Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/08/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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... Sent from my iPad > On Aug 20, 2014, at 5:50 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