Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doesn't involve wall color, but here is an interesting article on d.i.y. viewing booths. I'm going to try this on a smaller scale (my largest prints are 17x22"), perhaps one that I can set behind and to the side of my monitor. Or on a table beside the monitor desk. In my wet darkroom, now no longer in use, I had three enlargers. The wall behind the 4x5 enlarger was painted flat black, and the wall behind the other two was flat white. Not sure I ever noticed a difference, and I tested the safe lights routinely to be sure we were really dark in paper terms. This involved setting an enlarger reel on a sheet of paper for 15 minutes, developing and seeing there was no image. I love digital. http://www.rgbcmyk.net/fp/?x=entry:entry110218-080348 Ken On 8/21/2014 8:57 AM, Bob Adler wrote: > 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 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information