Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

I use compressed air, upside down, to remove skin tags / skin growths. You have to mask off skin real good or you will get a big blister. Do at your own risk, I'm no MD. Dermatologists are unaffordable, so it is a $10 can of spray for me. I don't use on camera though. Just rocket blowers and alcohol wipes. Tried all sort of lens cleaning fluid, all terrible. Alcohol wipes are best. Have cleaned lenses many, many hundred of times with them. (PS compressed air is often times some type of gas, not air. That is why it gets freezing cold if sprayed upside down.)

Cleaning sensor is good way to ruin it. I use rocket blower and alcohol wipes on the lens with Kimwipes. Sometimes would have to clean lens a dozen times a day or more. For sensor it is rocket blower. Never had to clean a sensor, but I don't change lenses if the shooting gets rough. If the lens is attached, very hard to get the sensor dirty. And even with rocket blower, I seldom use on a sensor. Very, very seldom blow it off. I just shoot. I keep body opening down, change lens fast. I try to keep dirt out. I shot these when I was in my 60's. I've had my flash broken off at the hotshoe and all sort of physical attacks. You know the deal, generational war against the 'OK boomers.' I only bring this up to question...why do you have to clean your GD sensors so much??? Are you shooting in worse places than I do?

Did you have any issues? And I am talking about art films, not commercial films. (Although if you used some ripped music for commercial use, feel free to chime in.) I was wondering if using old punk music would be a problem? I acquired a collection of old punk handbills from obscure groups. Wanted to make a video of the bills and thought punk music to go with them would be apropos. I'm thinking music copyright must not be valued as much as visual copyright. Why would they make audio rip programs mainstream, yet copy programs to copy movies are illegal? Thanks

Good work! Make a free Wordpress blog for it. If you are of the testing nature you will be doing more of them. You could give more details on a blog.

What is your preference...all things being equal. (Same question applies to zoom out / move out.)

This Palumbo gal writes some nice articles. I've enjoyed a few of them. (Although I don't read much of them, I just like the photos she picks out.) She would make a good curator of photography at a museum...if she could withstand the bullshit they bestow on their curators. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-marilyn-monroe-eyes-8-famous-photographers Monroe at her apartment in Hollywood before hitting the big time. They have a nice see-through shot of Monroe at the link. I always though she had big boobies. I guess I got her confused with Jane Mansfied.

I always hate seeing her die at the end of Godfather 3.

Yesterday's office... At work on Samson and Delilah : (L-R) Technicolor technician Paul Hill (foreground), assistant cameraman John F. Warren, head electrician Soldier Graham, director Cecil B. DeMille and cinematographer George Barnes.

https://archive.org/details/100SecondFilmFestival/AnOpulentObject.mov

Thanks Ed, but not in L.A. now. I bought one of these. The clamp holds the light, but what to do with the screw part? Trying to figure out how to mount on the male tripod screw that is on top of the light stand. But I need a female coupler.

Thanks for the replies. Those cilps look interesting. I wanted to be able to angle it. It is not a regular light. It is a special IR light. I could tape it, but was hoping for some adjustability.

On Amazon About $1.40 - $15 each. Depends on quanity.

https://daniel-d-teoli-jr-archival-collection-ii.home.blog/2019/10/23/nothing-can-compare-to-the-m-disk-when-it-comes-to-digital-archiving/ The ‘M’ discs come in a variety of sizes from standard 4.7GB DVD’s to 100GB Blu-ray DVD. I’m still testing the larger size ‘M’ disks for archival qualities. But I can say, even with only partial tests complete, the large capacity Blu-ray ‘M’ disks far surpass standard AZO and Gold 4.7GB optical media for their archival abilities. Full story at link above...'M' disc being boiled below...

Crazy what they invent! https://www.zapata.com/air-products/flyboardair It must cost a bunch when they won't give out the cost.

For the last year I have tested a hard plastic and soft plastic DVD case in the sun and within the home to determine any archival shortcomings. Both cases did well with the sun test, not becoming brittle or yellowing after 1 year of sun exposure. But the soft case was a magnet for picking up a film of indoor air pollutants.

