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OP...NICE! LOC is OK. They are a pain for downloads. Big TIFFS generally with no PP or useless low res JPEG's. Their TIFFS are sometimes not that great for all the hassle. I've done a few project with some of their photos. Here are 2 of them Internet Archive Search: sodbusters in transition Internet Archive Search: The Cotton Pickers... D.D.Teoli Jr.

That is an interesting project you have OP. Put it up at the Internet Archive. I need to find a sponsor that will buy me a cheap 16mm sound scanner. A cheap Lasergraphics sound film scanner cost about $55K. I got most other things covered. Archival work is $. And cine' work is $$$$$! Since the virus hit I don't do much street photography anymore. I went over full time to archival work. I still have 10 years of my own photos to look through, 100K+ photos. So no shortage of my own work to do.

Op I've used both. I use baryta paper though.

OP...do film and digital for BU. film cost $$, suck it up. If you cant afford all that film entails then that is your answer. No way round doing film cheap anymore. This is not the 1970's.

Could not get link to load photos. Went to his website. Yes, nice photos. You can buy his book if you like. I wonder how much he spent on the trips and all? Night / low light photography is nothing new to me. I started back in 1970. Have shots tens of thousands of night / low light photos. But I'm NOT a tripod shooter. I usually do street photos with people in them. I wrote a very long article about night / low level shooting. But it is probably too strong to post link here. I was doing a project on NYC steam, when virus hit I bugged out of NYC and that was that. My favorite was shooing IR flash in the dark....candid. But virus killed it. But I am also highly skilled at no flash night work...candid...in places where photography is outlawed...

No right or wrong OP. If not working for a paying client, then do as you like. Beautiful sunset!

I want to build one that is strictly vacuum with no glass on top for copy stand use. I was going to use perforated sheet steel for holes. They have a 1/8 or 3/16 inch hole option on the steel. Some companies have smaller holes. I'm thinking 1/8 should do it. I plan to mask off areas with plastic that are not being used to increase suction. I will use a shop vac for suction. Frame to be wood. I may have to use some metal strip in the center to support the steel sheet. Will have to see how much it sags. I was thinking of 24 x 24 inches, but may go 18 x 24 to increase suction. Steel comes in 24 x 24 as standard size. If you want max suction the best would be to build specific size easels. But it is time and $$, although the payment is mostly time as the smaller you go the cheaper it is and $$ is not a big deal. I'd rather buy one instead of making one as long as it was affordable. But all these old school tools are slim pickings trying to find them to buy. Here is one like we used back in the 1970's for graphic arts use. Ours was bigger and more robust. It was on a stand and swiveled for vertical use with process camera or horizontal use. They were called vacuum frames. The glass did not heat in them. They were not hot presses. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1190287-REG/drytac_hgp360_hot_press_heated_glass_top.html?ap=y&ap=y&smp=y&smp=y&lsft=BI:514&gclid=CjwKCAjwxuuCBhATEiwAIIIz0dy9-SOcFEBlb25UvFhqGcp3TS1_nnlJiUNJ5Yf8SyCy74G58boykBoCoiUQAvD_BwE They had an old thread at Large Format forum on a home built vacuum easel. Sadly, all the links are dead. Here is some videos on YT. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vacuum+easel I had built a vacuum easel when I was a kid, but it did not work good. The holes were far apart and too big.

Here was a nice window display I bid on. But got too high for my budget. It was a 35mm neg. I wrote the seller to see if they would sell a scan for $20, but not interested. Camera stores can go for big money on eBay. . .

Yes fantastic stuff. I have tons of material. No time to scan. Hundreds of thousands of pages to scan, all sorts, not just cameras. Here is a fraction The Golden Age of Film Photography – I – Photography & Cine' related ephemera from the Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection (wordpress.com) I got 40+ more websites under contruction...no time.

Yes, same story more or less. But mine was an old Minox I bought from my buddy. Maybe he stole it? I don't know. It was beat up. Paid $11. Film processing was $5, so that spurred me onto learning how to develop film to save $$.

Nice. Put up a hi res copy at the Internet Archive.

Same story as you. My first store was 1969, Pan Pacific Camera on the corner of La Brea and Melrose in L.A. No photos. Never thought of it until it was too late. I look for photos of them all the time on the web....nothing. Here is a list of stores that were in and around L.A.... Bob Gamble - Santa Monica Blvd? Mel Pierce - 5645 Hollywood Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90028 near Hollywood and Western Blvd. Pan Pacific Camera - La Brea at Melrose Blvd. Photo Center - Beverly Blvd. Near Fairfax Samy's Camera The Darkroom - 5370 Wishire Blvd. L.A. Max? Wilshire Blvd. Bellaire Camera Frank's Highland Park Hollywood Camera? Highland Blvd Henry's Camera Downtown L.A. Morgan Camera shop 6262 W. Sunset Blvd. Hollywood. Freestyle I have collection of camera store photos. But this forum does not like photos unless the person shot them. So too bad, can't post them or could give you a ton of them. Here is one they may not complain about since it is art and I did the scan of the postcard. (And if not then remove it.) A couple years ago, before the virus, it was a rainy afternoon in NYC. I stepped into B&H and shot for about 20 minutes. All invisible infrared flash. Never got caught. Didn't expect to get caught. Maybe shot 75 - 100 photos. Still have not looked through the photos. Maybe someday. I'm backed up 10 years with my photos. Archival work eats up all my time. If anyone has some good hi res photos of old camera stores I'd be glad to trade scans with you. Let me know. But no garbage. I only collect hi grade material. Here is a freebie for you guys and gals... Film Stored In Cooler D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : D.D.Teoli Jr. A.C. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Don't care, as long as it looks good. When at Walmart or Staples I Google myself and bring up a photo search on some of their computers and leave it up.

