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Digital Darkroom
There is, of course, nothing dark in this darkroom.  Having spent many an hour in a real darkroom developing and printing film in my youth can attest this one is definitely warmer, brighter, and loaded with creature comforts.

Digital Processing, Editing, & Printing Kit

Type Description Commentary
Desktop PC Dell Dimension 8400 Pentium 4/530 @ 3GHz
(1 GB RAM, 250 GB HD)
With RAM beefed up to 1 GB one can easily scan slides with the Nikon Coolscan at the max 2,900 dpi while at the same timwe editing very large (e.g., 35 MB) files in Photoshop.
Desktop Monitor Dell 17" UltraSharp LCD Flat Screen
Monitor Calibration ColorVision Spyder2Pro
Image Editing Software Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Lightroom 1.0
Photo Printer Canon S530D Inkjet
Memory Card Reader Sandisk Extreme USB 2.0 Card Reader

Legacy ... Slide Evaluation & Scanning Kit

Type Description Commentary
Light Box Porta-Trace 11x18 Oak Frame w/ 2-5000k Bulbs
Film Scanner Nikon Coolscan IV ED (LS-40) A really great, high quality slide scanner.  Absolutely no complaints.  However, sure wish the budget would have allowed purchase of the Nikon model with the bulk slide loader.
Film Scan Software Nikon Scan 4