Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/20

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Subject: [Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice
From: tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley)
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:28:53 -0400
References: <E61CA4FC-88B7-473A-A508-7003034B447F@gmail.com> <CA+yJO1DRnW4crgj=VXTGG25VtqQUx9oNv11_8E+F86T3_XO9vw@mail.gmail.com>

Somehow I sent that before I finished.  He also advises no windows in the
room, which would drive me crazy, or blackout curtains for the windows.  I
do have light-filtering shades but they are white.

He has lots of other suggestions which might be interesting.

Tina


On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 6:26 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:

> Adobe has a pdf on the environment for the digital darkroom:
>
> http://www.adobe.com/digitalimag/pdfs/calibrating_digital_darkroom.pdf
>
> He advises gray for the walls but a Munsell 8 gray
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 20, 2014 at 4:55 PM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> 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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In reply to: Message from rgacpa at gmail.com (Bob Adler) ([Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice)
Message from tmanley at gmail.com (Tina Manley) ([Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice)