Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

Everyone too busy to shoot photos?? I got a collection of press photos of movie sets. I will have to dig through them. Lots of stuff on Clint Eastwood on set and many D.P's at the camera. Here is one of D.P. Ernest R. Dickerson. (I wonder if they call him Roscoe on set? Whenever I hear the name Roscoe, I think back to my early days in L.A.. I should have shot some photos back then of Roscoes Chicken...but never thought about it.) Anway, Spike Lee is on the ladder directing 'School Daze.' This was shot by Spike's brother David Lee about 1987. The original press photo was terrible. Black people are hard to shoot in harsh sunlight if you mix dark people with light people. Something has to give; dynamic range won't do justice to both. I can't blame David. This was the wet print era, not the digital era. And I don't really know what the original was like, but press photos are usually garbage. So, I give him the benefit of the doubt. Newspapers didn't care about quality back then. Their press prints, especially the wire photos are very bad I.Q. I spent 40 minutes + on the PP. I don't have another photo of 'Roscoe,' so I invested some time in him. He is a talented D.P.

Vintage film clip of Mercedes Benz 300 SL Gullwing in action 1958 Malle : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive One 300 SL beauty just went for over $6MM. Originally, they were not much, about $8K. I'm not into cars much, I just want transportation. But any way you slice it that car is a standout!

eBay photos: Fair Use Cineon gnesis Kodak film scanner | eBay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cineon Anyone run one? What was it like?

Is this what it is? Filmlight Northlight 2k4k6k Motion Picture Film Scanner eBay photo: Fair Use

School's Closed-Circuit Video & TV Production Facilities 1972 Robert Suchy Guy Morrison - Chief Engineer Sentinel Newspaper That is all the I.D. on the back of the press photo. I'm thinking #1 & #7 are the telecine machines. But what about the rest of the equipment? Any info on them? Thanks!

NO Wolverine! Filmfabriek has one, but they don't lend a lot of confidence as a company in Europe with not much representation in the USA. Over the years I've seen lots of scanner companies come and go and if you had bought one of their scanners you now own an $$ paperweight if it quit on you.

Any dealers specialize in used scanning equipment? Or is it just what comes up on eBay?

Now, if the warranty is $17,500 how much is a service call with no warranty? Are the Lasergraphics scanners serviceable by the user? Will they sell parts to the user? Are you guaranteed of a break down every year or so with it?

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What may be alarming to some is the diagnostic fee $11,500. Since you are into farming, a neighbor had a lawn tractor that was not running looked at. They charged him $60 to pick it up and redeliver when done. The 'diagnostic fee' was $45 and applied to the repair bill of $297.00. That is what people are used paying when dealing with mechanical items. Sure, Lasergraphics got to fly someone out to look at it, so it is more money than the lawn tractor. But does the Lasergraphics diagnostic fee also include all repairs and parts? Or is it just to look at it and evaluate what repairs are needed? Wouldn't that be something if you paid $11,500 for them to look at it and they tell it is another $150,000 to update it? <><><><> DDTJRAC - Agriculture Archive

I frame per second? If true, I'd think it is pretty useless.

That's the scanning biz. You'd better have some bucks.

Lasergraphics The Director Motion Picture Film Scanner & 3 Modules 2K 4K & 16mm | eBay ...diagnostic fee of $11,500 ...warranty fee of $17,250 How much is support? Or is that free with the warranty? Interesting heads.

Screenshot of my lost Tumblr website... I've been looking for my film vs digital files for a few weeks now. I had deleted them all off the hard drive years go after I made the Tumblr. Back then we didn't have all the big HDD's we got now. We had a 500mb and a 1TB if lucky. So, I was always tight on space. And I figured Tumblr was pretty safe as I had been with them for near a decade with no problems. But...I was wrong. They shut down all 48 of my Tumblrs in 2019 and I lost everything. Luckily, I had some of the camera tests on DVD's. Now, here is the deal with film... 35mm flatbed scanned negative film is very low res stuff. It is roughly equal to a 3 or 4 mp image. At least that is what my tests have shown. I didn't have the negative drum scanned or use anti-newton glass on the scanner to hold it flat. I did the tests as an average hobbyist photog would do it with my Epson flatbed scanner. I used a tripod for all camera tests and did the best I could to get a good representative sample with each camera, but that is it. Maybe if you injected lots of $$ in a super duper neg scan you would get slightly better results. But no matter how you slice it...film is low res stuff when compared to digital. I had shot all sort of things in the tests, but am only going to show some of the thermometer tests. All the gear I used back then is old and outdated and I don't have time or interest in recreating the lost website. But the thermometer tests show the results pretty good. Epson RD-1s 6mp camera Crop of Epson RD-1s 6mp camera Leica M6 35mm Kodak Ektar ISO 100 film Crop Leica M6 35mm Kodak Ektar ISO 100 film If you want to see some of the other thermometer tests that go from 6mp to 40mp, check out: Partial Archive for Tumblr Photography Compared Website by D. D. Teoli Jr. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

I was watching an old 1949 noir film...Criss Cross. They had a scene with a PE streetcar in it. Here is one in action... Pacific Electric Los Angeles Streetcar Clip From Criss Cross 1949 Film : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Pacific Electric ran street cars on 1000 miles of track, in and around L.A.. Here is the map... A modern version of it... https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/4PEmap.jpg The movie brought me back to my childhood when I remember the tracks and wires on Pico Blvd. From what I gather, the diesel bus makers got the go ahead to replace the electric street cars with diesel buses. By early 1960s the electric street cars and overhead power lines were all gone and the rails pulled up. I forgot they had even existed until I saw one in the movie last night. Source: Streetcar History - Los Angeles Streetcar, Inc.

