Amid all these quite similar competing services, some sites have special
features worthy of special note.
Club
Photo
sample
album
sample
photo
sample
unenhanced
scanned roll
sample
enhanced
scanned roll |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| inactive albums are deleted
after 90 days |
yes
$1 prepaid mailers. |
less than 4kx4k |
browser, album manager,
uploader application |
direct links to albums,
direct links original
image. |
thumbnails, medium size,
original
image. Slide show. |
4x6 0.45
5x7 0.99
8x10 3.99
print quality: good |
| A good site.
They have a good model for maintaining a private collection on your home
machine, along with a parallel published version on the web. Living
Album, is good management software (free), with an inexpensive upgrade
available. Mailed-in film appeared on the web amazingly fast: 2 days
after dropoff. Scans are the usual 1536x1024 picture disk resolution,
but appear to have been sharpened to the limit of acceptability, and other
wise "enhanced", which may account for the strangely colored sand in the
sample roll. Club photo offered to rescan the negatives without enhancement,
so you can judge for yourself. It's possible to download the
scanned images one at time through their interface, or buy a CD for $4.69.
Some prints have a slight blueish cast, and macbeth chart yellow was curiously
defective (just like shutterfly). |
| Platform Notes: Macintosh users are supported
by iview |
|
Ofoto
sample
album
sample
photo (medium size)
sample
scanned roll
|
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
Yes |
10mb |
browser, drag-n-drop plugin,
ftp-like |
direct links to albums
are possible.
direct links to medium
size photos are possible. |
thumbnails, medium size.
Original images are not
viewable, but are printed. |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 3.99
frames
print quality: usually
excellent |
| Ofoto has the
basics, and everything that is there works. Their uploader application
(Ofotonow) has some builtin editing capabilities, including a very convenient
redeye remover. Their print quality is usually excellent; among the best
among those I've tried. Color and resolution are usually excellent, but
exposure is a trifle over. One batch of prints from Ofoto came back
alarmingly blue (see notes). They're also
offering inexpensive film scanning; I was notified that the film
had been received a mere 2 days after I mailed it; the actual photos were
online 2 days later. Ofoto tools for rotating the scanned images
are pretty inconvenient to use. Ofoto has no tools for examining
the full resolution of the images, so it's hard to evaluate the quality
of the scan. |
| Platform Notes: Macintosh users are well supported. |
|
DotPhoto.com
sample
album
60 Free prints as a
promotion. |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
free, |
6mb |
browser, email, snail mail,
Windows IE plugin. |
direct links to albums |
thumbnails, small size. |
4x6 0.29
5x7 0.95
8x10 2.95
12x18 9.99
print quality: excellent |
| This web site
is a little harder to use, and lacking in some features most other sites
have. They mainly seem to want to sell prints and enlargements; and their
print quality is exceptionally good. If you're primarily interested in
getting prints made from your digital photos, this might be the right place.
Besides free storage and pay-per-print pricing, they are selling what amounts
to prepaid print service. If you anticipate buying a steady stream
of prints, it might be worthwhile. The other unique feature of this site
is to store accompanying sound clips with photos. |
| Platform Notes: Macintosh users are well supported. |
|
FotoTime
sample
album
sample
image |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
yes, 3.49 per roll for
developing, scanning and an index print. |
no apparent limit |
browser, album manager.
Batch downloads are also
supported. |
by invitation with registration,
or open access to all public pictures. |
thumbnails, medium size,
original
image. |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99
print quality: very good |
| This site is
relatively uncluttered, and provides the basic services. Their online viewer
is good. They're primarily oriented to maintaining a your site through
their album manager, which has some problems (primarily, if you rearrange
your hard disk, your web albums get deleted), but works. Prints were
generally very good. Exposure is very carefully controlled, to the
extent that some looked dull and lifeless. Resolution is excellent.
Color is a little greenish. Some scan irregularities occured in my
tests. |
| Platform Notes: Mac users are supported by
iview a third party album manager. |
|
PhotoAccess.com
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| accounts dormant 1 year
may be deleted. |
no |
10Mb per image. Unaltered
originals can be downloaded. |
browser, ftp-like. |
direct links to albums. |
thumbnails, small image,
medium size image. |
4x6 $0.45
5x7 $1.09
8x10 $2.95
print quality: poor.
35mm slide 3.95
slide quality: good |
Their prints
are lower resolution than other services, poor (and inconstant) color
rendition, and poor exposure control. Think K-Mart!. Slides were
rendered slightly yellow, and resolved about
22 lpm.
