Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

Beautiful work! Some of the scenes drag on a little too long for me. But I got ADD.

Just to update previous post... I just got a second email from ARII about unit pricing. No prices discussed. They said they would get back to me.

Same test with AVI 1080P... AVI 1080p Lossy Compression Degradation Res Test D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoi Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

I wrote ARRI to inquire how much a scanner cost. They were confused about my inquiry. They didn't give me a price, but they did give a couple of sources to check on getting scans done even though I didn't ask about that. Here is their reply to my inquiry as to buying a ARRIscanner. ARRI doesn’t offer film scanning/recording services. I would recommend checking out the following places: West Coast: Fotokem and NBC Universal East Coast: Kodak and Technicolor/Postworks ARRI does not seem very promising for me. I guess it would be nightmare getting one repaired with such poor communication. I will stick with working to buy a Lasergraphics. One thing in ARRI's favor, they are prompt with email replies.

Well for my type of work a 4k machine is fine. Most of my films are multi gen dupes. My main want is the sound scanning ability. But I'd like a good image as well. The thing to do if you have time / money is to pp the individual TIFF files of a film scan. The problem is trying to match each frame if the pp is extensive. This took me 2.5 hours in Lightroom and HDR software. It is an example of the highest level revovery that is possible from a 6x6 or 70mm film image. If you had some type of AI software that could duplicate all the adjustments to the frames needing work it may fly. But the work was too extensive for me to duplicate into multi frames. The problem with duplication is with localized contrast grading aka dodging and burning. The problem is not with general controls that affect the entire image.. To get this level of recovery you need both HDR and extensive contrast grading. Either alone won't cut it.

Thanks! Isn't that sad. Never heard much about the Arriscan. Maybe I heard the name mentioned before, but nothing in detail. Some of these scan makers market their products like they are top secret nuclear codes. Maybe it would be good for me if it is outdated. While I would like HDR, I can do without it due to a low budget. What do Arriscan's sell for? In place of HDR I sometimes have to scan film sections at different exposures and marry the best scans in post. It is not HDR, but it is better than a one exposure scan. I do not like doing it as it does not represent how things were projected back in the day. When films were projected they were generally done with one exposure, they didn't have the luxury of changing exposure like we do. So I am torn between showing films as they were projected or showing films in a better light, with the limited hardware and software I have. But HDR is something I'd really like to have. HDR is very important for exposure timing (or is it exposure continuity?) of archival material that was not exposed properly in various sections.

Looks like a Cintel, kinda. https://www.arri.com/en/camera-systems/archive-solutions/arriscan-xt Did you try contacting Arri for a list of scan labs that use their product or if they can do a sample scan for you? How does the Arri compare to a cheap Lasergraphics for archival work of warped 16mm? Like most other scan makers they list no price.

All these things should be documented with sample scans put up at the Internet Archive or other online venue. How did you aquire it only to give it away? Was it good for its time and it got outdated? Is this the unit? https://www.broadcaststore.com/store/prod_detail.cfm?eq_id=702940

nsfw MP4 1080p Lossy Compression Degradation Res Test D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Examples of lossy compression degradation from exporting the same 1080P MP4 video file 10 times. Exports of generation 1-10 can be compared.

