Wanna be blown away?

Norbert Weber · Jan 7, 2002

Those lucky ones out there.. use your Canon G2 or S40, upload prints to a site called Ofoto (Ofoto.com), have them make prints for you, and when you open the mail you will be blown out of your socks when you see the quality of the prints! Absolutely as good as regular film!! You can even make a poster size 2 X3 feet! And it will be sharp as a razor! Try it!--Norbert W.

Alexis · Jan 7, 2002

Norbert,
Thanx for the tip.
Unfortunately not EVERYBODY lives in the States. A few of us live elsewhere.
Alexis
London, ENGLAND

Norbert W. said:
Those lucky ones out there.. use your Canon G2 or S40, upload
prints to a site called Ofoto (Ofoto.com), have them make prints
for you, and when you open the mail you will be blown out of your
socks when you see the quality of the prints! Absolutely as good
as regular film!! You can even make a poster size 2 X3 feet! And
it will be sharp as a razor! Try it!
--
Norbert W.

ejoech · Jan 7, 2002

Norbert W. said:
Those lucky ones out there.. use your Canon G2 or S40, upload
prints to a site called Ofoto (Ofoto.com), have them make prints
for you, and when you open the mail you will be blown out of your
socks when you see the quality of the prints! Absolutely as good
as regular film!! You can even make a poster size 2 X3 feet! And
it will be sharp as a razor! Try it!
--
Norbert W.

I too have tried this service, and it's great!

Code Monkey · Jan 7, 2002

just a thought... to get a 2 x 3 feet photo without losing any quality, you need atleast a 77 megapixel camera...

Code Monkey · Jan 7, 2002

each image is gonna be about 1.8 gigs in its uncomressed state...

Chrissy · Jan 7, 2002

Norbert Weber said:
prints to a site called Ofoto (Ofoto.com),

Good to know. I just sent them some over the weekend - can't wait to see 'em. --chris hemstead, g2 owner

sidmind · Jan 7, 2002

I just mine back the other day from ofoto.com, It only took two day's
They offer 15 free prints for signing up. and I used it
I was very impressed with the service and quality. Who needs to pay for film???

I DO think they were better quality that what I print with my epson 820 using the variety of papers I have tried with it.

It just seems there is a different "Glossy" apearance to the ofoto prints compared to all the ones I have tried to print using all the different papers I have tried. I guess they seem Sturdier also?

I wish Wallmart.com had an easier upload tool, and allowed files slightly bigger than 2 meg. I just looked over some photo's I took recently and most (superfine L) on my G2 seem to be about 1.3 mb to 1.8 mb but a few are as high as 2.2

I guess it wouldn't be too hard to go and make a few files sliigtly reduced. but I really don't want to have to mess with it. like I wouldn't with Ofoto.com
I think ofoto.com is about .46 cents for 4x6 and wal-mart.com is about .26

has anyone tried uploading a file to wal-mart.com that is slightly over 2 meg? like 2.1 or 2.2???? did they regect it or did the upload tool regect it?

-- http://pbase.com/sidmind

Michael Walker · Jan 7, 2002

sidmind said:
has anyone tried uploading a file to wal-mart.com that is slightly
over 2 meg? like 2.1 or 2.2???? did they regect it or did the
upload tool regect it?

I tried uploading a 2.02 MB or 2.04 MB (can't remember which) file, and it was rejected by walmart.com. So they evidentally take that limit seriously.

Too bad, though. This arrangement (uploading my pictures and picking them up at the store) works out great for me--just too bad I have to modify my pictures first.

Michael

Norbert Weber · Jan 8, 2002

Chris Hemstead said:
Chrissy said:

prints to a site called Ofoto (Ofoto.com),

Click to expand...

Good to know. I just sent them some over the weekend - can't wait
to see 'em.
--
chris hemstead, g2 owner

Chris,

I'd love to see what you think about your prints when you get them back from Ofoto. Be prepared to be delighted and amazed!

Norbert ( [email protected])

Norbert Weber · Jan 8, 2002

Flipteg said:
just a thought... to get a 2 x 3 feet photo without losing any
quality, you need atleast a 77 megapixel camera...

Flipteg...

Nope! I can't agree. A 4 Megapixel camera will do it! Try it out! You will be a convert to Ofoto for life!

Norbert W.

Code Monkey · Jan 8, 2002

i said without losing any quality... if you blow up a 4 megapixel that big, there is gonna be some interpolation going on in there... to have a true photo quality, you have to have atleast 300 dpi... and to be able to get that for a 2' x 3' you need a picture resolution of 7,200 x 10,800...

Norbert W. said:
Flipteg said:

just a thought... to get a 2 x 3 feet photo without losing any
quality, you need atleast a 77 megapixel camera...

Click to expand...

Flipteg...

Nope! I can't agree. A 4 Megapixel camera will do it! Try it
out! You will be a convert to Ofoto for life!

