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Black and white digital photography
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Visual Arts Asked by: maho-ga List Price: $10.00 |
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24 Jul 2003 16:41 PDT
Expires: 23 Aug 2003 16:41 PDT Question ID: 234813 |
I am looking for a good online company that specializes in the printing of black and white images. Specifically, I am looking for a business (similar to ofoto.com or snapfish.com) that allows you to upload images as .JPG files to a website, order photo-quality prints, and have them delivered by mail. Most major online photo shops do a poor job with B&W images: the prints often come out with a horrible green, magenta, or pink tint to them. This occurs because they use a color print process, that will only produce good b&w prints if the red/green/blue lasers are perfectly calibrated. A correct answer will consist of the URL of an online photo shop that specifically promises good black and white prints, and mentions special procedures or equipment for handling B&W images differently from color images. The site should be price competitive, i.e., around $0.50 for a 4x6, or $4 for an 8x10. I am NOT looking for a high end expensive digital services bureau. |
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Re: Black and white digital photography
From: owain-ga on 25 Jul 2003 13:48 PDT |
There are monochrome ink options for some inkjet printers, if you wanted a do-it-yourself option. One discussion is at http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/digital_b-w.shtml Owain |
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Re: Black and white digital photography
From: maho-ga on 26 Jul 2003 04:13 PDT |
Thank you for the interesting link. However, I am looking for an online service, not a do-it-yourself option. |
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Re: Black and white digital photography
From: tehuti-ga on 26 Jul 2003 05:20 PDT |
I found some places offering Quadtone printing, which apparently is state of the art for black and white photography. However, the prices were significantly above your targets. |
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Re: Black and white digital photography
From: harlan565-ga on 06 Aug 2003 11:50 PDT |
Were you ever able to find a service? I am looking for the same thing and am interested in primarily 4x6 and 5x7 prints. These are for home use, nothing professional. |
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Re: Black and white digital photography
From: rosma-ga on 06 Aug 2003 11:56 PDT |
You could try http://www.webphotoforum.com/prints.asp?aID=1688. It's not quite to your size or budget (£10 [about $15] for a 10x8), but Chris who runs it is very approachable and will no doubt be able to make you an offer for what you want. He should be able to set his printer up for B&W. |
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Re: Black and white digital photography
From: maho-ga on 06 Aug 2003 12:40 PDT |
Although they don't have a dedicated B&W process, I just tried this shop, and they did a reasonable job with several B&W 8x10's: http://www.photoaccess.com No commercial endorsement is implied. I'd still like to see an online digital photo service that specializes in B&W. |
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Re: Black and white digital photography
From: buyourartdotcom-ga on 19 Aug 2003 22:38 PDT |
I sell photography at: http://buyourart.com/naturalwonders/index.html The only service I use is: http://www.shutterfly.com I've tried Snapfish (joke) and EZprints(always damaged) and have had to demand refunds and credits.. Shutterfly is the only developer I've NEVER had problems with .. They CHEMICALLY DEVELOP digital photos...which makes the difference over PRINTER prints.. They'll give you 15 FREE 4x6's to test it out ... Dustin Natural Wonders Photography |
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Re: Black and white digital photography
From: sfbayarephotographer-ga on 07 Oct 2003 17:58 PDT |
http://pictopia.com is the best online printer I've seen for black-and-white prints. But they are for professional use only. They don't print consumer-market sizes pictures. 8x10 and up I believe... |
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Re: Black and white digital photography
From: andrea22lala-ga on 26 Nov 2004 12:31 PST |
I know that both Kodak and Ilford make silver based digital b&w paper that is sensitive to laser light of a digital printer and can be processed traditionally. The results I have seen are fairly good, not as good as traditional rc paper in tonal range and richness of blacks but probably fine for your price range. Using this paper is labor intensive in a lab so you are unlikely to find anyone who can compete with your local drugstore minilab prices! Try Miller's, a pro lab in Kansas. They have equipment that prints on silver based digital photo paper which is processed through standard b&w photo chemistry. They do the smaller sizes you need. http://www.millerslab.com/ There may be a difficulty! I have heard that they don't take non-professional customers. Good luck! |
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