It works better with black edge film.) Agfa used some beautifully tinted leader when processing. (No explanation needed...but feel free to add comments.) This the real stuff. Looks to be shot and processed in Europe. I didn't acquire it. It is not that $$, but I'm shutting down the film Archive for majority of new acquisitions. Just too much hassle with scans. Photos from eBay: Fair Use

An eBay search of "I Speak Fluent Movie Quotes T-Shirt, Theatre Shirt, Womens Drama Top, Nerd" will bring them all up. They got tons of styles. Don't you wanna be a nerd?