Norbert W.

kwchan · Jan 8, 2002

How much does it cost for a 2 x 3 feet?

Norbert W. said:
Those lucky ones out there.. use your Canon G2 or S40, upload
prints to a site called Ofoto (Ofoto.com), have them make prints
for you, and when you open the mail you will be blown out of your
socks when you see the quality of the prints! Absolutely as good
as regular film!! You can even make a poster size 2 X3 feet! And
it will be sharp as a razor! Try it!
--
Norbert W.

Chrissy · Jan 8, 2002

Norbert Weber said:
I'd love to see what you think about your prints when you get them
back from Ofoto. Be prepared to be delighted and amazed!

I hope I remember to answer when I do !--chris hemstead, g2 owner

Jeff Brunt · Jan 8, 2002

Price list from ofoto.com in USD

4 x 6" $0.49
5 x 7" $0.99
8 x 10" $3.99
16 x 20" $14.99
20 x 30" $19.99
Wallets
(4 per sheet) $1.79

Jeff

kwchan said:
Norbert W. said:

Those lucky ones out there.. use your Canon G2 or S40, upload
prints to a site called Ofoto (Ofoto.com), have them make prints
for you, and when you open the mail you will be blown out of your
socks when you see the quality of the prints! Absolutely as good
as regular film!! You can even make a poster size 2 X3 feet! And
it will be sharp as a razor! Try it!
--
Norbert W.

Click to expand...

gary ng · Jan 8, 2002

Depends on viewing distance. DPI is not a hard figure.

Flipteg said:
Norbert W. said:

Flipteg said:

just a thought... to get a 2 x 3 feet photo without losing any
quality, you need atleast a 77 megapixel camera...

Click to expand...

Flipteg...

Nope! I can't agree. A 4 Megapixel camera will do it! Try it
out! You will be a convert to Ofoto for life!

Norbert W.

Click to expand...

Robert John Andersen64139 · Jan 8, 2002

I also used the 15 free print tryout and while most of the pics were nice there were several that were downright dissapointing. One in particular was a sunset with a lot of red/pink/purple in it that came out real grainy looking. I thought shutterfly did a better job with the same set of pictures. However the best job was done with my Canon S800 sitting at home using photo paper. Didn't have to wait and the pictures weren't cropped on the edges.

Norbert W. said:
Those lucky ones out there.. use your Canon G2 or S40, upload
prints to a site called Ofoto (Ofoto.com), have them make prints
for you, and when you open the mail you will be blown out of your
socks when you see the quality of the prints! Absolutely as good
as regular film!! You can even make a poster size 2 X3 feet! And
it will be sharp as a razor! Try it!
--
Norbert W.

Guillaume in Paris · Jan 8, 2002

The S800 seems to be great, that's obvious. But i'm wondering if the paper web-based print shops use is different than the paper you can buy for a home printer...

I mean, do they use photo-paper, which they "impress" with light though some transparent LCD screen (i don't know if this is possible!!), while a home printer "puts" ink on a glossy paper?

or do they simply use high quality (and cost) printers instead of a darkroom-like processing?

Robert John Andersen64139 said:
However the best job was
done with my Canon S800 sitting at home using photo paper. Didn't
have to wait and the pictures weren't cropped on the edges.

ChuckyB · Jan 8, 2002

I tried futureshop.ca/photo in Canada and I had a great service. The pictures are wonderful except the sky is a little bit purple but this could be because I used a G1.

ChuckyB

Alexis said:
Norbert W. said:

Those lucky ones out there.. use your Canon G2 or S40, upload
prints to a site called Ofoto (Ofoto.com), have them make prints
for you, and when you open the mail you will be blown out of your
socks when you see the quality of the prints! Absolutely as good
as regular film!! You can even make a poster size 2 X3 feet! And
it will be sharp as a razor! Try it!
--
Norbert W.

Click to expand...

hank · Jan 8, 2002

They actually use a digital enlarger and expose photographic paper rather than doing a computer printout, so it is a traditional photographic print.

Guillaume in Paris said:
I mean, do they use photo-paper, which they "impress" with light
though some transparent LCD screen (i don't know if this is
possible!!), while a home printer "puts" ink on a glossy paper?
or do they simply use high quality (and cost) printers instead of a
darkroom-like processing?

T L Johns · Jan 8, 2002

Would it (the "quaitly" of the printed image) not have lot to do with the "viewing distance". ie - a large billboard picture is made of dots bigger than your fingernails but viewed from the intended distance it looks normal.

A large 2 x 3 feet poster would look good on the wall when viewed from across the lounge room.

My $0.02.......

Cheers Tim..........

Flipteg said:
Norbert W. said:

Flipteg said:

just a thought... to get a 2 x 3 feet photo without losing any
quality, you need atleast a 77 megapixel camera...

Click to expand...

Flipteg...

Nope! I can't agree. A 4 Megapixel camera will do it! Try it
out! You will be a convert to Ofoto for life!

Norbert W.

Click to expand...

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