Why are 5x7 digital prints so expensive?!?!?!
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From: Chris H on 14 Mar 2010 07:05 In message <Ju2nn.112685$0N3.51856(a)newsfe09.iad>, Martin Brown <|||newspam|||@nezumi.demon.co.uk> writes > >> Buy a printer, and print your own. > >Not cost effective unless you use cheapo secondary market inks and >cheap paper and then the quality and longevity suffer. Even with >official Canon inks and paper stuff printed on my i9000 starts to fade >badly after 5 years in moderate light. And after two years in direct >sunlight. Actually it IS cost effective if you buy a decent printer with a fotospeed, permajet or similar high capacity ink flow system. Note this is not the cheapo 3rd party ink but Ink for pro photographers. Buy the good quality paper in blocks of 200 and colour calibrate the system Not a cheap outlay. However I print from A3+ down to 6*4 so my only outlay for 5*7 was for a block of good quality paper (a block of 200 is good value) However not everyone wants to spend the better part of 1000USD on setting up a printer. Even if they do spend 2-10K on cameras and lenses. -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ \/\/\/\/\ Chris Hills Staffs England /\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/
From: David Ruether on 14 Mar 2010 09:12 "anon a mouse" <pakossa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:af7c13b5-2071-4a46-a4e3-313b31addd93(a)o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... >I recently bought an HD camcorder which also takes digital pix. (This > is my first time doing digital -- been shooting 35mm for 20+years.) > Where I get my film developed, a roll of 24 is $1 extra for 5x7s, vs > 4x6. To get 24 5x7 prints in digital, however, would cost upwards of > TWENTY DOLLARS more!!!!! Any idea why? If this is just the way it > is, I'll stick with 35mm until the last roll of film is > manufactured!! I did some searches, found a few in the 20 - 40 cent/ > print range, but most of the comments left there weren't very > encouraging. Anyone know of any REASONABLY priced places for > 5x7s . . . or should I just stick with the 35mm? They're 'spensive 'cuz most people get 4x6 prints, and that is what the printing gear is set up for... (6" paper rolls). BTW, if anyone has access to a Ritz printing place, I have about 150 coupons for 6x8 prints I would sell at a reasonable price...;-) --DR
From: ransley on 14 Mar 2010 10:25 On Mar 13, 8:48 pm, anon a mouse <pako...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > I recently bought an HD camcorder which also takes digital pix. (This > is my first time doing digital -- been shooting 35mm for 20+years.) > Where I get my film developed, a roll of 24 is $1 extra for 5x7s, vs > 4x6. To get 24 5x7 prints in digital, however, would cost upwards of > TWENTY DOLLARS more!!!!! Any idea why? If this is just the way it > is, I'll stick with 35mm until the last roll of film is > manufactured!! I did some searches, found a few in the 20 - 40 cent/ > print range, but most of the comments left there weren't very > encouraging. Anyone know of any REASONABLY priced places for > 5x7s . . . or should I just stick with the 35mm? For me to get a photo the way I want it, I have to edit and print it. Printers are cheap, the ink is not but you get alot of satisfaction knowing you did it and the photo shop probably would not do as good.
From: George Kerby on 14 Mar 2010 12:37 On 3/14/10 8:12 AM, in article hninbj$3ep$1(a)ruby.cit.cornell.edu, "David Ruether" <d_ruether(a)thotmail.com> wrote: > > "anon a mouse" <pakossa(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:af7c13b5-2071-4a46-a4e3-313b31addd93(a)o3g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... > >> I recently bought an HD camcorder which also takes digital pix. (This >> is my first time doing digital -- been shooting 35mm for 20+years.) >> Where I get my film developed, a roll of 24 is $1 extra for 5x7s, vs >> 4x6. To get 24 5x7 prints in digital, however, would cost upwards of >> TWENTY DOLLARS more!!!!! Any idea why? If this is just the way it >> is, I'll stick with 35mm until the last roll of film is >> manufactured!! I did some searches, found a few in the 20 - 40 cent/ >> print range, but most of the comments left there weren't very >> encouraging. Anyone know of any REASONABLY priced places for >> 5x7s . . . or should I just stick with the 35mm? > > They're 'spensive 'cuz most people get 4x6 prints, and that is what > the printing gear is set up for... (6" paper rolls). BTW, if anyone has > access to a Ritz printing place, I have about 150 coupons for 6x8 > prints I would sell at a reasonable price...;-) > --DR > > Errrr... Those rolls are 4", not 6". But your premise is correct. The labor and material changeout takes time and setup. So one must pay for that service.
From: BF on 14 Mar 2010 13:38
On 3/13/2010 8:48 PM, anon a mouse wrote: > I recently bought an HD camcorder which also takes digital pix. (This > is my first time doing digital -- been shooting 35mm for 20+years.) > Where I get my film developed, a roll of 24 is $1 extra for 5x7s, vs > 4x6. To get 24 5x7 prints in digital, however, would cost upwards of > TWENTY DOLLARS more!!!!! Any idea why? If this is just the way it > is, I'll stick with 35mm until the last roll of film is > manufactured!! I did some searches, found a few in the 20 - 40 cent/ > print range, but most of the comments left there weren't very > encouraging. Anyone know of any REASONABLY priced places for > 5x7s . . . or should I just stick with the 35mm? > So how much does it cost for you to buy the film, have it processed and printed? Also, figure into this the cost of film for the pictures > that don't turn out, that you can delete with digital. > It cost me about 45 cents to print a 5X7 using Canon original ink which is better than any after market ink. > I didn't have to buy film. I only pay for the prints that are good and I have total control of the results. I will put my prints up against any lab. > The only draw back of printing your own is time. I enjoy having my work turn out the way I want it to so time is not an issue. > |