Thanks, Paul. Probably good advice about the low-end printer. I thought
I'd just throw that out there to see what folks thought. Yep, I bought the
Epson R2880 and it's great, and I've been using it a lot. I've got a little
bit of exhibit space at work for the construction photos--about four 13 x 19
inch frames and about nine 8 1/2 x 11 inch frames plus I do some digital
GESOs for folks at work as well. I also just did about 15 prints for some
conference rooms at work. Management wanted to jazz some walls up because
of a big-to-do we're having at work in about two weeks, so they asked me if
I had any stuff depicting * the goings on at work* and luckily I did.
Good to know about the Epson Exhibition Fibre--I like the idea of it having
a bit more texture than the Gold Fibre Silk has. That sounds pretty cool.
I'll try it for sure now. I love the Velvet Fine Art for black and white &
the Gold Fiber Silk for Color--though I reverse it as well.
Big thanks and cheers, Christine
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From: "paul stenquist" <pnstenqu...@comcast.net>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net>
Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 9:03 PM
Subject: Re: Digital Darkroom
A good list.
The more hard drive space you can afford, the better. I now have nine drives
and about 4 terabytes of space -- and Im running out. I'm going to park some
full drives and plug in a few new ones.
Don't think you'll need a monitor shade unless you work in a room where you
can't control the light levels.
You should be able to get buy with one high quality printer. Didn't you buy
a top of the line Epson 13 x 19? That should be adequate if you don't want
to print bigger than that carriage allows. You shouldn't need another
printer for 4x6 proofs. Just gang them on one sheet of 13 x 19 paper and cut
them apart. You can print at a lesser quality if you wish, although I always
print photos at a relatively high quality setting.
I like Ilford Gold Fibre Silk and Epson Velvet Fine art. I've also been
using Epson Exhibition Fibre quite a bit. Atlex.com has it at very good
prices, and it's very similar to Gold Fibre Silk -- just slightly heavier
stock and a bit more texture.
Paul
On Mar 12, 2010, at 9:37 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
I desperately have to get my digital darkroom organized, so I made a quick
list of stuff. Can you guys think of anything that I might be
overlooking? Obviously, some of this stuff I have, some of it will have to
wait, but I thought I'd get a dream list going. If anyone has any
suggestions for media storage, print storage, contact sheet storage, I'd
love to know what you guys do. Also, anything with an (*) means I'm open
to suggestions for specific brands.
Just thought I'd throw this out there. Anybody got a catcher's mit on?
:-) Big cheers, Christine
*At the Computer*
-Fast card reader in the tower
-Double back-up hard drives
-Good quality monitor-matte screen
-Monitor Calibration tools
-Monitor shade
-Lightroom
-Photoshop Elements
-Fast processor/RAM
-Lots of hard drive space
-Cd/dvd burner for digital back-up
*Printing*
-Exhibit quality printer
-3 full sets of ink for above
-storage space for above printer parts
-good stable printer stand
-printer cover
-Low-end printer for 4 x 6 proofs
- full sets of ink for above
-Paper Stash
13 x 19 inch:
Ilford Gold Fiber Silk
Epson Velvet Fine Art
8 ½ x 11 inch:
Ilford Gold Fiber Silk
Epson Velvet Fine Art
4 x 6 inch:
Epson Ultra Premium Glossy
*Print Preparation*
-High end paper cutter (*)
-Cutting Mat
-Xacto type hand cutter
-Mounting Boards:
16 x 20 inch
11 x 14 inch
-Mounting materials (*)
Photomount Spray?
Double sided mounting tabs
*Portfolio Stuff*
-Transport Portfolio (*)
-Professional Portfolio (*)
*Storage Space* (*)
-Media storage space
-Assembly & Tool storage space
-Table space to spread prints out for drying
-Storage space for reusable photo envelopes etc
-storage space for prints, contact sheets, proofs
of various sizes
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