Album owners can download
the original images. |
|
Sony
ImageStation
sample
album
sample
picture
50 free prints as a
promotion |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
no |
2mb |
browser, email, drag-n-drop plugin |
direct links to albums,
direct links to original
images. |
thumbnails, medium
size, original image |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 3.45
prints by Ofoto |
| Sony has apparantly
abandoned their earlier, proprietary effort and decided to buy into the
business of offering free stuff. Their album management is from Zing,
and their prints from Ofoto. |
|
Zing
sample
album
sample
picture |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| no advertised limit |
no |
2 Mb |
browser, drag-n-drop plugin,
email |
direct links to albums,
direct links to original
images. |
thumbnails, smarter viewers,
plug-in slide show viewer |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99
11x14 4.99 |
| Zing has a
rather nice "slide show" viewer. You can submit photos by browser
upload, email, or a drag-n-drop plugin. They'll sell you the usual photo
doodads. They impose a 2mb limit on image size, but don't warn you until
you have already exceeded it (and waited for the upload to complete).
They also impose a 10mb per message email limit, which you'll hear about
only after you send the heavyweight message. It's probably a bad
idea to use email submission for large images anyway. |
|
PhotoPoint
sample
album
sample
picture |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| no limit is advertised |
yes |
photos are normally, scaled
to web size, but that can be overridden.
2kx2k maximum. FTP transfer
always resizes. |
email, browser, ftp, compupic |
direct links to albums,
deep links to individual
photos (good for ebay!) |
fit to various sizes |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99
prints by shutterfly |
Their online
viewer is good. New photos arrive in an "inbox" album after an unpredictable
delay for processing, and then must be be moved to other albums using a
simple web interface.
The sign-up procedure is
minimal - they don't even try to collect demographic info about you. |
|
Ememories
sample
album
sample
scanned roll |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| no limit is advertised |
free,
but
their mailers are cardboard with insufficient glue and perforations.
See note. |
no apparent limit |
browser.
Batch downloads are supported. |
direct links to albums |
thumbnails, medium size,
full size |
4x6 0.49
5x7 1.49
8x10 2.49
quantity discounts on prints
from physical negatives.
print quality: good |
Ememories
is being aquired by PhotoWorks (formrly Seattle Filmworks), and as of Feb
24 their site should be regarded as unreliable until the dust settles.
I particularly don't advise sending film to be processed.
This site has only a basic
viewer, and less convenient upload and album management. Overall
"less" here, but it works fine. Ememories is running a promotion
for free developing and scanning. Lead time from mailing (to a relatively
local address) to scanning completed was 6 days. The scans
seem to be standard picture disk quality, with a max resolution of 1536x1024.
Analog prints are standard "drug store" quality prints. A trifle
overexposed, but otherwise ok. Digital prints appear to have been
crudely histogram-equalized, which for some photos is just the right thing,
but for others (especially those originally with low contrast) can be a
disaster. Digital color had a definite yellow bias. Unusual
among all these sites, ememories makes it very easy to download images
en masse. |
|
Eframes.com
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
not stated |
browser |
direct links to albums |
thumbnails, medium size,
full size. |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99
11x14 4.99
also available framed and
in combo pages with multiple images in various sizes on a single
print.
print quality: excellent |
| This site seems
to exist to sell you framed prints, although unframed prints are available
in standard sizes up to 11x14; and also in "gang" format with multiple
prints of the same photo on an 8x10. Uploading and ordering are a
bit cumbersome for multiple photos. My test prints had a slight blue bias,
but were otherwise excellent. |
|
Webshots
sample
album
sample
picture
25 free prints as a
promotion |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
1600x1200 |
browser, email, album manager |
direct links to albums,
direct links to images. |
thumbnails, medium size,
full size |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99
prints by Ofoto |
| Webshots features
basic storage and viewing capabilities. This site is affiliated with excite.com. |
|
Cartogra.com
sample
album
50 Free prints as a
promotion. |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 100 mb or 100 pictures |
no |
5mb file size |
browser,
photo manager |
direct links to albums.
Cookies required. |
thumbnails, zoomable slide
show |
4x6 0.49
5x7 1.99
prints by Ofoto |
| This site is
associated with Hewlett Packard. It seems to have the good set of
standard features. Their photo manager/uploaded is based on ACDSee. |
|
Free
sites:
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| varies, usually multiple
megabytes |
no |
your choice |
ftp |
your choice |
your choice |
none |
There are many places to
get generic free web space these days. They're not photo sites per
se, but any web site could be a photo album with the right HTML.
