Show off your photo editing station (alt: bragging about new toys)

[jliechty]

My Samsung 213T arrived yesterday (replaced 19" Philips CRT), along with a Belkin UPS (replaced dying APC unit), 300GB Seagate hard disk, LG DVD+/-RW, and Seasonic 500W PSU (will power the Athlon 64 X2 and accessories when they get here). With that said, I love my new monitor - it doesn't respond to calibration quite as well, but it's pretty good nonetheless, and I bet it will fit in a dorm room better (it'll need to this fall).

http://www.dphoto.us/forumphotos/data/1381/new-213t.jpg

The specs of my systems...

Photo station:
Athlon XP 1700+, 1GB DDR SDRAM, 36GB 10kRPM and 80GB and 300GB 7.2kRPM hard disks, Plextor CDRW and LG DVDRW, Zip 100, ATI Radeon 7200, Samsung 213T-Silver, Windows XP SP2

Parents' internet machine:
Duron 800MHz, 256MB SDR SDRAM, 40GB hard disk, CDROM, ATI Radeon 7000, 19" Philips CRT, Windows 2000 Pro SP4

Server:
Celeron 500MHz, 256MB SDR SDRAM, 20GB hard disk, integrated video, no monitor (remote access via SSH), Gentoo Linux with 2.6 series kernel (runs DHCP, NAT, apache, and samba)

Now, it's your turn! :)

[dbevis]

OK, here's mine:


http://www.dphoto.us/forumphotos/data/533/GT8K6457.jpg

A 15" Sony LCD, Windows 2000 Pro workstation 2.3 GHz and 1.5GB memory plus about 750 GB of disks, Windows 2000 Server, a pair of UPSes and flatbed scanner. Elsewhere around the ranch are my XP laptop (Living Room), and a Linux server in a back room. Except for the laptop, all systems are my own builds.

[jliechty]

Looks like you've got a great setup there Don, but I'm a bit concerned about how long it must take you to do those 1DsMkII RAW conversions on your 2.3MHz processor?!?!!! :eek:

;)

(more specs edited into my original post)

[dbevis]

Looks like you've got a great setup there Don, but I'm a bit concerned about how long it must take you to do those 1DsMkII RAW conversions on your 2.3MHz processor?!?!!! :eek:

;)

(more specs edited into my original post)

Can't believe I did that....giga not mega, of course.

[cox]

Not a ripping fast computer or anything, but I'll play. Sony with Intel 2.66GHz P4, 512MB RAM, 314GB total HDD, a Panasonic 55" HDTV/Monitor, Sony dolby digital receiver, SBC DSL, etc...

http://www.dphoto.us/forumphotos/data/1369/medium/My_Setup.jpg (javascript:;)

[jliechty]

Not a ripping fast computer or anything, but I'll play. Sony with Intel 2.66GHz P4, 512MB RAM, 314GB total HDD, a Panasonic 55" HDTV/Monitor, Sony dolby digital receiver, SBC DSL, etc...
Is that like one of those trick photos where nobody sees the boat (or whatever technical object) for the very attractive minimally clothed female? I know I'm supposed to be noticing your big screen, but my eyes never make it there for the gigantic white lens hanging from the camera nearby... ;)

BTW, I have SBC DSL, too. It certainly makes browsing photo forums much more enjoyable! :)

[cox]

I know I'm supposed to be noticing your big screen, but my eyes never make it there for the gigantic white lens hanging from the camera nearby... ;)

Actually, the Monitor's not that great for photo editing. The resolution's not great, and the colors seem a little off. I've thought about a aux monitor, but haven't followed up on it yet. It is nice for browsing Dphoto. :)

[rjgleason]

Actually, the Monitor's not that great for photo editing. The resolution's not great, and the colors seem a little off. I've thought about a aux monitor, but haven't followed up on it yet. It is nice for browsing Dphoto. :)

Do my eyes deceive me or are those a pair of Chuck Taylor's Black Low-Cuts?..........

[cox]

Do my eyes deceive me or are those a pair of Chuck Taylor's Black Low-Cuts?..........

Man, Bob, you have an eye for detail! Yeah, you gotta love Converse All Stars. Some things just can't be improved upon :cool:

[NikNikon]

Main PC - 1gig pentium, 786mb ram, 40 gig C drive, 80 gig D drive, 80 gig E (USB drive), 60 gig F drive and 60 gig G drive, Windows 2000. The Dell is my interent PC, theres a Linksys switching unit that allows me to switch between two computers with one monitor, mouse and keyboard. Note the dormant audio/recording gear, maybe I'll get back into it someday.
http://www.dphoto.us/forumphotos/data/1425/myjunk.jpg

[Steve Mitchell]

Cool set up Nik. The MOTU 2408 and Alesis deck brings back memories. 8 tracks to tape. Something tells me Digital Performer is on one of those macs as well.