Isn't that summtim. 650+ views, almost 2 years go by and no one has any input. Really sad testament to this forum. Or are they scared of signing their name to a comment? Well, maybe that is it. They all got jobs and houses. Sounds like an interesting topic. This is the first I heard about it Max. Amazon.com: Leaving Neverland: Movies & TV Looks like an interesting film. I will get it from my library. Didn't research it much, but Amazon's DVD is a DVD-R. Wonder why it was not pressed? For me, if I was qualified for the work, it probably would not matter. I don't own any real estate. My car is almost 12 years old. My gear is all old. No steady job. They would only 'get practice' suing me. But not everyone is like me. If you got a project like that where no one wants to shoot it, put up want ads at the film or art schools. Beside $$, another thing to worry about now is the physical backlash when you don't mesh with the popular culture and prevailing world view. I used to carry around revolvers back in the day. The summer of love 2020 proved that revolvers are not much good in the new world order. Now it is Glocks with hi cap mags and an AR- SBR in the trunk's pass through. No matter what you do...someone, somewhere is going to be offended. And the freedom of speech thing is out the door in 2021 America. (And I hope to never have to use the SBR...it will blow your ears out!) Now Max, $$ does not drive all things. In an intro to his review on Amazon of Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939 by Virginia Nicholson, Lleu Christopher distills what fuels the bohemian life. “Nicholson has a genuine appreciation for the bohemian spirit, and acknowledges the sacrifices made by many obscure artists, poets and others existing (often marginally) at society’s fringes. For some, the idealistic decision to forsake conventional society for a life dedicated to art, romance, poetry or perhaps a vaguer idea such as beauty or authenticity was never rewarded with any kind of material success. Was there any compensation for those living such marginal lives? Nicholson makes the case that for many, a life dedicated to art, romance and freedom is its own reward. For those who embody the bohemian spirit, material comforts and security are not worth the price of suppressing one’s creativity and individuality.” So artists may have other motives to do a thing, other than money Max.

Ran out of edit time. Just wanted to make one thing clear... They got better film archives in the world. But they are not hi res open content and I doubt as 'diverse and inclusive' as mine...due to their prejudice. (Or as they like to call it...their scope or mission.)

I'm thinking it is a gift and no taxes. Or am I wrong? And if wrong, I guess you need to add the tax bill to the Kickstarter goal as well as the commission fees. I am going to submit a Kickstarter for purchase of a cheap Lasergraphics Archivist sound film scanner / and some extra $$ to acquire more films. (Or use the excess to pay taxes if I owe them.) Maybe $85K - $90K is the goal. I contacted Kickstarter and informally ran the project by them as it is a problem child. They prohibit porn in the Kickstarter, and about 35% - 40% of my film Archive is ancient porn. I have one of the most diverse and inclusive open content underground / above ground film archives in the world! And it is not because I'm a dem. It is because I have no prejudice and have a wide range of interests within my scope of social documentary collection. To me it makes no difference if the person is having sex with a dog or baking bread...it is all social documentary. I've never met anyone with less prejudice for archival work than me. The only prejudice I have is for low res garbage. But I may not go into all that detail with the Kickstarter crowd. (They will have to search for it here.) Surprisingly artists are very prejudicial many times. You would think artists would be free wheeling. And they are, but only within their narrow worldview. And to make things clear, I am not without prejudice. I got lots of personal prejudices, but I check it at the door. If I hate a person or thing...I archive them better because of the hate. Prejudice does not enter my archival work. Kickstarter didn't shoot the proposal down outright, they said to submit it for approval. So will do that. I checked out GoFund Me and it looked like it is not that good for my project. Plus I could not find a contact email or form to ask them questions. I wrote to a few patrons of the arts to see if they had an interest in underground film preservation, but never heard back anything. Not a surprise. Seldom get replies in this day and age even if not asking for $$. And evn if they did have an interest, being connected with me would look bad for them. ...if you have any suggestions about submitting a Kickstarter proposal, feel free to chime in.

https://www.verdict.co.uk/fujifilm-ransom-demand/ ...USA should hire Fuji to protect them!

When you send out proposals and get nowhere...don't get your feelings hurt. There are so many incompetent people out there masquerading as professionals. Today I got an email from the Akron Art Museum. They wrote to me about a print portfolio I had sent them in 2013 as a proposed donation. They said they didn't want it. It took them 8 years to reply. The previous record from a museum for a reply / rejection was about 6 years. Art museums are pretty bad. And it is not only art museums, it is special collection libraries as well. I'm not going into detail because I still have to deal with museums / special collection libraries. I just wish I could spill some of the proverbial beans on them.

