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Old 05 September 2003, 04:51 PM
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Anyone got any recomendations for printing digital pictures ... i reckon it's got to be cheaper to send them to a factory if you are doing bulk holiday snaps.

Ta, Mark.
Old 05 September 2003, 04:55 PM
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I know someone that's used www.photobox.co.uk for getting digital pictures printed. The results were impressive although a lot does depend on the quality of the digital camera etc.

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Old 05 September 2003, 05:13 PM
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cheers. looks a fair price. i'll give it a go unless no other ides on here.
Old 05 September 2003, 06:01 PM
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Ive found Jessops to be nothing short of amazing. Excellent picture quality. The more you do the cheaper it gets too.

Simon.
Old 05 September 2003, 06:03 PM
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http://www.byphotos.com

There were offering 30 free credits or something similar a while ago.
Old 05 September 2003, 06:26 PM
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Seriously, boots are fantastic.

They take the images off your card while you wait, then you can have your pics in a hour or so (while you have a couple of pints) top quality and cheap as the proverbial!!!!

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Old 05 September 2003, 07:30 PM
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We've just had our first lot printed at Boots - I think they may still have an offer where 50+ images on one card/medium will be printed in 24 hours for 10p per print.

Out of 64 there were 7 where they'd printed them landscape instead of portrait (or was it the other way round?). Once we'd spotted that we took them back & they re-did them free in an hour.

Ours were taken on a 2m Nikon & printed in 6x4.
Old 05 September 2003, 07:48 PM
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I've only used Jessops and I was happy how they came out. 50 6x4's for £10.

Taken on a Nikon Coolpix 775
Old 05 September 2003, 08:32 PM
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another thumbs up for boots
Old 06 September 2003, 09:43 AM
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boots want 30p for 6x4 with no volume discount on the net.

10p is very cheap where was that ???
Old 06 September 2003, 10:00 AM
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6"x4" will come out cropped, as the aspect ratio of a digital camera's shots is 4:3.

Photobox do 6"x4.5" which is perfect.
Old 09 September 2003, 09:54 AM
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Just had photos back from photobox.

bloody excellent service. 19p a pic (6x4.5), website dead easy to use, cropping on website very slick and delivered next morning after ordering at 3pm yesterday.

- mark.
Old 09 September 2003, 10:43 AM
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Nice one I'll be giving them a try myself in the near future.
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Yep used photobox many times, absolutely first class service and quality.

Gary

Old 09 September 2003, 12:29 PM
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I use Boots and got 85 6"x4" photos for £8.50 the other week and the quality is excellent.

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Old 09 September 2003, 04:43 PM
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We used Kwik Film, went for gloss with a white border, done on Agfa paper,120 pics at 6 x 4 for £17.99, not overly impressed but i think that is me, see thread Canon Ixus III


What paper do Boots,Jessops and photobox use and do they offer white borders??

Cheers

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jessops is good. I just did 66 6x4s for £9.
Old 11 September 2003, 09:35 AM
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Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
And what do you do if you live in Scumthorpe, your local Boots doesn't do it, and there isn't a Jessops, or a Photobox???[img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]
God, I LOVE this town!
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Old 11 September 2003, 10:10 AM
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Photobox is an online service.
I assume you get internet access and a postal service in Scumthorpe?
Old 09 November 2003, 08:53 AM
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Used Jessops which is excellent and also Kodak

Bit of an awkward upload process for Kodak though so tend to stick with Jessops which lets you edit the snaps before you upload 'em - think they doing some free offers too.

[Edited by wideboyuk - 9/11/2003 8:55:48 AM]
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