Other than the occasional 4x6 prints to give to friends, I mostly print my pics on my Epson 800 or 1800 ink jet printers. I have been happy with the results, but I just had an opposite result. I was up in the GA mountains this past week visiting my mom and two brothers. My younger brother is the FBO manager at the local Blairsville Airport. He arrainged a flight for me in a 183 Skyhawk to do some aerial photo's of the airport. I shot raw and converted some to jpeg incamera to get prints for him before I returned home. The prints were very nice and I was happy. When I returned home on Sat I downloaded in LR and made a couple prints, 8.5 x 11, and could not get the same snap as the lab prints. So, I converted several to highest quality jpegs and put on a cd. I had 8 x 12's made at the Costco lab. They are 500% better than the ink jet prints, in every aspect. I have made comparisons before between inkjet and lab prints and most of the time there was very little difference. The lab prints would usually be slightly contrastier, but not a significant difference. Now, my question is, could the fact that I was shooting through tinted windows in the plane make a big impact ? I did not see any color degradation or saturation issues at all, nor sharpness. If any of you have experience in shooting aerials lately in digital, I would appreciate some feedback.
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