The Facilities

Digital Darkrooms

There are essentially three digital darkroom areas.

  1. The intro level digital lab consist of (20) Macintosh Dual Processor G5 computers with 17" CRT monitors. This lab also contains a B&W laser and Flatbed Scanner. (Other printers can be accessed from this lab but aren't part of the lab)
  2. An Advance level digital lab consisting of 16 Dual Processor G5 Macintosh computers with 17" CRT monitors. This lab also contains a B&W laser and Flatbed Scanner. (Other printers can be accessed from this lab but aren't part of the lab)
  3. Specialized Scanning workstations; This area contains G5 Macintosh computers with film scanners including Nikon 4000, Nikon 5000 and the Imacon Flextight film scanner. This area is only available to the Advance level students.
  4. Epson Printers (Currently printing is done using any of seven Epson Ultrachrome printers including 7800 and 4800 models) - Print jobs are managed using Colorbyte Imageprint software RIP.

Studio

The studio is a large facility, with natural light available from both the North and East sides if desired. The studio can be used as one large studio or it can be divided into 2 to 4 smaller studios. Equipment in the studio includes Bowen mono block lights, Calumet Travelite 705, Speedatron Brownline Power Pack strobes, Chimera soft-boxes and seamless backdrops. The large studio can be divided into four separate sections for smaller shoots with each section having its own seamless backdrop.

 

Traditional Black and White Lab (for Elective classes)

(15) Beselar 45 enlargers with condenser heads

 

Into Computer Lab
Shared With Graphic Design

(20) Macintosh G5 machines running OS_X, Adobe Create Suite CS3, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Flash

(1) Epson Precision 1680 Reflective & Transparency Scanner

(1) Epson 5500 Color Printer

(1) Larger Format B&W Laser

(Additional Printers available networked to a different location)

Advance Computer Lab
Shared With Graphic Design

(16) G5 Dual Processor Computers

(1) Epson Precision 1680 Reflective & Transparency Scanner

(1) Epson 5500 Color Printer

(1) B&W Laser

(Additional Printers available networked to a different location)

Photo Department Specific Equipment

(7) Misc. Computers (iMacs, G5's and G4's)

(1) Polaroid 4x5 Film Scanner

(1) Polaroid 8000 Film Recorder

(1) Imacon Precision II Scanner

(3) Epson 2400 Printer

(1) Epson 7800 Color Printers

(6) Epson 4800 Color Printers

(3) Nikon 4000 ED film scanners

(2) Nikon 5000 ED film scanners

(1) Fuji S2 Pro Digital Camera (For Nikon Lenses)

(1) Nikon D200 Camera

(1) Canon 30D Digital Camera (For Canon Lenses)

(1) Canon 1Ds Digital Camera (With Cambo Ultima Bellows System)

(1) Megavision S2 Digital Camera Back for connection to Mamiya 645 Body

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