Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/21

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Subject: [Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice
From: rgacpa at gmail.com (Bob Adler)
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2014 06:57:18 -0700
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Printing adds a lot of need for color accuracy... (i.e., costs...!).


Sent from my iPad

> On Aug 20, 2014, at 8:20 PM, Sonny Carter <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm not sure what color my workroom is as I don't use the overhead lights. 
>  I don't do any printing so I don't need to do any matching.  I have a 
> desk light and a window wall looking out to the archives map room, but no 
> ambient light falls on my monitors.
> I can see them coming.  Nice.
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 7:50 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
>> 
>> 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
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Replies: Reply from msadat at gmail.com (mehrdad) ([Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice)
In reply to: Message from kcarney1 at cox.net (Ken Carney) ([Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice)
Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice)