Reviews: Online Print Services
Dan Bachmann's Update: July 2004
PhotographyBLOG visitor Dan Bachmann has recently tested some more UK digital labs and has kindly allowed me to publish his findings, which are summarized in the table below. Dan says "Thanks for your great UK digi lab comparison. I've done some research myself and added Digi-Lab/Club35, Ofoto and Snappy Snaps. I've found what you said to mostly be accurate, but I have to add that I have been very impressed with Ofoto (though I have yet to try Peak)."
Digi-Lab/Club35 | Ofoto | Snappy Snaps | PhotoBox | Peak Imaging | Bonusprint | Fontango | Jessops | TopFoto | Colab | ||
Quality Source | Dan Bachmann | Dan Bachmann | Dan Bachmann | Dan Bachmann | https://www.photographyblog.com/reviews_online_print_services.php | ||||||
Price Source | web site | web site | store | web site | web site | PhotographyBLOG | |||||
Speed (1-10; 10 highest) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 2 | never arrived | 8 | |
Quality (1-10; 10 highest) | 6 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | ||
Quality Comment | not sharp/washed out | sharp | sharp | ||||||||
Hue/Saturation | odd | warm (perfect) | green-yellow enhanced | yellow | yellow | yellow | |||||
Calibration Provided | |||||||||||
Upoad Method | application | web | web or drop off | web | application | application | web | application | application | application | |
Cost (6x4) | �0.14 | �0.24 | �0.65 | �0.19 | �0.79 | �0.15 | �0.49 | �0.34 | �0.75 | �0.12 | |
Cost (12x8) | �1.00 | �2.49 | high | �3.99 | high | ||||||
Shipping | �1.50 | �0.99 | �0.00 | �1.50 | �1.80 | �0.90 | �1.07 | �1.50 | �1.50 | �2.22 | |
Discounts | on 5+ enlargements | ||||||||||
Pros | cheap | top quality gloss | store pick pickup | top quality matt prints | top quality | cheap | |||||
many print options | |||||||||||
discounts/promotions | |||||||||||
fast response | |||||||||||
Cons | blurry images | limited shrink to fit | expensive | shrink to fit makes border | expensive | bad crop | |||||
over saturated greens | matt not offered | requires pick up | green a little too bright | poor interface | |||||||
washed out highlights | |||||||||||
Use Again? | one more try | yes | yes | will try | will try | ||||||
Conclusion | cheap winner? | winner for gloss | winner for matt | quality winner | cheap winner? |