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I have used a number of photo labs in my area, and I don't feel I am getting very consistant results. A couple labs will produce really supperior prints at times, and other times they are just not as good. I am ready to try sending some photos to a lab out of the area, I am looking for some suggestions on labs that will produce high quality, consistant results for my prints. I am intrested in a lab that also has some of the high contrast metalic papers (like endura or something similar). Can anyone suggest any labs that I should give a try to? One other question, how much difference does the paper that a lab uses make in the end result, vs there equiptment, vs the training of the operator that is printing the photo. Thanks!! Jd |
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On Feb 1, 11:14 pm, "Just Me!" wrote:
HI, I have used a number of photo labs in my area, and I don't feel I am getting very consistant results. A couple labs will produce really supperior prints at times, and other times they are just not as good. I am ready to try sending some photos to a lab out of the area, I am looking for some suggestions on labs that will produce high quality, consistant results for my prints. I am intrested in a lab that also has some of the high contrast metalic papers (like endura or something similar). Can anyone suggest any labs that I should give a try to? One other question, how much difference does the paper that a lab uses make in the end result, vs there equiptment, vs the training of the operator that is printing the photo. Thanks!! Jd hey i worked in a mini photo lab... part time.. and im a photography student as well and i can tell you for a fact... that all machines, all chemicals and all papers produce very different results. if the machines arent calibrated properly they can come out looking like pants!! Change in chemicals and change in temperature can effect the print... everything counts my best advice is to go to a profesional printers..they are costly but if you dont mind the cost then they produce the best results. As for normal photo labs.. try one via the online... http:// www.photobox.com do excellent prints... and post quickly. i actually ordered a few books and big gigantic prints off them. they were great Hope that helped |
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"Just Me!" writes:
HI, I have used a number of photo labs in my area, and I don't feel I am getting very consistant results. A couple labs will produce really supperior prints at times, and other times they are just not as good. I am ready to try sending some photos to a lab out of the area, I am looking for some suggestions on labs that will produce high quality, consistant results for my prints. I am intrested in a lab that also has some of the high contrast metalic papers (like endura or something similar). Can anyone suggest any labs that I should give a try to? http://www.mpix.com Others are cheaper, but mpix has never disappointed me with regular prints. One other question, how much difference does the paper that a lab uses make in the end result, vs there equiptment, vs the training of the operator that is printing the photo. Quite a bit. I used to get prints done at Walmart, until they changed the parameters of the machine which upped the saturation and lost the shadow details. About at that time, the senior staff (that I knew on sight) started disappearing, being replaced by the minimimum wage teen ager who likely was sweeping the floor the day before. So I stopped going there, and printed either at home on my HP printers (using Ilford Classic Pearl paper), or sent out to mpix.com. Also, before Walmart went downhill, I had a chance to try Walgreen's photos, and both companies used the same printer (Fuji Frontier), but the Walmart prints at the time were so much better than Walgreens due to the paper used (Walmart at the time used Fuji crystal archive, and Walgreens used something else). During the 70's when I shot film, I tended to like the colors of the Fuji process (slightly more blue/green than the red/brown of Kodak). When I switched to digital, I liked the output of the Fuji printers until I discovered mpix. Mpix is the first Kodak prints that I have liked in a long time. -- Michael Meissner email: http://www.the-meissners.org |
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"Just Me!" wrote in message
. net... HI, I have used a number of photo labs in my area, and I don't feel I am getting very consistant results. A couple labs will produce really supperior prints at times, and other times they are just not as good. I am ready to try sending some photos to a lab out of the area, I am looking for some suggestions on labs that will produce high quality, consistant results for my prints. I am intrested in a lab that also has some of the high contrast metalic papers (like endura or something similar). Can anyone suggest any labs that I should give a try to? One other question, how much difference does the paper that a lab uses make in the end result, vs there equiptment, vs the training of the operator that is printing the photo. Thanks!! Jd We've used Mpix.com and White House Custom Color (whcc.com) and been very satisfied with both. Both offer the metallic paper you mention, and, indeed, it looks great. Both labs also offer true black and white printing, in the case of Mpix, on Ilford Multigrade black and white paper. Both are reasonably priced and fast. -- Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm |
