 Imrahil Dol Amroth |
Walmart Why is it a bad idea to take your photos to walmart or other general stores to be developed, as opposed to a store which specializes in photography? Would there be a visible difference in the photos qualty? If so why? Do these photography stores have superior equipment, or do they take better care in developing the negatives? I have recently been taking my photos to a dedicated photography store, but they are very pricy, as opposed to walmart which is cheap. Is it worth the extra money? Any help appreciated. Nathan.
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April A. Abbott |
I can't give a technical answer but I can tell you that I have experienced negative results with Wal-Mart photo developing. I do think that the reasons are probably a little all of the above added with the fact that some of the technicians are poorly trained. I know the equipment they use makes a difference, as well. When I started taking my pictures to Wal-Mart for the standard 3 day processing the results were horrible. I had just spent hundreds of dollars on new photo equipment and actually thought that I had wasted my money; that perhaps my camera or lens was faulty after I received roll after roll of bad pictures. Every picture was blurry and almost looked out of focus with poor color rendition. Finally, on one occasion I took my film to the same Wal-Mart but used the one hour processing instead, which isn't sent away but is done in the store. It made a HUGE difference. I didn't like the matte paper that it was on but the pictures were sharp and clear, the color was great. I have since taken several rolls there for the one hour processing and have been pleased for the price but I am going to try Wolf Camera next time. The processing really does make that big of a difference.
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Steven Chaitoff |
I don't know if "CVS" is around the states, but it's a small Walmart kinda place, (more like walgreens actually) thats all over where I live in Cleveland. Anyway, that's where I got my prints done that I didn't care about. Here's an example of one of my favorite shots I got printed at CVS and then the same one from a professional lab called MotoPhoto. It's really astonishing, & I didn't pick this one as an example because it's especially bad or anything...this is on-hand evidence of the difference in all prints. Check it out... If you care about your photos & enjoy taking them you probably want good lenses, cameras, film so why not go the whole nine yards & get good developing too. Well enough ranting. -Steven
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