My first digital prints from a DSLR

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Mike D90

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I ran down to CVS Pharmacy to use their quick print kiosk. I have never printed any of my photos and I wanted to get a feel for how they look in print.

I chose four images to print and all of them looked pretty much exactly like what I see on my monitor. Only one had a warmer tint where the yellows were more saturated. I viewed that image side by side with my print and the difference is there but subtle.

I was actually very happy with the prints.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
What your prints look like when printed all depends on who is in charge of the lab there. I managed over 100 One Hour photo labs back in the day and all had the same equipment, same paper and same paper and chemicals. The quality when I took over the stores was all over the place from outstanding to "You're fired" Managers soon learned that it had better be kept near the outstanding level since they never knew when I would show up.
WE have a local WalMart that has a lab and the guy that manages it does a great job and the few times I have had posters printed there I have been very pleased.
Try a few local places on some small prints and you will see who stands out. Sam's, Walmart are good choices since they will do more volume than the drug stores.
 
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ShootRaw

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If you have a flickr account,you should try SNAPFISH..
Choose a matte paper..Great prices and quality..Make sure to export to 300dpi...
 
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Mike D90

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There was no photo attendant at this kiosk. It is a computer workstation and you insert your thumb drive or smart card or whatever medium you have.

You edit the photos yourself and select the size and edits you want. Prints come out of a machine that sits next to the computers then you pay at the register.

They do have one hour service and those prints are done on a machine that is behind the counter so I guess those are the photos done by the photo person.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
Mike d90 said:
There was no photo attendant at this kiosk. It is a computer workstation and you insert your thumb drive or smart card or whatever medium you have.

You edit the photos yourself and select the size and edits you want. Prints come out of a machine that sits next to the computers then you pay at the register.

They do have one hour service and those prints are done on a machine that is behind the counter so I guess those are the photos done by the photo person.
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The problem is that there is still a person that maintains the machine. The quality can still vary a lot.
 
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hark

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Mike, do you keep your monitor calibrated? That will really help you to see how a photo *should* look when printed. I use the Spyder4Pro to calibrate mine although there are others out there.
 
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