Stan, Thanks, that's very encouraging. You're probably the most experienced PDMLer on these. And it's good to hear your thoughts. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 12:09 AM, Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have done four books so far this year, 3 @ 10x8, the other 7x5. My Venice > book I have mentioned here was the first, then one using my wife's shots of > a special family event (her step-mother's 70th college reunion, this was the > smaller size, with soft-cover), then one based mostly on my shots, but with > some others' as well, which documented and "interpreted" our church mission > trip to Costa Rica this summer, and most recently one using slides my > father-in-law had taken of my wife's family in the late 40's to early 50's > (4 copies arrived today). > > I have been pleased with the quality of all. With a few minor quibbles. For > the Costa Rica book, 120 pages total, I ordered 4 sample copies. [Note: by > 120 pages I mean 60 pages front-and-back, not 120 sheets of paper.] Have > sent in one order for another 22 copies, will have another order of 10 or so > after this Sunday. For the samples I got a mix of cover types (soft-cover, > hard-cover with imprinted photo, and hard-cover with dust jacket), and paper > types (regular and premium). My observations: a) the soft-cover is good > quality but of course is going to be more subject to wear and tear; b) the > cover on the dust-jacket version is a beautiful glossy print, much nicer > than the imprinted cover (which has a duller matte quality), or the cover on > the soft-cover, but again is going to be more subject to wear and tear. The > "premium" paper is a heavier weight, but I don't see any difference in the > quality of the images. For a thinner book, I would probably go with Premium > just to give it more heft and substance, for anything over 60 pages [30 > sheets] I would probably go with Regular as the heavier paper becomes > awkward in the thicker book. Which relates to my one quibble about quality - > for the Premium Paper version, 60 sheets with imprinted cover, the binder > they used looked like it was designed for a book with maybe 75 sheets. So if > you look at it from the top or bottom, the covers slope inward from the > spine rather than being perpendicular to the spine. Seems well constructed, > just looks a bit odd, particularly when comparing to the Regular version > where the spine is the right width to fit the 60-sheet 120-page book. > > Someone here mentioned quality problems when they went from one sample copy > to a large order - I am holding my breath on the largish order being > processed on the Costa Rica book. > > I was considering a few B&W shots but decided not to temp fate. > > stan > > On Dec 2, 2008, at 12:44 PM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> I left it to late to get a test book sent for review and later >> additional orders for Christmas, so i >> bit the bullet and had all three sent at once. >> >> They showed up this morning. Whole process took from Nov 19th to Dec 2. >> >> Not bad i'd say for crossing a border at this time of year. >> >> Initial findings are good. I just got the standard paper, and the >> shots look fine. I included 1/2 dozen or so B&W shots. One has a tad, >> just a tad of a magenta cast, but the others look fine. >> >> Recipents will never notice. Mrs Chainsaw, says lighten up.:-) >> >> Bought the 5x7 book. >> >> Just thought i would share my experience. >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> -- >> Equine Photography >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> Ontario Canada >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