I found a nifty free program called Albumatic
that
makes it really easy to create an "album" web site using any of these free
services, or for that matter any web space you happen to have access to.
Albumatic automates the process of importing a batch of photos into an
album, making thumbnails, adding captions, and exporting the whole shebang
to the web site. |
|
PrintRoom
sample
album
sample
picture |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 200 mb. inactive
albums are deleted after 6 months |
no |
no apparent limit |
browser, drag-n-drop plugin |
direct links to albums,
direct links to photos
are possible |
thumbnails, medium size,
original
image |
4x6 0.39
5x7 0.99
8x10 3.95
print quality: good |
| This site provides
basic free album upload and viewing capabilities, and would especially
like to sell you prints at reasonable prices. Their print ordering service
seems well organized. All the analog characteristics of their prints
are good; Exposure was precise, saturation a little low for my taste but
within the range of preference (rather than error), and color just a shade
bluish. However, digital scan line and moiré artifacts were
visible in large monochromatic areas, especially in large prints. |
|
Shutterfly
sample
album
25 Free prints as a promotion. |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
Free |
no apparent limit |
browser, drag-n-drop plugin,
desktop uploader |
you can issue invitations
to view arbitrary sets of images. |
thumbnails, small pictures |
4x6 0.49
5x7 1.99
8x10 3.99
print quality: very good. |
| Yet another
site still under development. The viewer is rudimentary, and the
general site organization is confusing. They have some interesting
options to add effects to images. Their prints are very good (not
as good as ofoto) but have one consistent, flagrant flaw with yellows (see
notes)
. Prints include text printed on the back, which some of the partners
let you control. Scanned images are the standard 1536x1024 scans,
but because of the tiny viewing size and the inabilty to download, it's
very hard to acess the quality or use scanned images for any other purpose. |
|
Homestead.com
sample
album
25 Free prints as a promotion. |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
Free |
no apparent limit |
browser, drag-n-drop plugin |
you can issue invitations
to view arbitrary sets of images. |
thumbnails, small pictures |
4x6 0.49
5x7 1.99
8x10 3.99
prints by shutterfly |
| Homestead.com
seems to be a broader "community" site that has bought a photo sharing
capability from shutterfly, and so has the same
basic advantages and disadvantages. However, the broader community
site is not smoothly integrated with the photosharing, and the interactions
can be pretty confusing. |
|
|
Snapfish
(no sample album) |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated. Inactive
accounts deleted after 6 months. |
yes |
not stated |
browser |
registration required for
viewing |
thumbnails, medium size |
4x6 0.59
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99 |
| Snapfish will
develop,
scan, print and ship your prints and negatives for a $3.98
per roll. Not quite free, but the cheapest way I know to get prints
and scanning. A sample roll sent to Snapfish, at a nearby location,
took 18 days to reappear as negatives and prints in my mailbox; and the
online notification of the prints arrived the same day. Apparently,
some extra-ordinary delay was involved, because Snapfish automated communications
(not in response to a complaint) apologized and contained additional freebies
in compensation. Print quality of the analog prints is standard "drug
store" quality; a little uneven in exposure, but quite satisfactory color.
There is no way to get high res digitial versions of scanned photos. |
|
OnlinePhotoLab.com
sample
album
sample
photo
site was offline at last check |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 50mb |
no |
no apparent limits |
browser,
zip archive |
direct links to albums
are possible.
direct links to original
images are possible |
thumbnails, images zoomable
to various sizes |
no |
This site's album system is a little nonstandard, but works well.
