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Old 07-20-2007, 11:13 PM
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Default Weekly Poll: Print it Yourself or Professional Printer?

Wow, another overwhelming result in last week's poll. Nearly everyone picked colour photography, and we learned that even some of the most famous B&W photographers, like Ansel Adams, even shot some colour pictures.

This week, another question that is sure to inspire some debate. If you had to choose, would you print your images yourself, or would you always send them to a professional service?

Photo printers have come a long way where some are very, very close to professional quality if you want to spend the money, and if you don't, well, you can still get a pretty good printer. But home printers have issues. You have to find the right paper for your style of photography, and there are so many different options to consider.

Professional printers, however, are what we have come to expect to be used when we're getting professional pictures. But they are expensive (are they really more expensive), and they take longer, and sometimes the quality isn't as high as we'd expect or the reviews make us wonder. Not to mention you still have to choose your papers and other options too!

So, tell us, which one would you choose, and why?
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