Where do you guys go online to print your photos?

I really like to start printing some of my photos. Any help with finding the best place online would be really helpful to me and probably others.

 

I hear costco is best.........assuming you are in the US...........

 

wouldn't online be cheaper? Also costco problem doesn't do big prints.

 

for 1 hour photo at costco, regular 4x6 is like 13 cent. they do enlargement. not sure how big you want though. i have done 8x12 and am assuming they can go bigger.

 

well my camera is 10 megapixels and I like taking landscape (panorama) shots. So I am looking poster size.

 

Costco offers 20x30 posters

 

If you're looking for 30x20 I sure hope image quality isn't your main concern 'cause with a 10MP camera (Nikon D60 or the newer D3000) that's really stretching it.

The resolution will be about 130dpi which is really inferior quality knowing that high quality printing starts at 300 dpi and up.

If you got PS you can do the math yourself:
Your 10MP camera will take images at a screen resolution (ppi) of 3888 x 2592;
at 300 dpi this will print as 12.96 x 8.64 = high quality
at 240 dpi this will print as about 12 x 16 = acceptable quality
anything below that will be a quite poor resolution showing in sharpness, contrast and even quantization.

My advice: print it at 12 x 16 max if you want it large. Best to process the image in PS: get rid of as many CA and artifacts as you can, sharpen it up to a point you're uncomfortable with (on screen looks quite different than on print) and adjust contrast with an S-curve.
Personally: I'd never go below 300 dpi (12.96 x 8.64) 'cause I prefer quality over size.

 

Print shops are, imo, still the best. Take them a tiff file on a dvd and they'll print just about anything that isnt current. It'll cost you, but that's how I get my posters done.
Many of the better print shops have "scaling" printers for doing commercial prints of almost anything in acceptable viewability, but you're gonna pay. Still, if you want it, it's better imo, than some yet another Ansel Adams print you bought at frames r us at the mall for the same price as the print shop would've charged you to print your own work.

 

Some useful and helpful info there, thanks CF.

I rarely print any of my stuff - but when I do I'll try and remember the above.

 

I have been hitting walgreen, but I plan to print pictures bigger than 4x6 soon. I love touching the photos. It is awesome to see a print of your picture. Thanks. One problem I am having is my mirrors or something is dirty. I got a rebel xt. Any ideas on how to clean it?



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