They accept lots of different formats of image, and can accept batches
of pictures zipped together in a single upload. They also feature
a large selection of image manipulation and special effects that can be
applied to images. Their viewer's default action when you select
a thumbnail is to view the image at full size, which is not a good choice
for large images. Also, the site's support emial is nonfunctional. |
PhotoIsland
sample
album
(password
is ddyer) |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 50mb |
no |
no apparent limit |
browser, drag-n-drop, ftp-like,
compupic |
guest password required |
thumbnails, medium size,
original
image |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99 |
| This site provides
the basic organizing, viewing, and photo gift features. It has a
particularly good set of upload options, |
|
GatherRound
sample
album
50 Free prints as a
promotion. |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 50 mb. Inactive albums
are deleted after 1 year |
no |
By default, pictures are
scaled to web size. This can be overridden with ftp upload. |
browser, ftp-like |
direct links to albums |
thumbnails, larger thumbnail,
medium size |
4z6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99
prints by Ofoto |
| This is another
pretty basic site. Pictures are stored at screen shot resolution,
probably only about 50 in their basic free service level. There is
a free album manger that can upload groups of photos, but it is pretty
slow when handling large images. The online album viewer is primitive,
but functional. |
|
Fotki.com
sample
album
sample
image |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
not stated, but seems to
store full res. |
browser, copy web URL,
compupic |
direct links to albums,
direct links to original image. |
thumbnails, web size, original
image |
none |
| This site seems
to be still under construction - no documentation of their policies or
features is provided - but the essential features seem to be present and
working. |
|
Nikonnet.com
sample
album
sample
image |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
no |
3mb |
browser, browser drag-n-drop,email |
direct links to albums,
direct links to original image. |
thumbnails, web size, original
image |
4x6 0.59
5x7 2.95
8x10 7.95 |
| This site was
built for Nikon by Zing, but seems to be inferior to
zing's main site in most ways. |
|
PictureTrail
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 10 mb |
yes |
scaled to selectable size,
or unscaled. limit of 400K |
browser |
direct links to albums,
direct links to individual photos |
thumbnails, uploaded size |
none |
| This site seems
to be associated with Seattle Filmworks. Their albums are basic and
limited to very small image files, but the site is easy to use and works
well. This site was originally known as
EasyFoto |
|
SeeMeSmile.com
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
500k file size |
browser |
direct links to albums |
thumbnails, small size |
not yet |
| New site with
basic services only, so far. |
|
Adobe
ActiveShare
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
limit of 500k |
browser, ftp-like |
direct links to albums,
links to individual pictures embedded in a page of stuff. |
thumbnails, full size |
prints by shutterfly |
| This site is
sponsored by Adobe (of Adobe Photoshop), and comes with a free album management
program. ActiveShare, the program, is a fairly simple album management
program, influenced by Picture-It and corrupted by Kai's photo tools.
It's heavy on concept, light on actual functionality, a bit confusing to
use, and still has obvious bugs. It does make it easy to upload
images to the activeshare web site. The activeshare images
web site is part of a universe called eCircles which
has delusions of becoming the focus of your interactions with other people
on the web, so there's a lot of stuff there, and image's aren't
the main focus. |
|
Fotango
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
Free |
no apparent limit |
browser |
two-click access to albums |
thumbnails, medium size. |
4x6 £0.49
5x7 £0.99
8x10 £1.99 |
| This site is based in the UK, with plans to expand into
the rest of the EU. Prices for full sets of prints from scanned images
are substantially better than the single print prices. |
|
PBase.com
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
no |
unlimited |
browser, single files or
zipped collections |
direct links to albums,
direct links to images |
thumbnails, medium size,
large, original image |
no |
| This site is
a quirky, personal effort. It's also adamantly noncommercial, no
banners, no products. Pbase also gives you more control over the
presentation than most sites. |
|
|
PhotoASA
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 10mb |
no |
your choice |
browser, album manager |
direct links to albums |
thumbnails, chosen
size |
no |
| This seems
to be mainly a demonstration site for the host company, hoping to attract
customers who want similar sites. Everything works, but it's all
very basic stuff. |
|
Yahoo
Photos
sample
album
first print order (15
prints) free |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 15 mb |
yes |
your choice |
browser, any URL |
direct links to albums,
direct links to photos
are possible. |
thumbnails, full size. |
4x6 0.49
5x7 1.99
8x10 4.99
prints by Shutterfly,
quality: very good. |
| This site is
developed for yahoo by shutterfly. Everything
works but there's nothing fancy here. Scanning service is by Photoworks
(formerly Seattle Filmworks). |
|
Imira.com
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 20 mb |
no |
2mb. Uploader defaults
to an image reduced to web resolution. |
browser, ftp-like. |
direct links to albums,
direct links to photos are possible. |
thumbnails, full size |
not yet |
| This site is
associated with Ulead software. It's very rudimentary at the moment.
Their uploader/browser, Ulead Photo
Explorer, is mostly excellent, but insists on mangling photos upon
upload. Defaults produce web resolution images, and it's not possible
to fully override the defaults. |
|
Opholio.com
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
1mb |
browser |
direct links to albums, |
thumbnails, small image |
no |
| This site seems
to exist mainly as a demo site for a service to set up similar sites.
The basic design is clean, but the services available are pretty limited.
The unique feature of this site is to set up your own virtual site, with
sub-accounts that can be created and managed independantly. |
|
live.av.com
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 5mb |
no |
individual photos limited
to 150k |
browser |
direct links to albums,
links to individual photos |
thumbnails, full size |
none |
| This site is
part of the AltaVista complex, and so is infested with all their ads.
