DotPhoto.com
sample
album
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
Yes |
10 mb |
browser,
email, ftp, snail mail, Windows IE plugin. Original
Images can be downloaded. |
direct
links to albums |
thumbnails,
medium size. |
4x6 0.29
5x7 0.95
8x10 2.95
12x18 9.99
print
quality: variable
Matte prints
are available |
Dotphoto is adequate as a viewing and sharing site, but
their real focus is to sell prints and enlargements; Their print
quality
can be very good, as is control over cropping of your prints. On the
other hand, perhaps from sheer volume, I receive more complaints about
Dotphoto prints than for other sites, so proceed cautiously.
Besides free storage, inexpensive print pricing and bulk
discounts,. they sell what amounts to prepaid print service at bargain
rates. In addition to selling your prints to you, they will also sell
them to anyone else at prices you specify, and you get the
difference. They accept almost any form of image through the
mail,
including undeveloped film and negatives, but seem to have a cavalier
attitude about returning negatives or CDs.
|
| Platform Notes: Macintosh
users are well supported, except there is no convenient bulk uploader. |
|
|
Club Photo
sample
album
sampleunenhanced
scanned roll
sampleenhanced
scanned roll
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
unlimited
|
yes
$1 prepaid
mailers. |
less than
4kx4k |
browser,
album manager, uploader application (both mac and pc)
|
direct
links to albums,
direct links original image . |
thumbnails,
medium size, original image (paid accounts only)
. Slide show. |
4x6 0.25
5x7 0.60
8x10 3.99
print
quality: good
Matte
prints are available
|
| 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. If you are a paying customer, It's possible to
download the scanned images one at time through their interface, or buy
a CD for $4.69. The only thing wrong with the develop/scan/upload
service is that negatives are not delivered in individual sleeves. |
| Platform Notes: Macintosh
users are supported by iview |
|
|
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: good.
Matte prints are available.
35mm
slide 3.95
slide
quality: good
|
| Print quality is now quite good (greatly improved from
earlier results). Nice and sharp but color not quite perfect.
Slides were rendered slightly yellow, and resolved about 22
lpm. Album owners can download the original
images . Photoaccess is also prepared to set up partner sites
with pro photographers. |
| Platform Notes: Macintosh
users are well supported. |
|
|
Ofoto
no sample album
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
Yes |
10mb |
browser,
drag-n-drop plugin,
ftp-like |
Registration
is required to view photos. |
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. |
|
|
Sony ImageStation
no sample album
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
no |
3mb |
browser, email, drag-n-drop plugin, mass upload plugin |
Registration is required to view images.
|
thumbnails,
medium size, original image |
4x6 0.39
5x7 0.99
8x10 3.49
Matte prints on large sizes.
prints by Ofoto |
| This site
includes some interesting special effect engines that can be applied to
photos. |
| Platform Notes: Macintosh
users are well supported by the site's software, and by iview |
|
|
PBase.com
sample album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image
size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
$23/yr for 100mb
|
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 one-man effort, supported by nominal fees
collected from the users. You can still sign up for free,
but It's unclear what will happen if you don't pay. Pbase
is
adamantly noncommercial: no banner ads, no products to sell.
Pbase
gives you more control over the presentation than most sites. |
Platform Notes: Macintosh
users get equal treatment.
|
|
|
Fotki.com
sample album
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
10mb
free. Unlimited for $30/yr.
|
no |
unlimited |
browser,
ftp, copy web URL,activeX control (IE only), java applet, compupic.
Ftp downloads are also supported.
|
direct
links to albums, direct links to original
image |
thumbnails,
web size, original
image |
3 x 5 $
.19
4 x 6 $ .19
5 x 7 $ .95
8 x 10 $1.99
11 x 14 $4.99
|
Fotki allows albums to be structured in a hierarchy, like
your file system; If you have a lot of categories, this could be
a
very useful feature. There is no advertising. There are
some other value-added
services such as "co-branding" which gives your albums a short
URL.
|
Platform Notes: Mac users
are well supported
|
|
www.digitalpics.us
sample album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image
size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
7 day trial.
500 images/$35/yr
|
no |
unlimited |
browser, java applet |
direct links to albums, direct links to
individual images, original image |
thumbnails, medium size, original
image |
no |
| This site is an independant effort by
a small company; a nice, original effort - not a "me too".
