[Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice

[Bob Adler]

Wondering as to whether this is overkill myself, Ken. But I think all this painting and lighting is less expensive than those photo viewing booths!! Especially the large sized ones, which I would need...
Maybe the room will be my booth...

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> On Aug 20, 2014, at 5:50 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Ken
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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