Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

You gotta be careful with some of these targets Phil. Some are not good for hi-res tests if you are using for scanner use. Here is one at B&H for 1/2 the price of the Thor target. Here is one of the reviews for this target... Good Low Cost Resolution Target - but 3/1/2015 By null I purchased this product to evaluate my Epson R2400 scanner resolution. Before I scanned the Resolution Target I examined it under a microscope to provide a reference for the practical resolution range this target can produce. The microscope images show that the target has a significant amount of grain and the smallest resolving area of the target is under Grooup 6 with lots of grain. You can successfully evaluate a scanner with at best 5000 dpi. Group 7 is completely useless. So, if you are attempting to evaluate a scanner that is capable of 8000 dpi then this product is useless. For my Epson scanner the target served its intended purpose.

Thorlabs make some nice targets of many designs. Positive and negative. Only issue is they are pricey. This one is a negative target for backlight use. It is a small target about 2x2 inches. Max Levy also makes resolution targets. Resolution Test Targets: II-VI Aerospace & Defense (maxlevy.com) What type of target do you use for lens tests?

https://archive.org/details/gasholder-clip-the-big-combo-1955-d.-d.-teoli-jr.-a.-c. Clip from The Big Combo I'm crazy for gasholders. Like the electric street cars I wrote about, gasholders were all over L.A. when I was a kid. Now...no one would even know they ever existed.

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On set with D.P. Vilmos Zsigmond and Dir. Jack Nicholson The photog didn't bother to straighten the photo. Or did they do it in printing? Or was the photog going for a Dutch angle? Or is he a Winogrand copycat? Many of my photos are crooked...but I straighten them usually. I guess a Photoshopper could cut it out and reinsert it straight. But I'm an old film photog and not much of a computer person. I only know how to use Lightroom. This photo had about 20 mintes of Lightroom.

Now here is another test. 4x5 drum scanned vs digital. 61mp Digital vs 4x5 Large Format Film Resolution Comparison | Mountain Photography by Jack Brauer I didn't read it all, but it seems FF 35mm 61mp digital is about equal to a 4x5 drum scanned film in res. So, as I said, film is relatively low-res stuff when compared to digital. And once you factor in all the generations away from the OCN you need to make a finished film...it really goes down in res a lot more. But the softness of film can also be the beauty of film. Just depends on what you want.

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?