This ad-free site runs on a subscription model. |
|
|
|
GroveStreet.com
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
2mb |
browser,
ftp |
direct
links to albums |
thumbnails,
medium size, large, original image |
no |
The basic features you expect are here, and the
owner/operator is obviously putting a lot of thought and effort into
making a site which is not just a me-too to all the other sites.
Best of all, he seems to read and respond to his email. The only
caveat for this site is that it's a hobby, not a business. From
some points of view that's a good thing!
|
|
|
FotoTime
sample
album
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 30 day
free trial. 23.95/yr for 250 mb |
no |
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 uncluttered by advertising, 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. |
|
|
Webshots
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| about 240
images |
no |
1600x1200 |
browser,
email, album manager |
direct
links to albums |
thumbnails,
medium size, full size |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99
prints by Ofoto
|
| Webshots features basic storage and viewing
capabilities. |
| Site Notes: This site was affiliated by
excite@home, but has been sold back to the original developers,
rescuing
it from excite@home's bankrupcy (for now). |
|
|
Cartogra.com
HPphoto.com
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 100 mb |
no |
5mb file
size |
browser,
photo manager |
direct
links to albums. Cookies required. |
thumbnails,
zoomable slide show |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 3.99
prints byOfoto |
| 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 . |
|
|
Any Web Site
sample Web Album
Album
sample
Jalbum 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 free or cheap
web space these days. They're not photo sites per se, but any web
site could be a photo site with the right HTML. Consequently, one of
the
best choices to present images is to prepare your albums to be viewed
as
an ordinary web site. You get complete control over the format
and
presentation, and you can view the result using any web browser, either
directly from your disk (you don't have to run a web server to do
this),
from an archive CD, or from a real web site.
Several free programs exist to automate the process of creating "web
site" albums; Web Album Generator.
is freeware. Jalbum is
a java-based freeware program (which presumably means it is available
to Mac and Linux users). In the also-ran category, is PhotoAlbumStudio, which works but
needs lots of improvement. In the "untested. but looks plausible"
category is Pixmatrix.
It's also worth mentioning other programs that specialize in making
fancy presentations of your photos for offline presentaitons from disk
or CD. One I've used is FlipAlbum
|
|
|
ImageEvent.com
sample
album
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 25 images
for 3 weeks.. $24.95/yr for 1500 |
no |
5mb, 10mb
for paid members
|
browser,
browser based uploader,
ftp, zipped multiple images, email, snail mail.
|
direct
links to albums are possible. Direct links to images are possible
for paying members. |
thumbnails,
small size, other intermediate sizes up to
Original images . |
4x6 0.45
5x7 0.95
8x10 2.95 |
This site works pretty well and has some
nice customization options. It's also ad-free.
|
|
|
NetSnapshot.com
sample
album
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
no
|
no
apparent limit |
browser |
direct
links to albums |
fit to
various sizes, including Original images . |
no |
This site has basic viewing, no frills. The
viewer is adequate and the presentation uncluttered. The main
limitation is that upload is strictly one-at-a-time (but zipped
collecections can be uploaded).
|
8/2003
- Closed to new
accounts.
|
|
PrintRoom
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 200
mb. inactive albums are deleted after 6 months |
no |
7mb |
browser,
drag-n-drop plugin, mailed CDs, uploader |
direct
links to albums,
direct links
to photos are possible |
thumbnails,
medium size, original image (for
album owner only) |
4x6 0.39
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99
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. It's
particularly
easy to get URLs for ebay use from Printroom, but you have to be have
to
be happy with their smallish scaled copy of your image. |
|
|
Shutterfly
sample
album
15 Free
prints as a promotion.
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
Yes |
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 0.99
8x10 3.99
print
quality: very good.
|
The viewer is less featureful than some, 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. Print prices
are lower if you prepay.
|
|
|
Snapfish
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| Unlimited.
