Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mine is painted flat white and seems fine. I have just an incandescent light fixture, not too much falling on the monitor, and the Spyder software measures the ambient light for calibration. I keep the blinds closed while working on photos. I have been thinking about this also, and wonder if I need to spring for a viewing booth. Maybe obsessive, since the prints seem to match the monitor pretty well under different viewing conditions. Ken On 8/20/2014 3:55 PM, Bob Adler wrote: > I am setting up one of the bedrooms in our home as my digital "dark" room. > It will house my printer, primary Lightroom/Photoshop computer, photo > paper, laminator, etc. I won't be doing any spraying, so a ventilated area > isn't required. > > My primary question is what color to paint the room? I am thinking flat > digital white (white white) with all bulbs being 5200k fluorescents. I > have some direct lights already that are measured 5200k and will be used > to analyze prints. > > Any suggestions on what color to paint the room or other advise would be > appreciated. One of my concerns is keeping dust out, but that's probably > cost prohibitive. > > Thanks in advance for your input, > Bob > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information