Cheapest place to get digital pictures developed

[GAIL HAYDEN]

Originally posted by KProuty
I think it was the July issue of Smart Money that has a review of all the digital photo programs and processing places. I just read it at the dentist's office. Walmart actually came out poorly in their review. If someone has a subscription, could you post the results for all of us?

Thanks,

Katherine

Hi,
Smart Money is online. It would be interesting to read that article. I have not yet used that new machine, but, it is a do it yourself type of deal, like the Kodak Picture Maker. Thanks for the info.

 

[Ratpack]

www.clarkcolor.com is .19 each if you buy in bulk.

 

[Kellyh123]

Ratpack
Thanks for the tip. Have you used Clarkcolor.com?
Thanks

 

[GoofItUp]

Looks like you already have LOTS of opinions, but I wanted to add mine as well! I have used Wal-Mart's on-line service numerous times. You can choose only the pictures you want and upload them to Wal-Mart's website. It is around .25/ea (don't remember exactly) and if you have them shipped to a store near you, there is no shipping charge. The pictures have always come back looking GREAT - just like regular photos. I wanted to try Sam's, but the Sam's in my town doesn't have photo developing. Let us know how your pictures come out!

 

[Ratpack]

Originally posted by Kellyh123
Ratpack
Thanks for the tip. Have you used Clarkcolor.com?
Thanks

Not yet but I plan to give them a try here soon. We are going the end of July and I am sure I will 300-400 pictures. I won't print them all, but most I will. I will probably take a few before we leave if I can and go ahead and send them in so that I can see what there quality is like.

 

[mareed]

Another vote for Shutterfly here. One thing I really like is that they print the file name on the back of the print. I also use descriptive file names including the place and date, so this is a great feature to me.

I used to use Sam's club online and picked the prints up at the store for free shipping, but they changed their processing earlier this year in a couple of ways. They used to print the file names on the back of the picture and now they don't. They used to have a 3 meg file limit to upload and now it's 2 meg. My pictures come out to be between 2 & 3 meg and I absolutely refuse to sacrifice quality just to use Sam's so they're crossed off of my list. I was very happy with their Fuji prints before that. I also tried our Sam's Club 1 hour and the prints were horrible!

To pick a place to use, I uploaded the same photo to several places and then compared the prints. Wal-Mart had a 3 meg file limit, which was OK, and their prints were good, but they didn't print file names, so I was willing to pay a little more for that. I also tried DotPhoto and Photoworks but decided to pre-purchase prints at Shutterfly to get them for .29.

 

[Kellyh123]

I want to thank everybody for their replies. I decided to try Sams and Shutterfly. I will see how they turn and and let you know. Again Thanks