It was 7/5/04 7:34 pm, when Campos & Davis Photos wrote: > I shoot film and get 5x7 prints made at Metro for �20 per roll. Total cost > to me about �23 for 36 pictures. > My clients want prints the next day. I usually shoot 20 rolls of film on a > job, which is needed within 9 hours. > How could I do this cheaper using digital? I haven't found a way that > doesn't involve buying a digital mini lab. Ink jet prints would take hours > and cost more I suspect. > Any answers please.
Richard Burn the images to a CD and take them to boots! At 40p per 5x7, 720 images will cost you just �288, compared to 20 rolls at �23 per roll costing you �460. That's a saving of �144 per job. If you do 48 jobs a year, you will save �6912. Erm, you could buy a decent 35mm digital SLR, a couple of lenses, a power book and some decent CF cards. Having paid for the equipment in one year (assuming you do only one job a week), you can afford to throw it into the Thames the next! If you do 3 jobs a week...well, if I did that many jobs a week I wouldn't be reading this list for sure! <g> Assuming you are playing safe and not actually providing 720 useable prints on each job, you can sort your images on a computer into good and bad and cut your printing costs by as much as 95%. For argument's sake, say the client uses 50 images out of 720, Boots cost will come to only �20 per job! Assuming the client uses only 25, Boots cost comes to just �10! At that price, you could probably go crazy and order the 1 hour service! <g> Compared to each film job costing you �460, you will save �440-450 a job. Assuming you do 48 jobs a year...well, you can do the calculations...<g> OK, I make it a saving of �21,120. For the unfortunate not living in the UK, at $1.78 to a pound, that's a potential saving of $37, 593 dollars and 6 cents. Now, how much was that K14 SLR/n/c?...�2,750.00? And it's good night from him... Shangara Singh. __________________________________________________ :: Photoshop CS Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) :: Photoshop CS Essential Tips && ACE Exam Aids && Glossary :: http://www.photoshopace.com && http://www.examaids.com =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