I have tube light that has a +/- 3/4 inch diameter. What sort of clamp do I need to mount it to a light stand? Thanks

Thanks for the history. VHS was making the transition at that time, but still had a few years left before dying. The last confirmed VHS release by a major studio in North America occurred on March 14th, 2006. The film was A History Of Violence. It looked like this: However, there is a persistent rumour about a VHS release of Disney's film Cars, which supposedly came out in February of 2007 and was a club exclusive. https://www.quora.com/What-were-the-first-and-last-films-to-be-distributed-on-VHS

"What makes someone truly an outsider? Is it a question of attitude, access, opportunity? Does it simply mean a certain rebellious streak, an aversion to the mainstream? When it comes to the art world, the term “outsider” has a tumultuous history, and it’s still liable to set off long debates. And yet, despite occasional detractors, “ Good article on the discussion of Outsider Art. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-outsider-art-problematic-helpful-label

Any updates on a good MP4 conversion software to buy? I tried most of what they said below and no luck. The conversion has good sound at the very start then keeps getting more and more out of synch as film runs. I could not try all available combinations for adjustment they said but I tried a number of them and results were all the same. The sound is not synched after first few seconds. What framerate is video tape on VHS? Maybe I need a certain framerate to set. The software has a wide range. I've been using auto and I also tested 29.97. But there is a zillion settings from 1-240. This is the email the Russians sent: --------------------------------------------- On Windows OS, turn off Intel and/or NVIDIA or Intel hardware accelerations (if enabled). Else, try selecting any other output format or change video and audio codecs in selected format settings. Select different codecs at Video tab and Audio tab. Then click OK and save recorded file again, and check video and audio sync in resulting video file. If de-sync still occurs after changing output format/adjusting program preferences, please contact us so that we could investigate the issue further. -------------------------------------------------- Other than this conversion issue I like the Movavi software suite for everything it does with very intuitive software.

They have still photo software that turns girls into porcelain dolls. You can see the results on the magazine covers. No pores. Maybe the same for movies. This is just one of them. https://www.anthropics.com/portraitpro/ I never use them. I do doc work...warts and all. Here are some before and after shots https://www.google.com/search?q=portrait+retouching+software&sxsrf=ACYBGNSRfR3qutdsaPecYIPtyXCUHzW2kw:1571232086072&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf_eXS76DlAhVIQ6wKHXAoCW0Q_AUIEigC&biw=1600&bih=806#imgrc=dWMIM6Ywa1CxMM:

From a Videomaker.com email... That focus pulling is cushy work!

Good article on location shooting, permits and releases https://nofilmschool.com/film-location-permits

Thanks. Normally my software is fine. But projects are not complex like the one lm doing. Will check out Adobe Premiere Elements. Bob also had good idea to save various versions.

How much does DOTS cost?

For the everyday Jane or Joe, 'M' disc is rated at 1000 years. I have optical media archival tests underway now to be completed next spring. So far M disk has far outlasted regular DVD in sun exposure. Silver DVDs die in 3.5 weeks. Gold DVD lasts about 4.5 weeks. The old Kodak gold DVD lasted about 5 - 6 weeks. M disc has been in the sun for 6.5 months and no issues at all. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-DISC M Disc can go up to 100gb, but is a variant of Blu-ray. So far M Disc Blu-ray have held up, but will not know until tests are complete if M-Disc Blu-ray are as good as original M Disc DVD. It is good to have your material archived on as many things as possible. But flash drives are said to lose data after 10 years if not accessed. I've tested flash drives after 5 years with no access and they worked fine. 10 year tests are forthcoming. Silver CD-R's have a longer life than silver or gold DVD-R's. Silver CD-R's lasted almost 3 months in the sun. But not much you can use CD's for nowadays due to low storage ability. Here is a test on a 15 yo CD . This is from a CD video recorder. https://danieldteolijrarchivalcollection.wordpress.com/2019/01/14/15-year-cd-r-archival-burn-test/ Blue, dye based CD's are terrible and die after a couple weeks in the sun. Some critics poop on optical media for archival work. They like tape. I have CD's going back to 1983. They are still readable with no end in sight for access ability. Tape going back to the early days is very hard to access do to the lack of hardware. Don't discount optical media for archival work. Only shortcoming with optical is low ability to store mass amounts of info. Too bad they didn't do some archival tests on all the faded red film we have now. Maybe they could have developed something better. Archival testing is of the utmost importance for preserving history. https://danieldteolijrarchivalcollection.wordpress.com/2017/08/19/just-because-it-is-marked-archival-it-does-not-mean-it-is-archival-2/