Comments on: Printing Digital Photos

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:55:57 +0000

Cropping of your digital prints occurs everywhere. With most photo labs, digital prints are an automatic service that involes little to no employee interaction. Therefore, unless you crop your own photos, you will most likely experience cropped heads at the top of your photos. This can be avoided by asking your photolab to print your photos in “fit-in” mode. This prints your entire image on a 4×6 print (or whatever size you chose)but you will end up with white borders on opposite sides of the paper. For the most part, most customers do not notice the cropping, as it is usually minimal. However, you will notice it on those close up shots.

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 23:09:21 +0000

Do you guys find costco worth the membership fee? I guess so – but when I looked into it, I couldn’t justify the yearly cost in the savings.

Do you need a certain family size or something to make it valuable?

By: Ray

Ray — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 21:09:16 +0000

Digital cameras produce images that are actually 4:3 ratio… Photos, however, are printed in 6×4 or 3:2 ratio… hence the cropping…

And yes, I too use Costco.

By: Canadian Capitalist

Canadian Capitalist — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 16:43:15 +0000

Doug: Costco offers matte finish. Digital pictures don’t have the correct aspect ratio for printing so you have to crop before printing. I also just instruct to crop at the bottom of the image (better to cut a bit of the leg than the head! )

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 14:53:17 +0000

One of the issues I have with the cheaper places is that they always seem to cropy my photos. I guess the aspect ratio of my digital camera is not 4×3. The higher-end places seem to do a better job of this. Do you have the same issues with these places?

I also like matte finish prints – which I don’t believe a lot of the cheaper places offer..

By: FMF

FMF — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 13:28:23 +0000

I use Costco too. Easy to order via the web and very affordable!