Digital pictures vs. prints

Pixguy · Mar 11, 2012

Another reason my pro lab and Kodak is hurting these days.

One hour labs are few and far between now.

dmccarty · Mar 12, 2012

RobertN said:
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We are also much more discerning about what we have in our "slide shows" too. A photo class we took some years back, really taught us to sort thru pictures, and pick out the really good ones. We still keep the others(unless out of focus etc). But, dont display them so much.
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I took 300 photo at one of the kids soccer games last week. I did not see the whole game so this was a bit more photos than I would normally shoot but I have never taken photos at the field before so I tried some things just in case it would work.

Of those 300 images I had 50 that are acceptable. Acceptable meaning they were worth 20-30 seconds of editing time and worth the cost of printing.

One thing we are buying are magnet prints. The lab attaches the print, say a 5x7 to a 5x7 magnet. Our fridge and family fridges are covered with these things. :thumbsup: The lab also makes all sorts of doo dads out of the images. Jigsaw puzzles and coffee mugs have been popular in the family.

I just bought a decent film scanner to digitize the kids photos on film. When I get this done we plan to create some photo books for the family.

Most images are just seen in email and photo galleries.

Later,
Dan

flyerdan · Mar 12, 2012

I used to work at a large wholesale photofinisher here in Salem; we'd do overnight service to places as far away as Boise and Seattle. At our peak we could do 30000 rolls a night without breaking a sweat. It's all gone now, killed by the digital revolution. I think the whole time I was there I only ran two rolls of film through. Wasn't much of a picture taker and so many shots don't look as great as you thought they did at the time. Plus the expense, now there is no buying film or developing it. Software does an excellent job of color correcting, density, etc., and you can tell at once if your shot came out via the onboard screen rather than waiting for the prints to come back, which by then is too late to retake the shot.
I haven't had any digital images printed, but I have scanned a bunch of my old prints to have forum fodder.

greasemonkeyok · Mar 12, 2012

Photo paper and print media do not last forever. Computers and storage devices do not last forever, but the images are easy to duplicate and store in multiple locations. Pick your poison.