Also note the small size of both storage and individual photos. |
|
MSN
communities
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 30 mb |
no |
no |
browser |
direct links to albums |
thumbnails, full size |
none |
| Microsoft's
community web site. Nothing special, but linked to their other services. |
|
homepages.go.com
sample
album
sample
image |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
not stated, but probably
2mb or less. |
browser,
any url |
direct links to albums,
direct links to photos |
thumbnails, full size |
none |
| Another community
web site. Nothing special, but linked to their other services.
Their site features a lead-you-by-the-hand wizard for building various
types of pages. |
|
|
Photo
Highway
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
1mb |
browser |
direct links to albums
links to individual pictures. |
thumbnails, medium size |
no |
| This site seems
primarily intended to be an "digital information" site, but there's not
much information compared to other sites. |
|
NBCi
(no sample album) |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
not stated |
browser |
no |
thumbnails, small size |
no |
| NBCi is a "virtual
community" site, which seems to be among the better organized of the type,
and which offers Photo Albums as one of their features, along with chat
rooms, discussion groups and so on. The albums are limited to displaying
fairly small images, and the viewer is relatively featureless, but functional.
They don't' seem to provide a way to provide a public link to albums, so
to view you have to join |
|
DigitalFridge.com
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
1.4mb |
browser |
direct links to albums
are possible. |
thumbnails, medium size.
Original
image.. |
no |
| This site is associated with Kensington,
who
sells digital frames. The site a a pretty minimal feature set, but
the presentation is fairly clean and simple, and it works. |
|
|
WebPhotos
(no sample album) |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
no apparent limit |
browser |
registration required to
view albums |
thumbnails, original
image |
no |
| Uploads to this site are strictly one-at-a-time. Their
viewer downloads the full sized images in a medium sized space, so you
wait to download the whole image, then get to see only a small version.
Dumb! |
|
Photocountry.com
sample
album
sample
image |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated, approximately
25mb |
no |
no apparent limit |
album manager |
direct links to albums,
direct links to original image |
thumbnails, original
image |
no |
| This site is lacking many basic features, but is apparently
still under development. |
|
|
Geofoto
sample
image |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 20mb |
soon |
2mb |
browser,upload tool, email |
direct links to full original
photos are possible. |
thumbnails, medium size,
Original
images. |
Yes, prices in Singapore
$, checks only. |
| This site is based in Singapore. interface is somewhat
confusing, but works once you figure it out. The upload tool is unresponsive
to inputs while uploading, but works. |
|
Photochannel
sample
album |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
yes |
4mb |
browser, uploader plugin |
direct links to albums |
thumbnails, medium size,
800x600 |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99 |
| This site seems
to be generally at an embryonic stage. |
|
Photoloft
sample
album
sample
picture |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 0 mb |
no |
no apparent restrictions |
browser,
ftp-like,
email,
album manager |
direct links to albums,
direct links to pictures scaled to various sizes. |
thumbnails, medium size,
full size, zoomable viewer |
4x6 0.49
5x7 1.99
8x10 3.99
print quality: very good. |
| March 23,
2001: Photoloft now requires paid membership at rates in the range
of $2/mb/yr, which seems pretty unrealistic considering the competition.
Their viewer is the best
for viewing single images, but is inconvenient if you want to scroll through
images at larger than thumbnail size. Uploading can be done from a browser,
email, or small ftp-only application, or using Compupic
a more elaborate album manager application. Their upload application
is a little buggy, but usable. Overall reliability of the site has
been marginal. Their prints are perfectly exposed, but their color
is a little bluish and some prints were not as sharp as they should be. |
|
Kodak
(no sample) |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| pay for what you use |
yes |
|
|
|
|
|
| I have to mention
Kodak, even though it is NOT free: you pay for the scanning, or for "blank
rolls" of space. You pay again for long term storage. You pay again
to download hires versions of your own images. However, they do
have one outstanding advantage: convenience. You can check a box
on most any roll of film you have developed, and have your developed photos
posted to Kodak's web site and delivered on a photocd, in addition to traditional
developing and printing. |
|
LogUSinc
(no sample album) |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| this site seems
to be not yet operational, but someday they'll have albums, photo gifts,
and high tech toilets (not a joke!). |
|
InfoPics.com
(no sample album) |
| free storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 6 images. |
no |
100k (yes, 100K) |
browser |
no |
full size |
no |
| Not really
useful as an album site due to the size and number of pictures they permit. |
|