I can't get enough of them and never know what I will find. Everyday is like Christmas. Recently I acquired some 16mm childbirth films from the 1940's. They were labeled 'baby being born.' They turned out to be a bonanaza. The views of 75 year old surgical rooms and dress is fascinitning in itslef, but there is so much more. The anesthesiologist continually drips ether out of a bottle on a dust mask for knocking the gal out. Another clip has the assistant pushing the baby back in the vagina as it tries to come out. Intertitle says something like: Retarded birth to allow for episiotomy. Maybe they wanted more $$ for the episiotomy? Although in 1940's I don't think healthcare was run as a big biz as it is nowadays. Most likely the baby's head was too big for the mommy's birth canal and it was not greed. I have a bunch more in the childbirth series, all sort of things, different types of Caesareans, twins birth, breech birth, etc. They were part of the 50+ films I scanned over the last couple weeks. Still need to PP'em, but I put 2 from the childbirth series up at the I.A. for your perusal. nsfw https://archive.org/search.php?query=childbirth teoli If the Retroscan blows up or gets stolen, I got my money out of it anyway. 50 films = about $8,000 for scanning fees. Now I just need to get the other 1050 films scanned! But I'm not in a rush. Still holding out hope for a benefactor to buy me a cheap Lasergraphics scanner. So, I'm in no hurry to scan all the films twice. And due to no room to work, I had to stow the Retroscan to make room for the copy stand work that I am doing now. And that Retroscan is tiny, so you know I'm cramped. A Japanese / American guy I met, that took a trip to Tokyo, told me they don't go by square feet in Tokyo... they go by square inches! That sounds like me. I'm always looking to find some more square inches! My dream house would be a house with 40 or 50 chrome wire shelving units lining the walls. Getting back to that retarded birth... I may make a 'Retarded birth to allow for episiotomy' production company with the clip of the baby being pushed back in the vag . That would be crazy huh! I love adding some craziness to the films, certain films that is. The more business like films and films that require more respect get more conservative production companies. But it is fun 'having fun' with the films. And when you are underground you can do as you please. I came up with crazy production company names after seeing so many stupid production company names on films where they were trying their best to not be stupid. I thought to myself, "Jeeesus, couldn't they find a better name than that?" So I figured, let me have some fun with it.

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WTB: 16mm shorts on Construction, Industry, Medical, Dental, Farming / Agriculture, Vocational and Time Capsule films. They can be B&W or color, silent or sound. Faded red is OK, but prefer decent color. Vinegar is OK, as long as not heavily warped. But red films or vinegar are not worth a lot. Industry can be anything made in factories. Construction can be big or small. Looking for vintage material...1920's - 1960's. Time capsule films show life in earlier times and can be any interesting subject matter. Same with vocational films. If not sure...run them by me. Write Direct: w1000w@aol.com Dan

Just got started with AEO-Light today. First time out I got sound. It needed some tweaking, but still impressive how the software worked. Full story... NSFW Using AEO-Light to Extract Optical Sound from Cine’ Film – Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection – II (home.blog)

...one of the few remaining Film Timers in the World. And you don't want to document your life's work??

Found on eBay. Goldberg made some nice reels...just add a glass top for the drinks.

Sure they did. Small, lightweight cams opened up new prospects not obtainable with big cams. But I just don't get all these arguments. Use what you like and use the tool that fits the job best. If you like heavy cams go for it. Personally I like small, light cams.

Obviously not enough times...I didn't know it till I read your post. Lots of people don't want to archive what they know or have done. So you are not alone. I talked with an old film collector on eBay. Pleaded with him many times to write it down or let me interview with some oral history. Nope, not interested one bit and he was ancient, could kick off at any time and everything is lost.

Retroscan uses extension tubes and thickness washers. It is a pain. But Retroscan is relatively inexpensive, so goes with the territory and can't complain much. It uses 'C' mount lenses. I will have to see if they make a variable extension tube for it.

Thanks for the history lesson Frank. You should write a book. Or PDF it all and put on the I.A. Or do an oral history recording, whatever. One day we don't wake up and poof...it is all gone. Get it down while you can.