I wish they would make an affordable FF 6mp sensor for my Hasselblad SWC for $1200. Shooting everything at the MF resolutions will eat up lots of space. Are you guys and gals ready for that? From my tests (all deleted by Tumblr in 2019) I found 35mm flatbed scanned negative film = about 3 or 4 mp with a P&S camera. Amazing we got along on that low res stuff all those years...huh? A 6mp FF 6x6 sensor for the Hassy would= or exceed scanned negative roll film.

OP...don't neglect the cine' cameras... I also have a few Bolex. And while you are at it, get some stereo cameras.

Silver prints last good, platinum, etc. But pigment inkjet and laser prints last good too. Here are some old posts on the subject. I had complete fade tests on all sorts of media on Tumblr, but they banned me in 2019 and deleted all 48 of my websites. 1 year of sun does nothing to an archival pigment inkjet. 2 years and it starts to fade 'some.' NSFW Epson Gloss Optimizer stability test… – Daniel D. Teoli Jr. (wordpress.com) Don't use dye based inkjet, they fade. 2 months of sun fades them as well as normal room light. Dye Inkjet vs. Pigment Inkjet – Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection – II (home.blog) As was said, dye transfer is bad. They have good dark storage but terrible light fastness. File:Eastman Kodak dye transfer fade test after 6 months sun exposure Daniel D. Teoli Jr..jpg - Wikimedia Commons But you have no worries about that. Dye transfer is more or less extinct. Although they do make some in Germany. Cibachromes were excellent...but extinct. Good luck!

I did keep one box...for my Hasselblad SWC. I've always been in love with it. Although the first SWC I bought was a mess. It was pretty worn out. I bought it from an Art Center student quiting photography . It had sticky shutter speeds and had no box. But back in the 70's I was lucky to be able to even afford a broken down Hassy. My boxed SWC is one of the last radioactive lens models. This is a shot from the broken down SWC from 1975. Clutter is different for everyone. 'Crazy' used to keep his bike in his bedroom.

Ran out of edit time. Here is just a fraction of the stuff... ...and I mean a small fraction!

I'm much worse than that. Sadly my boxes got trashed years ago. Some would have come in handy now that I'm scaling back my photo gear and selling some off. Just no room for it all. My dream house would have wall to wall chrome shelving. I don't have many interests Just photography and archival work. So a dedicated house set up for archival work and photography is fine by me. I especially would like adjustable electric work tables and a dark room for post processing. The sun is terrible. Sometimes I have to use a black cloth over my head and the monitor. And the film work (cine') takes up most of the room. Film is a money and space sucking activity.

That is good to know. As long as it gets to eBay I'm off the hook.

Yes, credit is good if you know the source. A lot of things are lost to history....about 99.9% of the found photos I work with have no author listed. Selection from Sooner or Later Y’all End Up on eBay! – Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Archival Collection (wordpress.com)

Makes sense. I wanted to join a local camera club...they didn't want me as a member. They were sunset and flower specialists. Guess it worked out for the best, looks like they would have wasted lots of my precious time. I know what to do...I just need to do it. Time is the issue with me. So let me get back to work right now!

I've been selling a lot of old gear that has been sitting. A good number of the sales go to buyers in foreign countries. Has anyone used eBay's reshipping service outside of the USA? I was wondering what they charge you. This morning a guy bought an old Zeiss Ulton lens from me. He paid $20 for USA shipping and now has to pay more for getting it reshipped. I think he may be in Australia. These foreign buyers must really want the gear and have no local outlets for it. (Unless they are lucky enough to live in Japan.) I've never sold any gear to Japan, but have bought lots of gear from Japan.

Fantastic stuff! Too bad I'm not a Photoshopper. I'm just an old film photog that is lucky to be able to use Lightroom. I wrote an article a while back on this topic. Is photographing art, art – Daniel D. Teoli Jr. (wordpress.com) Since the virus hit I've more or less given up on street work and concentrate on archival material. Everything I work with is from someone else. So am used to it. Plus I'm an underground photog and underground archivist. Copyright only comes into play if someone complains. Which has been very, very seldom. That is one of the benefits of working with old material, everyone associated with it is dead. About the only derivative I did was one of Araki as a cutout. It is called 'The Birth of Araki' Both of the photos I used are found photos. I'm not too creative, so I usually stick with documentary work which is not the type of photography that lends itself to manipulation that is far from the truth...unless you don't care about the truth. Years ago I wrote Araki to make me one, but he never replied. So I made one myself. Most the of the big name photogs are too high and mighty to ever reply to letters. If I was a Photohsopper I could have made it that way. But I went old school with cutouts. Strong NSFW...don't complain The Birth of Araki : Concept and post processing from found photographs by Daniel D. Teoli Jr. : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive I got the idea for the Araki cutout from another vintage cutout I ran across. It is probably too strong to post the link here. Even the name may be too strong for you guys and gals. But I have come across many cutouts and derivations working with archival material, so it was not the only one. In fact it was pretty common back at the early 1900's with RPPC exaggeration postcards - Google Search I have a huge collection of them, but no time to scan right now. Keep up the great work with the derivations...very creative!