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my best advice is to go to a profesional printers..they are costly but
Any suggestions on how you tell if someone is really a "professional printer"? I know that there are walgreens / walmarts that I do not consider professional at all. There are a number of local camera stores / small photo studios that print photos in my area and if I asked them, I would guess that most of them would tell me they are professional labs. However, there results between the labs, and between the lab technicials do vary quite a bit... I would pay more for a lot of my photos if the quality was there and they were done consistantly.. thanks jd if you dont mind the cost then they produce the best results. As for normal photo labs.. try one via the online... http:// www.photobox.com do excellent prints... and post quickly. i actually ordered a few books and big gigantic prints off them. they were great Hope that helped |
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Quite a bit. I used to get prints done at Walmart, until they changed the
parameters of the machine which upped the saturation and lost the shadow details. About at that time, the senior staff (that I knew on sight) started I have to agree with this. I used to be more impressed with walmart prints than I have been recently. In recent processing with walmart, I have been very disapointed with there prints. There has not been much density or saturation to the photos. disappearing, being replaced by the minimimum wage teen ager who likely was sweeping the floor the day before. So I stopped going there, and printed either at home on my HP printers (using Ilford Classic Pearl paper), or sent out to mpix.com. Thanks for the info. I have run across the Mpix site, and I though they looks like they might be worth trying. I am glad to hear that you have had good results with them. Also, before Walmart went downhill, I had a chance to try Walgreen's photos, and both companies used the same printer (Fuji Frontier), but the Walmart The few times I have used walgreens in recent years, the results have been disapointing. prints at the time were so much better than Walgreens due to the paper used (Walmart at the time used Fuji crystal archive, and Walgreens used something else). During the 70's when I shot film, I tended to like the colors of the Fuji process (slightly more blue/green than the red/brown of Kodak). When I switched to digital, I liked the output of the Fuji printers until I discovered mpix. Mpix is the first Kodak prints that I have liked in a long time. That makes scenes, kodak has always tended to be warmer with there film and fuji seems to be cooler, sharper and more accurate. Thanks, j -- Michael Meissner email: http://www.the-meissners.org |
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Thanks Skip.
"Skip" wrote in message ... "Just Me!" wrote in message . net... HI, I have used a number of photo labs in my area, and I don't feel I am getting very consistant results. A couple labs will produce really supperior prints at times, and other times they are just not as good. I am ready to try sending some photos to a lab out of the area, I am looking for some suggestions on labs that will produce high quality, consistant results for my prints. I am intrested in a lab that also has some of the high contrast metalic papers (like endura or something similar). Can anyone suggest any labs that I should give a try to? One other question, how much difference does the paper that a lab uses make in the end result, vs there equiptment, vs the training of the operator that is printing the photo. Thanks!! Jd We've used Mpix.com and White House Custom Color (whcc.com) and been very satisfied with both. Both offer the metallic paper you mention, and, indeed, it looks great. Both labs also offer true black and white printing, in the case of Mpix, on Ilford Multigrade black and white paper. Both are reasonably priced and fast. -- Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com www.pbase.com/skipm |
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"Just Me!" wrote: my best advice is to go to a profesional printers..they are costly but Any suggestions on how you tell if someone is really a "professional printer"? They charge more than $5 for an 8x10. Seriously though there is strikingly less knowledge all the time regarding printing, I learned long ago to do it myself wet darkroom and and all -and i just laugh at the feudal attempts to save money and get "Professional results" -- Would thou choose to meet a rat eating dragon, or a dragon, eating rat? The answer of: I am somewhere in the middle. "Me who is part taoist and part Christian". |
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On 2/2/07 9:07 PM, in article , "Just Me!" wrote: Any suggestions on how you tell if someone is really a "professional printer"? I know that there are walgreens / walmarts that I do not consider professional at all. There are a number of local camera stores / small photo studios that print photos in my area and if I asked them, I would guess that most of them would tell me they are professional labs. However, there results between the labs, and between the lab technicials do vary quite a bit... I would pay more for a lot of my photos if the quality was there and they were done consistantly.. http://www.kodak.com/global/en/profe...cators/qLab/se arch.jhtml Or http://tinyurl.com/3y6l7a Good luck! ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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