Whilst on holiday in cornwall the last two weeks, i had around 300 prints done at ASDA (two batches of 150 or so over the two weeks) using their 1hr processing service.
Now when i received the first batch, i was suprised at the quality of print. No as shiny as I was expecting, which I later found out (when getting 2nd batch done) that they only did a lustre finish (half way between matt and gloss) hence the different look.
The photo's were very good indeed, but i also had a Photo CD created (only had one 512MB CF card on me, so needed to copy images off so I could use it for the next week of the holiday)
Checked Photo CD one DVD player back in caravan we were staying in to make sure they were all there before i cleared CF card, they were, so card cleared, more photos done, and 2nd batch of prints processed.
Again print quality very good, except this time I noticed that some of the images were cropped, checking them on the camera confirmed that the printed image had been cropped - So wasn't to happy about this, but as images were on Photo CD's not a problem.
Jump forward to being at home, with access to PC to read and examine Photos of CD - find that the image resolution is correct, but the jpg compression has caused them to reduce from 2.5MB or more on camera to 1 - 1.5MB on cd and loads of noise in them.
Basically the Photo CD is complete cac
- Not sure what they will print like so will try a few at local ASDA and see.
Costs for ASDA's printing service is cheap - £7.50 for 150+ prints and Photo CD (for what it;s worth)
Need to get more CF cards next time
Gary