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pole asks:
"Perhaps my Google skills aren't up to snuff, but I could not find a decent review of various photo sharing and printing services (for amateur photographers) such as Fotki and Ofoto. What services have you been using and what do you recommend? What do your family and friends prefer?"
PCMag (Score:4, Informative)
It's on their website at
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,4149,28639,00.asp [pcmag.com]
The results were:
3 - Ofoto
3 - PhotoPoint
2 - PhotoWorks
4 - Shutterfly (Editor's Choice)
3 - Snapfish
Re:PCMag (Score:2, Funny)
deviantart.com (Score:1)
webshots. (Score:1)
if your just looking to put a gallery oneline what about something like blrop [blorp.com] script. and roll your own.
depends on what you want (Score:2)
If you want to share photos with family, I like the ceiva [ceiva.com] picture frame, because my mom doesn't have to use a computer to enjoy it. She has a very strong tremor in her hands, and so surfing the web is really not an option for her. Again, the ceiva web page makes it easy to upload photos to send to their frame.
Note about Gallery; I use Coppermine instead (Score:1)
So, I use Coppermine [chezgreg.net] instead, and I've been happy with it, mainly because it is easy to use and it has a slideshow feature. Plus, the set-up was a snap! Also, I think my basic php skills could modify it to fit my needs. FYI, it doesn't support multiple users' albums and, of course, it d
Re:Note about Gallery; I use Coppermine instead (Score:1)
Re:depends on what you want (Score:1)
It's made my life much easier. I used to make thumbnails and HTML pages by hand until I found Gallery. It's made sharing my photos a rather enjoyable experience.. click, click, done!
Ofoto Doesn't Let You Opt Out Of Spam (Score:4, Informative)
Now I just use yahoo groups.
think different (Score:1)
Also this is in Canada, eh.
Re:think different (Score:1)
- dave f.
Re:think different (Score:1)
It's US$0.19 at my local Costco. So looks like you Canadians get them cheaper than us.
I LOVE this service, even if I can only get my prints the next day ...
On topic, I've used both Yahoo and *cough* MSN Groups to share photos, and prefer MSN in terms of the overall ease and flexibility of the site. Yahoo is a PITA for uploading many pictures since they still don't have a decent upload tool, and selecting files one-by-one is a pain.
Balamtry ImageStation and/or Snapfish (Score:3, Informative)
I have not ordered any prints from ImageStation. For that, I use Snapfish [snapfish.com]. I've been very pleased with their service, though I'm not particularly picky about my prints.
I've tried around some of those (Score:5, Informative)
Shutterfly [shutterfly.com] - great if you plan to use Internet Explorer to communicate with the site, they have an ActiveX plug-in, where you can select multiple files to upload. Warning though, you will not be able to download your photos in original resolution once you upload them. The only way to get back a high-res photo is to buy a CD from Shutterfly.
Epson Photo Center [epson.com] - one of the few services where you can download exactly the same resolution as you uploaded, so great for storing large pictures. Except that they require Web forms for the photos to be uploaded, and the Web forms they have accept a single photo at a time (maximum of 10-20 per page, if I recall). Might spend your whole evening clicking and selecting, when downloading 1000 new images off your flash card.
Ofoto [ofoto.com] - nothing too thrilling, pretty much the same offering as Shuttefly without the ActiveX plug in for multiple uploads. Has connections with Amazon, so it's possible to get some promotinal free photos with them if you buy some related items at Amazon. I got 25 free photos with the software I bought at Amazon site.
Yahoo! Photos [yahoo.com] - 30 megs is a bummer, but if you use other Yahoo! services regularly, might find the site easier to navigate and play with. Although all other guys mentioned above allow unlimited (well, supposedly) hosting and sharing.
Shutterfly works with Linux (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Shutterfly works with Linux (Score:1)
Shutterfly! (Score:1)
Silver-pixel (Score:1)
Silver-pixel.net [silver-pixel.net]
my webhost and album.pl (Score:1)
i love fotopic (Score:4, Informative)
am not paid anything by them for this "promotion", just a very satisfied user.
Ghoul2
Re:i love fotopic (Score:2)
Cheers for the support,
Joel & Nicky.
ClubPhoto (Score:2, Interesting)
I've used them once by mailing in film; the prints were decent and I also got a CD of the hi-res scans.
Want a list? (Score:1)
As far as free services go, Photobase [pbase.com] is pretty good. Phil Greenspun's Photo.net [photo.net] gives you some space plus a community of amateur to pro photographers to boot.
I think I need to start getting more sleep... (Score:2)
$ cd ~/kitchen/fridge
$ more caffeine
One I like. (Score:2)
For the UK (Score:2, Informative)
200Mb store, public gallery and excellent prints, good prices, fast delivery, ftp and zip uploads.
Just a satisfied customer....
reviews (Score:2)
Heh. (Score:1)
Photo sharing service? You can get as many photos as you want at alt.binaries.pictures.erotica.*
Pbase if you don't need printing service (Score:2, Informative)
recently. They don't have ads, reasonably fast,
use linux....
no printing service though...
PhotoASA.com (Score:3, Informative)
I use and like Shutterfly (Score:2)
It's a Mac-friendly site; their "Shutterfly Smart Upload" application for multiple uploads has a Mac version and it works well.
I love their Snapbooks (six to thirty photoprints that are spiral-bound).
The quality of the pictures seems very satisfactory to me. I've ordered quite a few 8x10's (made from 1600x1200 digital came
Prosumer Review of Photo Printing Sites (Score:1)
Check out Preclick.com (Score:1)
PrintRoom if you want prints (Score:2)