Wal-Mart's Online Photo Center - Change for the worse

Wasn't it Bill Tuthill who said...
Can anyone recommend other photo processing dealers that have an
interface for downloading developed 35mm pictures from the internet?

Ofoto.com does this, although not for "full resolution" scans.

Clark Color Labs (District Photo) can also do this, allowing 30
days for download of "hi resolution" (about 250ppi) files for an
extra buck, I think. You can find their mailers in just about
any Sunday newspaper.

I use them for my 7 year-old daughter's film, and APS images come
back "hi-res" at 1692x968 px. Given the size of the APS
negatives, you can infer that 35mm scans would either be
~3000x2000 or 1500x1000. Maybe they have info on their site:
clarkcolor.com



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Bill Tuthill wrote:

In rec.photo.film+labs O.B. wrote:

Can anyone recommend other photo processing dealers that have an
interface for downloading developed 35mm pictures from the internet?


Ofoto.com does this, although not for "full resolution" scans.


the years. At one time, I remember that [Walmart's] overnight film
development used Kodak processing. Excellent pictures. At some point
they switched to Fuji and the pictures have become extremely grainy.


That's not grain, it's pixellation from scanning on a Fuji Frontier
digital minilab. Some people think it makes their pictures look sharper.
Others, like you, don't like it. The Agfa d-Lab.2 scans at 400 dpi
instead of 300 dpi, so pixellation is less of an issue.

Hang on... the print dpi may be 300/400, but certainly not the scan dpi. I've
been told that for MF FujiFrontier can scan 3000x2000 (for, I assume 35mm).


Cheers,
Alan


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Bill Tuthill wrote:

In rec.photo.film+labs O.B. wrote:

Can anyone recommend other photo processing dealers that have an
interface for downloading developed 35mm pictures from the internet?


Ofoto.com does this, although not for "full resolution" scans.


the years. At one time, I remember that [Walmart's] overnight film
development used Kodak processing. Excellent pictures. At some point
they switched to Fuji and the pictures have become extremely grainy.


That's not grain, it's pixellation from scanning on a Fuji Frontier
digital minilab. Some people think it makes their pictures look sharper.
Others, like you, don't like it. The Agfa d-Lab.2 scans at 400 dpi
instead of 300 dpi, so pixellation is less of an issue.

Hang on... the print dpi may be 300/400, but certainly not the scan dpi. I've
been told that for MF FujiFrontier can scan 3000x2000 (for, I assume 35mm).


Cheers,
Alan


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Once upon a time, Alan Browne wrote:


Hang on... the print dpi may be 300/400, but certainly not the scan dpi.
I've been told that for MF FujiFrontier can scan 3000x2000 (for, I
assume
35mm).

The Frontier usually scans at about 2 megapixels, more or less. You can
ask it to scan at about 16 megapixels, but apparently this takes a long
time. The lab near me will do high resolution scans only during slow
periods.

Seasons Greetings.



The Frontier scans to make the output 300dpi at the print size. However,
the standard FDI CD is almost always 300dpi at 6x4 (1800x1200). If you want
a higher resolution a Pro CD can be made at up to 300dpi at 10x15
(4500x3000).



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Dooey