[Leica] Digital Dark Room Advice

[mehrdad]

my only comment to make it a fun color so u can spend time in that room. i
like paul's advice,

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  regards, mehrdad


On Thu, Aug 21, 2014 at 6:57 AM, Bob Adler <rgacpa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Printing adds a lot of need for color accuracy... (i.e., costs...!).
>
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> Sent from my iPad
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> > 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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