Photo Editing Study/Suite

86JR

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As i might have said somewhere, my parents dont use one of the rooms in the house and have said i can have it for a study (dissy year). Its sound proofed to a point.

Currently i have thought of..

Computer
Pair of monitors
Printer
A4 scanner
Wifi Switch
Shelves, Desk, Recaro chair,
Telephone
UDMA CF/SDHC reader

Is there anything im missing ?

Also what do you recommend lighting wise ?

Thanks :)
 
Some sort of colour calibration device perhaps?

Also make sure you don't go for cheapy monitors, get decent IPS panels, even if it means you can only afford one. A good monitor will do much more for your pictures than a couple of poor ones (sorry if this comes across as a little patronising, for all I know you could be planning to buy 2 IPS monitors :D).
 
High quality controlled lighting. Not nice editing photos with orange 60w bulbs.
I don't know what professionals use in industry but I would imagine it would be useful to get lighting which is closer to pure white,or daylight, and have the lumminace tuned to balance with your monitor.
 
A good monitor, calibration device and some blackout blinds/curtains will do more for you than pretty much anything else you could add to that list. Having full control over your output is the best thing about the digital age. A large format printer would be nice but that depends on how you're planning on delivering work to clients, and who those clients are.

Regarding daylight balanced lights, not nessecary. Get a proper viewing booth if you want to evaluate prints, otherwise just edit in a dark room.
 
Make sure the monitors are decent (IPS based panel)
Get a good colour calibration device. If you can afford it get one that can make paper profiles as well (I use an Eye1 Xtreme)
Blackout blinds.
Paint the walls with Munsell N8 paint. (Or equivalent grey)
Put in dimmable lights so you can work with as little ambient light as possible.
Get a D50 or D65 viewing booth or lumminaire (For work I am about to install 2 x GTi GLE-M3-32 Luminaires with both D50 & D65 tubes).
Large format printer (Something like a second hand Epson 7600 or &800 could be picked up cheapish and will produce great prints.)
RIP software
Paper stock (There are so many nice papers out there it is worth picking up as many paper swatches as possible before deciding)
Ink supplies
Magnetic print bar so you can hang prints up on the wall to assess them.
Guillotine for cutting the prints
Negative scanner if you work with film (Something like a second hand Imacon FT343)
Wacom tablet
Inspirational photographs on the walls.

That should do the trick I reckon. ;)
 
It's a very broad topic and depends on who you are to an extent, some people will prefer a single large screen, some will prefer multiple smaller screens (I prefer multiple 24" with Windows but a single 30" with OSX for instance). I would ditch the phone from your list and add decent speakers but that's very much about how you work best. I'd want a film scanner over a flatbed of any size for photos myself.

There's already good advice on lighting and viewing if you want to go that far (to be honest, you need to be doing commercial work in my view before you need to start worrying about that). A tablet is probably worth it too, though try one first if you can, some people don't get on with them...

And backup. Sort a way of backing up all your work automatically and reliably before splashing out on virtually anything else listed in this thread.
 
Backup is sorted, will use this computer for that in my bedroom :)

I wouldnt go back to a single monitor and if i could id run 3!
 
27" iMac
All the B&W film chemicals
Possibly one of them corner/portable darkroom tent things
Decent Printer/Scanner
All the accessories for your camera, reader etc
Hard Drives galore
Home Studio with Lights etc?
 
twoblacklines said:
Backup is sorted, will use this computer for that in my bedroom :)

I wouldnt go back to a single monitor and if i could id run 3!
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Just make sure if you're getting multiple monitors spend the bulk on one GOOD monitor, and get a cheap TN thing for the side if you're adamant about extra desktop space. Don't get two 2407's or similar just because they'll match and look nice. If you're going to be editing all your work through it you would be doing yourself a great disservice having two mediocre monitors just for the sake of it.

Do you have a budget in mind for this endevour?
 
Adrianr said:
Just make sure if you're getting multiple monitors spend the bulk on one GOOD monitor, and get a cheap TN thing for the side if you're adamant about extra desktop space. Don't get two 2407's or similar just because they'll match and look nice. If you're going to be editing all your work through it you would be doing yourself a great disservice having two mediocre monitors just for the sake of it.

Do you have a budget in mind for this endevour?
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I'm not sure about the 2407, but I use a 2405 and find it pretty nice. I can certainly get it within an acceptable margin compared to the Eizo ColorEdge CG211 I use at work.
 
Messiah Khan said:
I'm not sure about the 2407, but I use a 2405 and find it pretty nice. I can certainly get it within an acceptable margin compared to the Eizo ColorEdge CG211 I use at work.
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To be honest that was me being very harsh on the 2407, I had one myself and it was a cracking monitor (Shame I can't say the same about the 3007!). My point was more, don't buy two £225 monitors when you should be buying one £450 monitor, just because you want some matching screens for the Desk and Room gallery thread.
 
Adrianr said:
To be honest that was me being very harsh on the 2407, I had one myself and it was a cracking monitor (Shame I can't say the same about the 3007!). My point was more, don't buy two £225 monitors when you should be buying one £450 monitor, just because you want some matching screens for the Desk and Room gallery thread.
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Yeah I agree with that point. Better to get less kit and get the right kit then get loads of gadgets that aren't worth the money.
 
Messiah Khan said:
Make sure the monitors are decent (IPS based panel)
Get a good colour calibration device. If you can afford it get one that can make paper profiles as well (I use an Eye1 Xtreme)
Blackout blinds.
Paint the walls with Munsell N8 paint. (Or equivalent grey)
Put in dimmable lights so you can work with as little ambient light as possible.
Get a D50 or D65 viewing booth or lumminaire (For work I am about to install 2 x GTi GLE-M3-32 Luminaires with both D50 & D65 tubes).
Large format printer (Something like a second hand Epson 7600 or &800 could be picked up cheapish and will produce great prints.)
RIP software
Paper stock (There are so many nice papers out there it is worth picking up as many paper swatches as possible before deciding)
Ink supplies
Magnetic print bar so you can hang prints up on the wall to assess them.
Guillotine for cutting the prints
Negative scanner if you work with film (Something like a second hand Imacon FT343)
Wacom tablet
Inspirational photographs on the walls.

That should do the trick I reckon. ;)
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I dont have anything like that budget, more like £2k max.

ichabod crane said:
You need a whole room to write your dissertation :p what is it on out of interest?
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Not really sure yet, i was going to compare 2 cameras from the market leaders, a proper technical study but i dont have a canon 7d and im not actually good at taking the pictures. Or theres the impact of having video mode in DSLRS now instead of pure photography, and some other ideas.

syke said:
27" iMac
All the B&W film chemicals
Possibly one of them corner/portable darkroom tent things
Decent Printer/Scanner
All the accessories for your camera, reader etc
Hard Drives galore
Home Studio with Lights etc?
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Thats more like it but dont have room for a home studio!
 
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