Rob Steere

"Rudeney" <rudeney@mickeypics.com> wrote in message
news:ftvo3o$kek$1@registered.motzarella.org...
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> One thing I started doing was to buy film in large quantities for a good
> discount. I would have the shop develop just the negatives - no prints. I
> found a local place that would do that for about $3/roll. Then, I'd use a
> film scanner and produce my own proof prints, and go back to the shop for
> anything "permanent". That way, I could burn hundreds of shot without it
> costing me *too* much. With film and developing, I was paying under $0.20
> a shot with no prints. But of course with digital, my 4GB card will hold
> around 1,000 shots, which would have cost me about $200 in 35mm film!
>

Not as cheap as $3, but for people who don't have a place near them that'll
do it I know that Kodak does mail-in film processing for about $6 a roll.
They send you postage-paid mailers, and you mail them up to 5 rolls (or one
single-use camera) per envelope (convenient if you're still on vacation).
They develop the film, mail you back the negatives about a week later, and
then your photos are posted to your online Kodak account. From there, you
can purchase prints. The only catch is that you don't get a digital copy of
the photo to keep yourself unless you pay for the Premier service, which is
$2.50 a month or $25 a year, which allows you to download full-size photos.
(For people who get lots of prints, $50 a year gets you 10-cent prints)

-Rob