The New 'Digital' Darkroom

Heya just letting you know about the changes to the darkroom that we've been making over the last few weeks. Gone is the enlarger on the left hand side, and in its place:

Our brand new digital workflow solution. We have a PC with Photoshop and a Media Card Reader, the Nikon Slide/Film Scanner (Super Coolscan 4000) and an Epson Stylus Photo R1800 A3+ Photo printer.

These will be available for use by members very soon (well they're available right now, but we have a few bugs and issues to iron out, some programs to install and a serious random crashing issue to fix, so you might not find it in a usable condition right at the moment!).

We're hoping this will make those of you with Digital Memberships really feel you're getting something for your extra money, and it will form the core of our new digital approach. Let us know what you think, and if you can think of any software/hardware we could use on the new system, we're open to suggestions.

VP

Welcome to the new Photosoc Blog!

Hey Everyone, we decided that as we are finding it difficult to get information to everyone without bombarding people with e-mails, and a lot of the people on the list will have lost interest, we might as well try and get (as a temporary measure at least) a blog set up where we as a society can inform you of events, socials and meetings in an easily checkable, always available and RSS feedable way.

We will, as ever, e-mail you every week (or so) with our upcoming events, etc, but the details will be found mainly on this website, and our facebook group. We hope to also post pictures from trips, and run competitions from this site, which would have been difficult, if not impossible, using the facebook 'one text box for all your news' approach. The committee will also be posting reports on equipment the society is thinking of purchasing, and small reviews of kit that we have used, along with a list of the equipment for loan and what you can do with it!

We hope that this more 'accessible' approach will work better for people with busy schedules who don't like huge e-mails full of a months worth of information.

As ever you can contact any of the committee through photo@soton.ac.uk, or if you just want me, VP Rich, then try richard.uni@gmail.com.

Let us know what you think!
VP