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  Monitor:-

Dell  Ultrasharp 2407WFP WXGA

24"  Widescreen LCD Monitor connected via DVI

 

 

 

  PC Specifications:-

Thermaltake Aluminium Windowed Case with Hiper 580w PSU

AMD Phenom 955 Black Edition 3.2ghz (Quad Core) Socket AM3 Processor

4GB (2 x2GB Dimms) Corsair 1333mhz DDR3 RAM

Gigabyte MA770T-UDP3 Motherboard

1 x 500GB 7200rpm SATA Seagate Barracuda Hard drive (Computer)

1 x 1TB 7200rpm SATA Seagate Barracuda Hard drive (dedicated to photo storage)

1 x 160GB 7200rpm IDE Seagate Barracuda  Hard Drive (dedicated to photo storage)

2x 120GB 7200rpm SATA Seagate Barracuda  Hard Drives (dedicated to photo storage)

300GB Maxtor External Hard drive (backup copies of photos)

MSI Geforce 7800GTO 512MB PCI Express Graphics Card

Samsung x22 Dual layer DVD+/-R/RW Drive (all photo's are backed up onto DVD's - dual layer allows up to 8.5GB per Dual layer DVD)

 

 

 

     
  Printer;-

Epson R2400 Professional A3+ size photo printer.

Produces stunning large format photo prints y, using 8 individual ink tanks.

Pigment ink offer 80 years+ light fastness for long lasting prints.  The printer can also print Borderless Panoramic images up to 13" x 44".

Colour calibrated to the monitor using Colourvision Printercal and Photocal software.

 

 

   
  Monitor calibration:-

Colourvision USB Spyder with Optical software.

Measures the screens output and automatically adjusts it to internationally recognised colour standards.   The resultant colourspace is then used in Photoshop and printing to ensure full system colour matching.

 

 

   
  Software:-

Adobe Photoshop CS2 (Photoshop 9):- Industry standard photo imaging software - Used purely to enhance what is already in the photo and to make minor adjustments, - I believe that photo's should be taken and not made!!

Phase One Capture One Pro

Adobe Lightoom

Photomatix Pro:- HDR creation software

Panorama Factory - Panoramic stitching software