MoneySaving Poll: Do you still print photos?

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Poll started 2 September 2014

Do you still print photos?

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torbrex

Although I'm single and selected 'Never print photos – I keep them all digitally and have them backed up', I do print one off if someone asks me to, I've also been known to use a photo that I have taken as a starting point for a greetings card of some kind that I have made.

I took 350 photo's on a 3 day tour earlier in the summer, it would not be practical to print them all.

FedUpWithHikes

I have a colour laserprinter, so I can print my photos if I want, although I also share my photos on several websites, and have a digital photoframe.
I still have my old 35mm SLR, but haven't used it in years. I would often have an extra set of prints, but processed my own enlargements.

PasturesNew

Still?
I've never printed one.

SailorSam

I'm with Pastures i've never printed one, but i've got myself a new camera so will get into it more now.
Printed photos must be popular though, i know when i've been walking through the likes of Asda i've seen people at a sort of cashpoint machine getting photos.

PDC

The problem with 'home' printing is photos in sunlight will fade in a couple of years due to the ink.

I do still get photos printed on occasion though its becoming increasingly difficult to get a decent job done.

The Klick photo place in our local High Street do quite poor quality prints and also I've had lost orders in the past, their customer service in our local on is also awful. Boots are quite good with print quality though they normally have to dig the photography counter out of stock stored on it due to lack of use and also they are often late receiving the prints back. They also have a print it yourself cashpoint style unit which is often out of order. I mostly now use Photobox online, I can't fault their service or turnaround times, however the last two batches the print quality seems to have been lacking so I'm wondering if they have moved to cheaper/less good printing methods.

LameWolf

I voted "In a couple, never print photos but have them backed up" because that's true for me; however, my husband still uses a camera that takes film.

That said, he takes at most 70 photos in a year, whereas I take nearer 700, or possibly more than that.

We're a host family for a home-from-home dog-sitting service, and I take loads of pictures of our canine guests; if I had them all printed, it'd cost a small fortune. Plus I'd have to find somewhere to store them.

The only time I print any at all, which I do at home, is to use one as the basis for a greetings card, or if there's a particularly cute or funny shot I'd print it off to send to the dog's owner.

I used to make my own calendars, using my own photos (usually from holidays), but since signing on with the dog-sitting service, five years ago, I get their official calendar for free, so I don't bother making one any more.

happyinflorida

My answer wasn't there.

I'm married, children are adults now.

I never take photos as I haven't a mobile phone that does that!

My husband takes photos and prints them up himself - he gives me a beautiful calendar with photos of our dog every Christmas! I'm a happy bunny with that!

SailorSam

I'm listening to someone on the radio who was talking about buying a roll of film. The presenter was surprised 'cos he didn't think you could get actual film anymore. He just said something interesting, we all take so many photos now that we have hundreds on our cameras that we can't even remember what they are or why we took them, so they end up getting deleted. He said he thought it was possible that in 50yrs time the most photographed generation in history wouldn't have any pictures of important events in their lives 'cos they'd all been deleted.
He was trying to persuade people to take one good photo and keep it in a album instead of 500 rubbish photos and throw them away.

lazer

I print out a photo book once a year of a selection of the photos from that year - it's nice to have, and its a back up for if I lose my camera. computer, back up drive etc

94th_Minute

Results really need to be normalized for age if they're to mean anything.