Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

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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)

A clean lens is basic to getting a good photo or cine' shot. You should always be looking at your lens to see what condition it is in, When I'm out in the field, hitting the pavement, I carry around some lens tissue such as Pearstone or Tiffen. I keep the Kimwipes at home or in my car or tent. If you are lucky enough to have a lacky intern, have them carry around a mini box of Kiwwipes in a Ziplock bag in the backpack. You can pack some loose Kimwipes in a Ziplock bag...but you risk picking up dirt. If you carry lens tissue in your pocket...keep it in a Ziplock bag. I can't say I'm the world's expert on lens cleaning...but I have lots of experience shooting in filthy places and working to keep a clean lens. Many times, the gear gets ruined before the lens coating does. Selection from Whoop-Whoop D.D. Teoli Jr. Take this Juggalo wedding. If this was the only time I would get drenched in Faygo, things may be OK. But it is constant day and night gear abuse. Selection from Whoop-Whoop D.D. Teoli Jr. If you could get behind the action and not be touched, you may be OK, but the Juggalos love to soak everyone in front of them. I tried shooting with telephoto from way back with a tripod. Put they thought I was a cop and almost got attacked a few times. Selection from Whoop-Whoop D.D. Teoli Jr. And it is not only liquids and dust. People put their hands on your lenses sometimes. This hen party wanted 5 Euros to take their photo. Their greasy hands ruined the lens until I could clean it. Luckily, I had some alcohol wipes and lens tissue in my pack...and a small blower. Selection from De Wallen D.D. Teoli Jr. As a bonus for getting pushed into the mosh pit, my lens got greased up and they broke my flash off at the hotshoe! Selection from Whoop-Whoop D.D. Teoli Jr. If you are shooting in dangerous or dirty locations, use some disposable gear if you can. The first year shooting the Juggalos, the lens and body got messed up. The drenching in sugary drinks froze the lens focus ring and froze the off / on switch and the shutter button. After 3 years of shooting the Juggalos I gave up on them. It was just too much ruined gear and could not afford to keep replacing it. But...the lens coating never suffered at all from what I could tell even though some of the lenses had been cleaned near a hundred times or more. Bottom line... Have backups and be ready to clean your lens. A clean lens is especially important at night.

You got to compare film and digital on equal footing, shooting the same subject. Cine' digital may be different than still digital. I've only comparison tested still film and still digital.

I think it was László Kovács or his partner that would say...I don't miss the shot, I'm from Hungary...if I miss the shot...I get shot!

I can attest to that. I've shot in very filthy locals where you had to clean the lens every hour or two. Only time I marred the coating was when on a sailboat and must have picked up some salt spray. Other than that it is amazing how durable the lens coating is. After decades of cleaning lenses, I settled on alcohol wipes and Kimwipes. Kodak made some good lens tissue back in the day. Now it is a crapshoot with tissues. I like Kimwipes best. I generally use skylight filters or uv filters. But some lenses like circular fisheyes can't use them. If you use the hi-tech coated B&W German filters...they are hard to clean. The coating makes it tough to clean. Their basic filters clean better. Other than that...alcohol pads and Kimwipes with a Rocket blower to dust it off before and after cleaning.

'I wanna hold your hand' 1978 has some great commentary by Spielberg and Zemeckis. See the specials as well.

https://www.diyphotography.net/how-i-built-a-diy-180-orbiting-rig-using-readily-available-parts/? May be of interest to some of the budget minded members.

Best cleaning is with a slow drying film cleaners. Edwal or other fast drying cleaners leave a lot of dirt behind. But slow drying cleaners are a pain to use. No perfect solution. I'd love to get one of the ultrasonic film cleaners. Although have no experience with them. There is a test for you guys. Clean a film with the film machine and then by hand with the slow drying cleaner. See how much dirt is left behind...if any.

Now, for any of you commercial scanning companies that want to do an interesting comparison test of scanning warped film with various scanners... I have an old 16mm Castle film called Belles of the South Seas. (One of the early 'native' nudie cuties.) It is terrible warped. I overscanned it to get the sprockets in. I did it just as an experiment to see how the Retroscan handled badly warped film. I still have to put it online. It is a poor quality scan. It needs a warped film gate which the Retroscan does not have. If you like, you can have the film to scan and show your warped scanning capability. (Just send me your finished scan and send the film back to me or to anyone here that wants to test their scanner with it.) Although this is not it, it is something like this. You can use my scan in your advertising that I will eventually put up at the I.A. to show the comparison.