Printing Photos
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iain_cam

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689 posts

260 months

Saturday 21st October 2006
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Evening all,

Just a quick question - where can you recommend for good quality, reasonably priced prints of your photos for above A4 (ie A3, 20'x30' etc) size?

Cheers,
Iain

Andy M

3,755 posts

289 months

Saturday 21st October 2006
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GetCarter

31,296 posts

309 months

Saturday 21st October 2006
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badbeachbuggy

5,506 posts

265 months

Sunday 22nd October 2006
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franv8

2,212 posts

268 months

Sunday 22nd October 2006
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Echo in here?

www.photobox.co.uk though!

crmcatee

5,808 posts

257 months

Sunday 22nd October 2006
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just to change the echo..

pixum

Gemm

1,833 posts

245 months

Sunday 22nd October 2006
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iain_cam

Original Poster:

689 posts

260 months

Sunday 22nd October 2006
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Thanks!

Guess I'll be using Photobox, then!

Biker.ie

170 posts

270 months

Sunday 22nd October 2006
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I've used foto.com and can't fault them.
Their 30" x 20" equivalent is around 1/4 the price of others.

Good deal on 6x4" prints at the moment too (500 for £5) clap
www.foto.com/unitedkingdom/p3.asp

crmcatee

5,808 posts

257 months

Sunday 22nd October 2006
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Pixum are running specials at the moment.. 12" posters for 1.16... amongst other things...

Until the end of October..

ROADRUNNER3

480 posts

252 months

Sunday 22nd October 2006
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Not exactly what you've asked for, but if you're after the very highest quality canvas prints, try me !

www.fluid-images.co.uk

www.fluidimages.co.uk

megy

2,429 posts

244 months

Sunday 22nd October 2006
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crmcatee said:
Pixum are running specials at the moment.. 12" posters for 1.16... amongst other things...

Until the end of October..


Am just getting a couple uploaedtotry now, see what they are like

iain_cam

Original Poster:

689 posts

260 months

Sunday 22nd October 2006
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megy said:
crmcatee said:
Pixum are running specials at the moment.. 12" posters for 1.16... amongst other things...

Until the end of October..


Am just getting a couple uploaedtotry now, see what they are like


Please keep me posted - I'd be very interested to see what they turn out like.

jwyatt

570 posts

251 months

Monday 23rd October 2006
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I've been happy enough with Photobox even for poster-size prints, but I have some serious screen calibration issues with them! With the two printers I've used at home the screen image and printed image come out very much the same, Photobox's prints come out really, really dark (about two stops or more out) so I need to edit my photos and send them versions that look really over-exposed on my screen, they come back fine. I find that a faff. Anyone else suffer this? Some of the shots are straight from an EO20D with little or no editing, so I'm suprised it's so far out.

GetCarter

31,296 posts

309 months

Monday 23rd October 2006
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jwyatt said:
I've been happy enough with Photobox even for poster-size prints, but I have some serious screen calibration issues with them! With the two printers I've used at home the screen image and printed image come out very much the same, Photobox's prints come out really, really dark (about two stops or more out) so I need to edit my photos and send them versions that look really over-exposed on my screen, they come back fine. I find that a faff. Anyone else suffer this? Some of the shots are straight from an EO20D with little or no editing, so I'm suprised it's so far out.



hmmm... I haven't had this problem with photobox. But I kinda' expected to, so have always been pleasantly surprised.

speedychrissie

2,994 posts

269 months

Monday 23rd October 2006
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iain_cam said:

Please keep me posted - I'd be very interested to see what they turn out like.


i have just uploaded an order for 9 12inch pictures with them to see how they come out, so i too will let you know. even if they are mediocre, 9 pictures for under £13 including delivery would still be great value for money.

ahockley

136 posts

259 months

Monday 23rd October 2006
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I've had several of the 12" prints from Pixum when they were previously on offer, and have been seriously impressed. They came out sharp and correctly coloured, even from my crappy 3.2mp camera which I thought would pixelate. Delivery costs a bit as they come from Germany but only takes 3-4 days and they are really well packaged. Big thumbs up from me!

speedychrissie

2,994 posts

269 months

Monday 6th November 2006
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just had my order delivered from pixum.

as stated by others, very well packaged.

they do all seem a bit dark though. i did tick the box saying "dont modify my pics" as it said that it would be unwise if you have spent any time post-processing them, so maybe that is what that option does. but its not too bad, just noticeable to me seeing as i have spent so long fine-tuning them.

overall fairly impressed though. getting christmas presents for just a few pounds each seems like an absolute bargainthumbup

Captain Beaky

1,389 posts

314 months

Monday 6th November 2006
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Photobox will send you a test image from their printers which you can view on the web site. That way you can get a rough idea of whether your exposures and/or colours will be printed as you expect.

Not high tech or accurate but it's start.

Gruffy

7,212 posts

289 months

Monday 6th November 2006
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jwyatt said:
I've been happy enough with Photobox even for poster-size prints, but I have some serious screen calibration issues with them! With the two printers I've used at home the screen image and printed image come out very much the same, Photobox's prints come out really, really dark (about two stops or more out) so I need to edit my photos and send them versions that look really over-exposed on my screen, they come back fine. I find that a faff. Anyone else suffer this? Some of the shots are straight from an EO20D with little or no editing, so I'm suprised it's so far out.


I have this too. Got burnt with the first batch I did but I now adjust to compensate whenever I have a batch printed.