Main PC - 1gig pentium, 786mb ram, 40 gig C drive, 80 gig D drive, 80 gig E (USB drive), 60 gig F drive and 60 gig G drive, Windows 2000. The Dell is my interent PC, theres a Linksys switching unit that allows me to switch between two computers with one monitor, mouse and keyboard. Note the dormant audio/recording gear, maybe I'll get back into it someday.
http://www.dphoto.us/forumphotos/data/1425/myjunk.jpg

[NikNikon]

Good eye Steve but I don't own any Macs. The MOTU is connected to a card installed in my PC, so it's compatible with both formats. But I do believe it's mostly assosiated with Mac. I bought the ADAT when I was in last band I was in, our sound guy and drummer both bought one as well and we synced all three together to have 24 tracks. We used the set up to record our CD.

You say it brings back memories, I know you've said music has been a big part of your life, have you been involved in recording studio work as well?

[Anders Östberg]

My computer gear is on the old side, maybe that's because this is tools that I use for my day job building intranet applications... the shoemaker has the worst shoes. :)

In all the clutter there's a DELL dual 500MHz PC with two monitors, this is my workstation where I do programming, email, surfing etc that's work related. There's also a couple of laptops to the right of the screens, I use those when I work at the office or out at a client location.

The single screen is for my photo PC, it's a mongrel of parts, with a 2.8 GHz CPU. Next to it sits the new toy, the Epson R1800.

I couldn't get it into the shot but the shelves on the left holds a guitar amp, a bass amp, harddisk recorder, studio monitors and various rack gear for recording, and yet another old PC with recording software. This is mostly dormant right now but the band has started talking about recording again so I need to dust it off.

More shelf space than I like is also tied up by various discarded camera bags.

I need a bigger place... :)

http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/misc/JH5Q8995_playpen.jpg

[NikNikon]

Looks like a pretty cool set up Anders. :)



My computer gear is on the old side, maybe that's because this is tools that I use for my day job building intranet applications... the shoemaker has the worst shoes. :)

In all the clutter there's a DELL dual 500MHz PC with two monitors, this is my workstation where I do programming, email, surfing etc that's work related. There's also a couple of laptops to the right of the screens, I use those when I work at the office or out at a client location.

The single screen is for my photo PC, it's a mongrel of parts, with a 2.8 GHz CPU. Next to it sits the new toy, the Epson R1800.

I couldn't get it into the shot but the shelves on the left holds a guitar amp, a bass amp, harddisk recorder, studio monitors and various rack gear for recording, and yet another old PC with recording software. This is mostly dormant right now but the band has started talking about recording again so I need to dust it off.

More shelf space than I like is also tied up by various discarded camera bags.

I need a bigger place... :)

http://www.andersostberg.com/fotogalleri/albums/misc/JH5Q8995_playpen.jpg

[cox]

My computer gear is on the old side, maybe that's because this is tools that I use for my day job building intranet applications... the shoemaker has the worst shoes. :)

But the shoemaker has a really nice collection of guitars and basses ;)

[Anders Östberg]

But the shoemaker has a really nice collection of guitars and basses ;)
Yeah, I can go barefoot if I can have a nice bass instead. :p

[jliechty]

I am having a serious case of instrument envy right now. :p

There are some awesome setups in this thread. Keep up the good work! :)

[rjgleason]

Man, Bob, you have an eye for detail! Yeah, you gotta love Converse All Stars. Some things just can't be improved upon :cool:

Michael I still have a pair of CT All-Stars Black HIGH-Cuts .....Played B-ball till age 50 ....Now I just coach and the kids get a kick out of my CT's......In HS and college I was the only one on my team (s) that wore the Black Highs.......My first pair were rejects that cost me under $5.00......I can remember that we never knew who Chuck Taylor was and we simply called them "Cons"

[cox]

Hi Bob,
I've been buying "All Stars", my whole life. My first pair (at age 6) were maroon high tops, and I thought my mom was going to die of embarassment paying for them :)

So where's the shot of your editing station? I mean, with as much camera equipment as you have lying about, I shudder to imagine the photoshop console you're piloting...