Development Charges for digital prints

[Tony K]

In recent months, I've been using KT & I'm satisfied with their price, quality & service.

Info taken from
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31715

KT Digital Imaging Pte Ltd
Shop : 531 Upper Cross St #01-06 Hong Lim Complex
Singapore 050531
Contact: 65381422
Email: ktcolour@pacific.net.sg
OPERATING HOURS: Mon-Fri 9:00am-8:00pm, Sat 10:00am-7:00pm, Sun OFF


$0.30 for 4R digital and $0.50 for 5R digital.
No handling charge, no minimum order.
But in order to enjoy that, you must quote the magic word
"I'm from Clubsnap" & tell them your ClubSnap ID

 

[ahbeng]

In recent months, I've been using KT & I'm satisfied with their price, quality & service.

Info taken from
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31715

KT Digital Imaging Pte Ltd
Shop : 531 Upper Cross St #01-06 Hong Lim Complex
Singapore 050531
Contact: 65381422
Email: ktcolour@pacific.net.sg
OPERATING HOURS: Mon-Fri 9:00am-8:00pm, Sat 10:00am-7:00pm, Sun OFF


$0.30 for 4R digital and $0.50 for 5R digital.
No handling charge, no minimum order.
But in order to enjoy that, you must quote the magic word
"I'm from Clubsnap" & tell them your ClubSnap ID

waht machines do they use?

 

[Snowcrash]

Recently went on a testing spree to try out the prints at various labs/machines... my 3 images were direct from digicam with +1 stop brightness and cropped to 6R. No adjustment allowed.

Sent them to :-
> Fuji FDI lab using Frontier 350 (CA Supreme paper)
> Konica lab using QD-21 (Konica Dragon paper)
> Kodak lab using System 88 (Kodak Royal paper)
> Agfa lab using D-Lab2 (Agfa paper)
All 4 are reasonably well recommended in CS.

Outcome on Cat pix
Kodak - unnatural colors, too "rich" for my taste
Fuji - very near reality, fine and sharp
Konica - very near reality, fine and sharp (to my surprise)
Agfa - very very sharp, but fake colors

Outcome on Little Girl pix
Kodak - sickly skin tones
Fuji - soft and nice skin tones
Konica - soft and white skin tones
Agfa - Overly sharpened, too much artifacts

Outcome on grained, toned print (Platinum)
Kodak - :flush:
Fuji - close to what I want
Konica - very nice grain, but the tinge of yellow isn't Platinum
Agfa - greenish greenish tones

So, my very very personal opinion is to recommend FDI or Konica digital labs. The former are supposed to have pretty good quality control by Fuji. The latter, well, check out the rest of CS.....

NO, I have no intention of having a flame war from this post. I do stand by what I post. Interested parties can PM me to find out more, and maybe we can arrange for me to bring the prints to view at SEED.

Can you also try a few fuji lab to see if the operator make a difference to your print? thanks.

 

[ahbeng]

lastly, is conversion of icc profiles to the minilabs system necessary before sending it for printing? what if i dunno how to do it or dun do it?

 

[Tony K]

waht machines do they use?

They are using Fuji Frontier machine & Fuji paper.

 

[dnka]

Fujicolor Services
Blk 4012 Techplace 1
Ang Mo Kio Ave 10 #03-01
Singapore 569628

Charges
$0.36 for 4R, $3 handling fee (waived if more than 40 shots).

 

[Azure]

lastly, is conversion of icc profiles to the minilabs system necessary before sending it for printing?

Personally, no. But I do set up my home monitor to reflect as close an end result as possible. So far, I know its abt 95% close as what I got to see at 3 of the 4 labs I tried, without any need to push density.

But if you are printing at a FDI, then using the Frontier ICC could probably be better. I haven't tried though. See no need for it.

 

[bulltail]

can you tell us the location which lab you have try your 6R prints at?
and what their costs?

 

[ahbeng]

Personally, no. But I do set up my home monitor to reflect as close an end result as possible. So far, I know its abt 95% close as what I got to see at 3 of the 4 labs I tried, without any need to push density.

But if you are printing at a FDI, then using the Frontier ICC could probably be better. I haven't tried though. See no need for it.

how do i obtain a icc profile for my cam and the frontier machines?

 

[Azure]

There used to be a thread about it somewhere.....
http://www.drycreekphoto.com/
If I remember this correctly. Try it and let me know if I've type the wrong url. ;p

 

[currahee]

In recent months, I've been using KT & I'm satisfied with their price, quality & service.

Info taken from
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=31715

KT Digital Imaging Pte Ltd
Shop : 531 Upper Cross St #01-06 Hong Lim Complex
Singapore 050531
Contact: 65381422
Email: ktcolour@pacific.net.sg
OPERATING HOURS: Mon-Fri 9:00am-8:00pm, Sat 10:00am-7:00pm, Sun OFF


$0.30 for 4R digital and $0.50 for 5R digital.
No handling charge, no minimum order.
But in order to enjoy that, you must quote the magic word
"I'm from Clubsnap" & tell them your ClubSnap ID

yup.. agree that their service is gd and price is reasonable..

 

[currahee]

actually no need to quote frm CS to get discounts.. cos their prices are for everyone

 

[moomoo]

A & A photo at city square, JB...charges only RM$0.60 per print...no handling if more than 20 prints...& they take only an hour

 

[iFly]

A & A photo at city square, JB...charges only RM$0.60 per print...no handling if more than 20 prints...& they take only an hour

Any detail on the quality? (paper? ,color correction and bla bla.....?)

 

[currahee]

Any detail on the quality? (paper? ,color correction and bla bla.....?)

ya... how's the prints?

 

[anokewee]

Any detail on the quality? (paper? ,color correction and bla bla.....?)

Is it the Kodak shop at basement or the Fuji shop upstairs? How's the quality?

 

[cheesypoofs]

There used to be a thread about it somewhere.....
http://www.drycreekphoto.com/
If I remember this correctly. Try it and let me know if I've type the wrong url. ;p

Are there any other sites where we can get profiles? This site only have 1 location in Singapore.

 

[qristeele]

A & A photo at city square, JB...charges only RM$0.60 per print...no handling if more than 20 prints...& they take only an hour

any updates??

 

[insomia]

Photofriend at Penisular offering $40 for 100 4R and a 12R enlargement. No idea if they charge for service. Some people who use them say theyare ok personally have not used them.

 

[Goodview]

Has anyone of you tried developing your photos at Hotprint before? Hotprint is currently having a promotion. 4R at $0.40 and for every 50pcs developed you will get a free S8R or 2 x 6R. On top of that, above 100pcs a further 10% discount will be given which makes it $0.36/pc. Photos come with index print and non-stick album. Minimum is $5/- per transaction.