Chasing Beauty 2013 gives you a candid look behind the scenes at the modeling business. Here is a clip from it where shows a sample of the post processing they use, and they discuss cat-like beauty standards as well as odd looks to capture attention. The clip finishes with photos of 2 very thin models from the film. Clip From 'Chasing Beauty' a 2013 film about modeling : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive I never knew they did so much retouching. I figured it was all skin smoothing, not readjusting eyes, cheeks or lengthening the neck. Being a documentary photographer, you can only screw around with a photo so much before it is a lie. I try to keep things pretty honest with digital, similar to what we did in the wet darkroom. Plus, it helps that I don't know how to use Photoshop. The film goes on to discuss some of the salaries of the highest paid models. One 'supermodel' made $45 million in a year, another made $20 million. And it discusses the origins of the term supermodel as well. Diet is a big deal and discussed a lot. One model ate cotton balls soaked in OJ, another lived on a diet of coffee with whip cream squirted on it for a while then moved onto a 2-week diet of carrots only. The film is a really fascinating glimpse into the world of modeling. It also showed me how you can use a slightly wobbly or moving handheld camera for an interview and it does better with jump cuts rather than using a static tripod if you are going to have lots of jump cuts.

Internet Photo ...possibly a contact print? Thomas James Howard Jr. used an ankle camera to shoot the candid photo of Ruth Snyder's execution in the electric chair on 1.12.1928 at Sing Sing Prison. Thomas James Howard Jr. being fitted with ankle camera - Wikipedia I have no idea how much the famous newspaper DEAD! cost. But a later edition with the same execution photo was listed on eBay for $1000. A dentist I had met collected and dealt in old newspapers. He owned a copy of DEAD! and licensed the image. He said it took him 50 years to find a copy of the newspaper. I don't know if 50 years is an exaggeration, but I've never seen a copy of it come up for sale in 8 or 9 years. This was the only related copy I've ever seen for sale and that was only one time. Photo: eBay Whether they used a Speed Graphic or an ankle camera, the press photographer generally had one chance to get the shot. Thomas James Howard Jr.'s photo is the hallmark of a great documentary photographer. They produce under any circumstances and lighting condition to bring home the goods. For 2022 I'm honoring Thomas James Howard Jr. along with Nellie Bly in my work that I produce. Nellie Bly was a famous reporter of her day, when women generally didn't do such things. Nellie Bly

Jeeesus, is this a sentimental cam? Why not buy a new one and stop the madness? Suck it up, you screwed up and take your lumps. If they don't sell this for $299, write them and offer $225. You may get it. Or look around and pick one up cheap. They are not worth much. Forget the high-priced Japan sellers. they always overprice. ZENZA BRONICA SQ-A CAMERA WITH ZENZANON-S 150MM LENS,220 FILM PACK | eBay You can find clean bodies for a little over $200. Photos: eBay If you are not shooting and near water...keep your camera in a dry bag. dry bag - Google Search Hassy used to be cheap but have skyrocketed in price as of late. I still got my Superiwde C. I wish they came out with a FF 6mp back for it that was affordable. ($1200) I gave up on the film. If the back is not FF then it is not a Superwide C. Well, good luck figuring it all out.

I ran by this Time cover this morning. An interesting tidbit from the early days of computing. An autographed cover of Time signed by Steve Jobs. The auction estimate is $15,000 to $25,000. I'm usually not around famous or noteworthy people, and if I was, I would get photos and not autographs. Internet Photo: Fair Use When this issue of Time came out, Raiders of the Lost Ark had come out a few months earlier and I was shooting in Thailand and Hong Kong. I wanted to do a project on monsoons, but it was too hard trying to catch monsoon action in 10 days of travel. Monsoon Thailand 1982 D.D. Teoli Jr. Right before my trip overseas my Nikon F was stolen. Being tight on money and needing whatever spare cash I had for my trip I could not replace the Nikon. So, I bought a new Pentax K1000 body for $99 and a used Pentax 50mm lens for $25 at Pan Pacific Camera on La Brea and Melrose. The Pentax and 50mm was what I used for the whole trip and this photo. Before Sammy's, Pan Pacific was the big dog in camera stores for the pros in L.A.. I had no idea that 20 years later almost all my shots from the trip along with much more would be destroyed in a flood in Ohio. I had left a couple of 35mm strips from the trip at my mom's house by mistake. Those are the only few negs that survived. This shot was one of them. I never did get back to Thailand or the Orient to shoot. It was just too expensive. Although the Apple I had come out in the mid 70's, it was not mainstream as yet. Around 1984 I got my first computer...a Pineapple. That was what they were nicknamed back then. It was a clone of the Apple II. Internet Photo eBay: Fair Use I bought a cheap dot matrix printer for my Pineapple at Federated up near Sunset Blvd. Fred Rated (Shadoe Stevens) was on TV for Federated. The Federated Group was the Circuit City of its day. Internet Photos Google Images: Fair Use ...What about you? What were you up to in the early 80s?

