Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

Film Archives supposedly trash films if they get dupes that are better. You would think they would sell them or donate to collectors, but I've been told they don't. In the past, some films have been put together from surviving clips sourced from collections from around the world. The Cameraman was one such film pieced together from various sources. So even clips can be important. The Camerman 1928 Generally, film should be recycled though sales or donation. I only trash very bad warped films, with emulsion flaking off that can't be scanned and are somewhat common films that could be found again. Even then, I have one such film that can't be scanned, but I will take sample photos of the frames from throughout the reel to give a sampling of what it was about. This is because it is an old stag 16mm that I never have seen, so it may be the last extant copy of the film...dunno. So I do a little work on it. I tried everything with it, chemical treatments and all. But it is a goner. Art Galley's trashing art? They are money hungry, they won't trash art. If it is of any worth they would auction it off. Even art ephemera is worth $$. W.C. Westermann envelope to a friend...$2,500.00 It just depends. Special Collection libraires and art museums routinely have trashed my hand-printed artist's books I've sent them on spec as donations. It just depends on the curators. If you donate to institutions and don't want it trashed, put restrictions in the Deed of Gift.

Looks like they ran 35mm film through it. Photos: eBay / Fair Use

Run it through the rewinds and loupe it periodically to see what you got. Make sure you loupe it at the beginning, middle and end, if you think it has spliced clips in it. Computerize the collection for searchability. Some people use bar codes. I just work with A,B,C organizing. Label the reels / cans with artist's tape and store cores in vented cans if the film is acetate. If you are going to trash it, consider putting it on eBay to recycle with film collectors / stock footage companies. I've been doing the same thing myself, going through all the films in my Archive to put on the computer. So far, just under 1000 films registered. I thought I'd be done a few months ago. Maybe I'm 40% to 50% done. Don't know. Sometimes I'd pick up a 2,000 reel and it said one thing. And when digging into it I found 20 short 100 foot nudie cuties from the 1950s. They all had to be broken down. There are some 40 foot reels and some reels with a two thousand feet. But small or large, they all have to be looked at 'enough' to give a proper reckoning in the inventory. Too bad you are in Montreal. If you were in the USA, and you had something of interest to my Archive, I could 2K scan some of it for you for free. You can put sample screenshots from the films in each computer listing. That helps a lot to give you an idea of what is on the reels. https://archive.org/download/the-segregated-swimming-hole-d.-d.-teoli-jr.-a.-c.-176/The segregated swimming hole D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. (1).jpg Screenshot from scanner output. The cine' scanner shoots out JPEGs or TIFF's. But you got to pay for them usually. If you got a flatbed scanner you can make samples for your files. Or use your camera with a lightbox to make sample photos. Good luck!

U.K. Press Photo...no date.

Thanks Mark. Interesting photo! What is it? Are they shoes from Jews in concentration camps? I clicked on the link, but it didn't say. This area of rationing is very interesting to me. Everyone I knew from that era is dead, so no one to ask. It is like putting a puzzle together. For instance, if you needed a typewriter, you had to get on a list. The gov took much of the used typewriters out of circulation to use on the war. Need gas...you need a coupon. Nee a bag of sugar...needs coupons, and on and on. Here is the deal Mark, I'm not much for second guessing people nor sensitive to such things. I just try to stay away from politics and religion as was requested in the guidelines for this section. I have a humongous collection of material covering both of those areas, but do not use any of it here. And the crazy thing is; I'm not religious and hate politics and politicians. Yet...I don't let my personal prejudices stop me from working extensively in those areas. It is a losing battle trying not to offend anyone nowadays Mark. The WW2 shoe rationing was something I would never have thought would set anyone off. But you just never know how people are. My personal guidelines are this...if it is legal...I do as I like. When I was making the transition from film to digital, about a dozen plus years ago, I would run into people on forums that didn't like this or that project. Or how I shot it. Or whatever. I always tell them the same thing Mark. You didn't pay me to do the project for you. If you don't like it...do it yourself. But people feel entitled to direct your projects to their liking even though they are not hiring you to do it. Edit: When I saved the photo the file name was marked properly that gave the scoop. Good for them! Your file names are very important people! 450px-Shoes_of_Victims_from_Operation_Reinhard_Death_Camps_-_Collected_at_Majdanek_Concentration_Camp_-_Lublin_-_Poland

OK, thanks Dan. Will check it out. Look at this crazy thing I found in a Google image search. What, are they pumping liquid in these computers now? I can't tell. If so, and it ever springs a leak...it is done for!

Heikki answered it. Although I didn't have any intention to make this my section. I just try to send in something once in a while that I think may be of interest. I work in hundreds of areas beside cine' films. I can't help it other members don't want to participate here. Some people are like that. They just take and lurk and never give back anything. I don't get it. I don't try to make the posts titles misleading. If you don't like my posts, why on earth do you read them Simon? I look around to see what is new here for posts. Sometimes I don't see much that interests me. But, just because something is not of interest to me means nothing. It may be of interest to someone else. In any case, I just pass over it if it is not of interest. But I don't waste time telling members that it is not of interest and for them to stop posting such things. A discussion forum would not be much if everyone lurked Simon. At least I try to participate in areas that I can. If the head man doesn't like me posting in the off-topic section, I won't anymore. But I think you are only a member Simon and not the head honcho. Or do you have some special position at the forum Simon?

