> Mini labs are mass market machines. The pros who want the big files > are doing their own scans. > > William Robb > >
Are the pros with large size files from high res scans limited to printing from their own resources too? What are the minilabs limitations from customer generated files? In checking locally it costs only $.29/4 x 6 print. That file doesn't need to be that big really. I don't actually have that many images I need to print, since the computer serves as a good enough viewer most of the time. Will the images from my digital files be better or worse then the minilab directly processing the film. Commen sense would say that I would realize a loss scanning and then having them printed elsewhere. However I'm very dissatisfied with the operators interpretation of my images. If I edit them myself I am hopeful of getting what I want this way. Just print them at home you say, sure I can, but I'm cheap and at $.29 I can't print them for that much, nor am I too happy with the way B&W looks coming out of my printer.