I polled a printing forum I belong to about the Borrowdale camera. I got no replies. Looks like all the old timers that knew about the camera are dead. Everything is pretty much digital press now. When I think back to my graphic arts days in the early 70's, I was always the youngest on the job working with process cameras. Everyone else was a lot older than me. So now that I'm old, any remaining people that worked with them are really old. And graphic arts work was not the healthiest of jobs. I keep telling you guys and gals...document things. Get oral history and video. One day you don't wake up and the history is all gone. ...I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that an old timer in a rest home runs across my inquires.

Here is the deal for all the film fanatics. You should poll the commercial scanning companies. Find out if their business for scanning new film is stable or going up or down. The kids are not projecting these film...they are digitizing them. Forget the archival work, that is ancient history. Find out where the new production scanning business is going. (Although some businesses don't usually like to disclose their stats, especially if not positive.) Collection #1 vintage stag film labels off 16mm cans & reels DDTJRAC

How reliable has your scanner been? What sort of repairs if any have you had to make to them? If repairs were needed, were you able to complete them yourself or did you need to import a tech? Were there issues getting parts? Although my use of the Retroscan is limited, I have had no problems with it. (Early model)

They did make smaller process cameras. There were desktop model 'repro cameras' for the secretary to use. As well as small vertical cameras. This model could be used horizontally and vertically. Looks like a problem with the OP photo. Here it is again... The R.W. Borrowdale overhead process camera

In the specials of I wanna hold your hand, the principals talked about their AD...Newt Arnold. He sounded like he was quite a character. Clip of Newt Arnold 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' 1978 : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive There were to shoot this barbershop scene and the actor to play the barber did not show up. From what I recall, they said the actor was 5 hours late from a drinking binge. Newt pulled out a SAG card and said he would do it. They said Newt asked them for a butt pad and did the scene in one take. Spielberg has a fantastic 40min+ talk in the specials going way back to his beginnings and discussing mentorship. They said when Newt would direct, sometimes he would shoot a pistol with blanks in the air to get everyone's attention. Dunno if that would fly now with the recent movie shooting tragedy, but that was how it was back then. Newt died in 2000. They go on to discuss the importance of the DP. Back in the day before video taps, the DP was depended on to say whether they thought they got the shot or not. ...what about the rest of you? Anyone see any good commentary? A forum is only as good as the members that participate. You can't have a good forum if everyone are lurkers and only take. Give back a little once in a while!

Got timed out. Here are a few other tidbits on cleaning lenses... I didn't settle on Kimwipes and alcohol pads first thing. I found the combo after trying everything else and not being happy with the results. This is a sample of alcohol wipes. Never used this brand. Internet Photo: Fair Use When I ran out of the vintage Kodak lens tissue and Kodak lens cleaning fluid, I shopped around. I found much of the lens tissue and lens cleaners to be subpar. So, I bought everything that was on the market at B&H, Adorama, Sammy's, Walmart and the local eyeglass shop...and gave them all a try. That was how I settled on Kimwipes and alcohol wipes...by testing. And some of the tissue and lens cleaning solutions were terrible. I ended up trashing almost all of the cleaning solutions and some of the lower grade tissues. I tell you guys and gals all the time to TEST your setups, lighting, etc. So don't take my word for it, YOU test it out. It could be 25 years from now all my lenses have the coating eaten off of them. But for the last 12 years my system has worked fine. Sometimes when in the field I would not have anything to clean a lens, so I used the fog from my breath and my undershirt or Kleenex. After you have cleaned the lens, you can check out the quality of the clean with a bright flashlight. Shine it on your front element. It shows the problems. The flashlight is also good to use when buying a used lens. Shine it through the lens and it picks up any dirt or dust in the lens when wide open. eBay Photo: Fair Use But let's go back in time to hear from the old timers... This thread inspired me to do some archiving from eBay on lens tissues and cleaning solutions. Here is a small collection you can look at. Some of their instructions on how to clean a lens is there. At least one said don't use alcohol! eBay Photo: Fair Use Collection Of Vintage Kodak & Other Lens Tissue & Cleaning Fluid D. D. Teoli Jr. A. C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive If you want to practice cleaning lenses, practice cleaning filters or buy a cheap, used Pentax manual 50mm lens on eBay. You can get them for $15 - $25 each. ...and here is how you can test your cleaning tissue for abrasives. Testing film cleaning wipes for abrasion qualities – Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection – II (home.blog)