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Press Photo - Vilmos Zsigmond - 'No Small Affair' 1984 DDTJRAC

eBay is getting very tough to sell on. All the fees they charge and the thieves. Some people use it for short term rentals. I had sold a lens last year and the seller tightened the tripod mount too tight and claimed it was broken upon receipt. Then after it was returned, eBay charged me for the sales commission fees unless I put in a claim myself. Broken 16mm Stag Film DDTJRSGFA

https://www.videomaker.com/article/b01/19326-your-step-by-step-guide-to-assembling-a-computer-from-scratch Here is an interesting article on DIY. Still no luck finding a computer company to build one. I did get one company to finally answer the emails. But they keep sending me quotes for gamers computers with the spaceship lights on it. I guess if the components don't cost that much, you could build a computer at home and if it does not work you could trash it all, buy it again and keep trying until it works. For the $3,000 they want to build a basic work computer, you should be able to build a few test models to learn on at home. But I have no time, I'd rather pay...but only to a point. Early tape cartridge DDTJRAC Now, beside Perry, who builds their own computers? Where do you buy the parts?

https://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?121955-Pricktorialism#post1239558 Dallmeyer F1.9 cine Petzval

I'd prefer the old-time jazz handbills, or from the swing era bands. But that stuff is $$. Punk era bands from the 1980's and 90's are still new enough and not valued too highly to make them prohibitive to collect. And, as I said before, I'm not a collector, I'm an archivist. So, I don't care if they are the physical paper or hi-res digital scans. I got into the punk era handbills as an offshoot from my mimeo revolution / beatnik era work. Handbills from that era are also pricey, so I looked into what was affordable to work with. Anyone ever been to the Cathay De Grande when they were operating in Hollywood? Sounds like a crazy place in its heyday. It would have been nice to have some video / film / photos from that era. I lived a few miles away. But I wasn't into it at the time. Anyone collect punk rock or mimeo revolution ephemera? Or what sort of ephemera are you interested in?

Thanks Tyler. Way above my budget, but putting one on the 'someday' wish list!

Post results when you are done.

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So, how much does all that cost?

That is fine, but emails should still be answered one way or another. I may have to go that route you suggest. But I'm not much of a tech person.

Photog William Klein gave some good advice that may help the B+W film look digital wannabes. **(obscenity removed)** the mid-tones!

You can use an open aperture and higher ISO with a ND, if needed, with stills to get a film look. This digital photo has added digital grain. This is digital photo was shot with an open aperture. Some digital has nice looking grain-like film structure. This is a monochrome sensor. (Don't remember if digital grain is added or not?) You can get some nice, colorful and contrasty stuff with digital that may not work as well with film. This is digital, open aperture, monochrome sensor. (Don't remember if digital grain is added or not?) This is an old film shot from the 70's. All-natural grain. Some images, no matter what you do, look plasticky and digital. (Jersey City...$80 a day to park your tent when working in NYC.) Digital photo, monochrome sensor, natural grain, wide open f1.4 and high ISO All photos: D.D.Teoli Jr.

If you need a grainy film look, shoot it on film. Much better than fake grain with digital. Film grain is organic and digital screened grain is not. If you like the softer film look, shoot it on film. Everything has its purpose OP.

eBay Photo: Fair Use Here is a film from England for sale on eBay showing how an exposed film can was marked. Don't know what the markings after 'Rated @ 80' means. 80 is the ASA, maybe the rest is something about a neutral density filter? Artist's tape, white or colored gaffers / spike tape or medical tape is good for marking cans. <><><><> DDTJR Small Gauge Film Archive

I got an old custom computer I bought years ago. Paid about $1200 for it to be built. It is a basic black box computer with a couple of larger cap HDD drives. Look what they got now for custom computers! I don't want all that shit. They want near $4,000 to build a computer now. I have to use a house fan to pump air into my computer when I run video post work on it. It blows out hot air like a blow dryer. I wrote to B&H to suggest they start selling custom computers. Maybe they will do it. I wrote to a number of custom computer companies. Only one replied. They are in the business of building computers, but don't want to answer their email. What do they do all day? What a mess. <><><><> Selection from Radio and Vacuum Tube Archive DDTJRAC

Berlin Gallery Weekend https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2021/05/20/will-gallery-weekends-replace-art-fairs Gallery weekends have been mushrooming. London is set to unveil the inaugural London Gallery Weekend, boasting, at the time of writing, a whopping 137 galleries, big and small—from White Cube or Hauser & Wirth to Emalin and Sid Motion. Paris, Berlin, Beijing and many other cities also have comparable weekends.Exhibiting at an art fair can be unbelievably pricey, when you add up travel, accommodation, entertaining clients as well as the booth fees, which can easily top $100,000. Compare the costs of doing LGW—from just £300 to £3,000, depending on the size of the gallery.

I'm thinking something along these lines may be of use if you need to target certain areas of color correction in the future. https://www.videomaker.com/how-to/editing/the-art-and-science-of-algorithmic-editing