Camera Gear - Deals and Discounts (Not a gear recommendation thread)

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by blitz


44wide is Canadian and does the white layer. They have 40% off sales a few times per year.

Nice, I looked at that but it just said high gloss layer, it didn't mention white. If that's the case I'll have to give it a try. Price isn't too outrageous either, especially with a coupon code.

[blitz]

I'll snap a picture of one I have in my office on Tuesday. White layer for sure, looks identical to the ones I've ordered from Mpix.

[blitz]

MPix has 25% off metal prints today, flat $30 fedex shipping to Canada no matter how big the order. $10 + GST at your door.

[Mitsu3000gt]

30% off at Posterjack for "Black Friday", good until Nov 27.

[Go4Long]

I was going to post that as well.
I was thinking with how well the F-18 sunrise picture I ordered turned out I might get that grand canyon shot done in Acrylic as well.

[msommers]

I'm thinking I might just order frames. Their Barnwood stuff was really nice. They fucked up my prints again

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by msommers
I'm thinking I might just order frames. Their Barnwood stuff was really nice. They fucked up my prints again

You have some bad luck with them haha - I hope they at least reprinted them for you. I had them re-do a few of mine because I am super picky, and they even let me keep the old ones, which made great gifts for people who will never notice the imperfection. Fast shipping too.

[msommers]

I told them this is an ongoing problem and they really need to offer test prints like every other printer on the web. Haven't heard back lol.

I thought I had it narrowed down that I should add some exposure because everything was too dark. So I did that and now they're too bright

I feel like I could setup the NEC to have a profile for "Posterjack Printing" and get good results once I figure out what the hell they're doing over there.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by msommers
I told them this is an ongoing problem and they really need to offer test prints like every other printer on the web. Haven't heard back lol.

I thought I had it narrowed down that I should add some exposure because everything was too dark. So I did that and now they're too bright

I feel like I could setup the NEC to have a profile for "Posterjack Printing" and get good results once I figure out what the hell they're doing over there.

No idea if this applies to your prints or not, but one thing I have noticed (and I don't think it's specific to PJ) is that you really need proper light on the print or it looks pretty average. I mostly have the canvases but they really pop nicely when they get some decent light on them. Any prints I have thought were too dark have satisified me when looking at them under good lighting.

Also I think we have the same monitor, I calibrate it to 100 cd/m2. If you have your monitor set too bright, you might be toning things back too much in post and getting a dark print. Colors between my monitor and PJ are spot on as far as best I can tell.

[LongCity]

When you guys order off PosterJack, do you opt in for the image enhancement?

[Go4Long]

No. I want it to look as I had it.

[Mitsu3000gt]

25% off everything at Artisan State until Monday:

http://www.artisanstate.com/product-...Black%20Friday

[Go4Long]

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
25% off everything at Artisan State until Monday:

http://www.artisanstate.com/product-...Black%20Friday

you're beating me to posting everything...lol. I have the families christmas album all set to go, just need to find the time to do a family portrait before monday and we're all set.

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by Go4Long


you're beating me to posting everything...lol. I have the families christmas album all set to go, just need to find the time to do a family portrait before monday and we're all set.

Yeah it's not bad, it almost covers the exchange haha. You almost need to pre-make everything for these sales, because it can take a while to make a nice album! I've been caught a couple times now like that.

[Go4Long]

We do an order every Christmas of about 10 books for both sides of the family. I usually start the project after Halloween and wait for a sale to motivate me to finish it. Lol

[blitz]

Now I have to rush my family album together. :banged:

How can I scope out costs before I pick an album size?

[msommers]

Aden Camera has the Nikon 85mm/1.8G for $484 but until Jan 7 lol.

[Go4Long]

Originally posted by blitz
Now I have to rush my family album together. :banged:

How can I scope out costs before I pick an album size?

If you click on the type of album you're looking at from the front page each one has a little black box to choose cover, paper type, size, and number of pages and tells you how much.

[msommers]

TCS seems to have some gear on sale only by signing in and adding to cart. Too many to list but prices are pretty good for select Nikon lenses (all I looked at).

[Mitsu3000gt]

Originally posted by blitz
I'll snap a picture of one I have in my office on Tuesday. White layer for sure, looks identical to the ones I've ordered from Mpix.

My GF actually surprised me with a HD Aluminum print from 44Wide for Christmas (we do xmas early so we don't conflict with our family's stuff). Really impressed with it - I'll definitely be getting more done from them. It looks identical to the stuff from Bay Photo I was looking at before, without the ridiculous cost. I think they even have 25% off right now.