Re: really no purpose anymore for traditional films (negative or diapositve) (by 2006) ?

"Thomas T. Veldhouse" <veldy71@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> jeremy <jeremy@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> I am beginning to think that it is time to buy a good inkjet printer
and 
>> do
>> it myself.  OFOTO/Kodak Gallery has been producing prints that are not
of
>> their former quality, and delivery on my last 3 orders has taken
between 
>> 2-3
>> weeks, from their plant in California to my home in Philadelphia.
>>
>> Maybe it's time to stop relying upon others and to just do it myself. 
I
>> haven't followed the printer market, but I suspect I'll check out
Epson, 
>> as
>> they seem to have the best reputation.  I never thought I'd consider
>> printing my own, but this nonsense of waiting long times and then
getting
>> consumer-quality results is becoming unacceptable.
>>
>
> Most prints made at home with anywhere near lab quality results runs
$0.45 
> to
> $1.00 per print, excluding the initial investment of the printer.  That
is 
> not
> cheap, so consider your options and your needs before you commit.
>
> -- 
> Thomas T. Veldhouse
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>
>

Well, I don't look forward to paying higher prices, but when the 
alternatives are either poor quality or inconsistent quality, what can one

do?  When prints begin looking like they came from negs shot in a
disposable 
camera, it doesn't say much for buying good equipment and using
painstaking 
technique.

I just got a stack of prints that I uploaded to Kodak Gallery on November
4. 
Kodak put the prints into the mail the same day.  and they took a full two

weeks to reach me!  That is poor.

I'm going to try a couple other online printers, and if they don't work
out, 
I'll probably just get a printer. That Epson R1800 looks pretty good.

Dale Labs has resumed making online prints.  I'll upload a bunch to them
and 
see how they turn out.  In fact, I think I'll upload a few from the batch
I 
just got back from Kodak Gallery, to compare the differences in print 
quality.  Dale has always done good work on my film processing and
printing, 
so let's see.  But you're right, I'd really prefer to have it done online
if 
at all possible.