Why are 5x7 digital prints so expensive?!?!?!
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From: anon a mouse on 13 Mar 2010 20:48 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?
From: Mort on 13 Mar 2010 20:53 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? Buy a printer, and print your own.
From: snapper on 13 Mar 2010 23:50 On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:48:14 -0800 (PST), anon a mouse <pakossa(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? Why bother printing them? You can view digital photos on most TV sets these days. Or you can buy a 7" portable picture viewer very cheaply.
From: tony cooper on 13 Mar 2010 23:54 On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:48:14 -0800 (PST), anon a mouse <pakossa(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? Costco charges $5.19 for a developing a 24 exposure roll of film and printing 24 5 x 7s. (The same for 4 x 6s is $3.99) Prints from digital images at Costco are 39 cents each. Twenty-four 5 x 7s are $9.36. Available on lustre or gloss. You can submit your own color profile on-line. -- Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida
From: Martin Brown on 14 Mar 2010 06:02
Mort wrote: > 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 Because they are ripping you off. UK photo dealers charge at most the equivalent of ten cents extra for 5x7 and some offer same price deals periodically so if you are not in a hurry. Or batch them up to lots of 50 to get the best price break it isn't a problem. BTW 24 could be a really dumb number of prints to order if the next price break is 25x http://photo.jessops.com/photo-printing.html And Fuji crystal archive paper gives a much better finished print than even the best inkjet can manage. >> 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? > 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. Regards, Martin Brown |