Inactive accounts deleted after 11 months. |
yes |
3mb |
browser |
Registration
required for viewing |
thumbnails,
medium size |
4x6 0.39
5x7 0.75
8x10 3.79
print
quality: excellent |
| High res images for prints are only retained for 90 days,
but medium res images for web viewing are retained indefinitely. 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. High res
scans (actually, picture disk resolution scans) can be downloaded
for a fee, starting at 0.49 each, or you can buy a photoCD for $9.99
They also offer substantial discounts on prepaid prints.. |
|
|
photo.Epson.com
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
not stated |
email,
browser,ftp |
direct
links to albums |
fit to
various sizes, including Original images . |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99
prints byshutterfly |
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.
Ftp using the same login to ftp.photo.epson.com. Ftp downloads
are also possible.
|
| Platform Notes: This was once an official
"powered by" photopoint site, so ran similar
software. They somehow managed to save their content from the
wreck of photopoint and reinstitute their service independantly. |
|
|
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.
|
|
|
Nikonnet.com
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
50mb.
Inactive accounts deleted after 90 days.
|
no |
not stated |
browser,
ftp-like uploader |
direct
links to albums |
thumbnails,
web size |
4x6 0.59
5x7 2.95
8x10 7.95 |
| This site is "powered by" Arcsoft.
Storage is unlimited, but the viewing environment is cluttered and
doesn't provide a very friendly viewing experience. |
| Platform Notes: Macintosh
users are well supported. |
|
|
Fotango
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
Yes |
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. Print quality is reported to be good. |
|
|
fotopic.net
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
250 mb
|
no |
no
apparent limit |
browser,
email, ftp |
direct
links to albums are possible. Direct links to individual images are
possible.
|
thumbnails,
medium sized, original
image |
4x6 £0.47
5x7 £0.75
8x10 £2.97 |
Another
U.K based site. New submissions are randomly screened for
inappropriate content, and direct links are subject to limitations that
effectively mean you can't link from another web site, but you can pass
links around to friends. Print prices are about halved if you
order 40+ prints.
|
|
|
Photofun.com
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
no |
not stated |
browser, ftp (for paying customers) |
direct links to albums |
thumbnails, medium size,
original image |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99 |
| This site offers a fairly clean looking
picture album, and a variety of tools for constructing story-oriented
"scrapbooks" "web sites" "galleries" and so on. Paying
customers get FTP uploads, free customers get browser only. The
exact presentation of the pictures isn't very flexible - for example
"photo albums" let you view thumbnails and original images only, but
scrapbooks let you view only small sized view of images. |
|
|
PictureCD.com
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
no |
2mb |
browser,
compupic |
direct
links to albums are possible. |
thumbnails,
medium sized, original image |
no |
| This site is associated with PhotoDex.com . It has basic
viewing and sharing facilities, but nothing special. The uploader
deals poorly with oversize images. |
|
|
xpphoto
sample
album
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
30 day
free trial
19.95 / yr for 300mb
|
no |
no
apparent limit |
browser |
direct
links to albums.
|
thumbnails,
small, medium size. Original images cab be downloaded.
|
4x6 0.18
5x7 0.38
8x10 1.88
matte
prints available
|
This site is pretty generic; their real emphasis is on
selling prints cheaply. I have not tested their prints.
|
|
|
|
Yahoo Photos
no sample album
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 30 mb |
no |
your
choice |
browser,
any URL |
Registration
is required to view anything. |
thumbnails,
small, full size for paying customers.
|
4x6 0.25
5x7 1.99
8x10 4.99
prints by Shutterfly , quality: very good.
|
| Everything works but there's nothing fancy here, and the ads
are BIG.
Paid rates start at 24.95/yr for 50 mb. |
|
|
PhotoDB.SanteeWeb.com
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
40 mb
|
no |
1mb |
browser |
direct
links to albums |
thumbnails,
medium size, large size |
no |
This site is a photo subsection of a
community portal (Santee California), but open to the general public.
The web interface leads you one step at a time, which makes it easy to
use. If your needs fit within the rather limited storage and
too-smalll image size, this site is ok.
|
|
|
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. |
|
|
PictureFuse.com
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| unlimited |
no |
500K,
1280x1280
(4000 x 1280,
for pano's) |
browser |
direct to
private or public galleries |
thumbnails,
reduced size, full size |
not yet |
This site is fairly clean and simple in appearance, but the
250K limit on file size and browser-only upload severly limit its
usefulness. Affiliate site photobucket.com
allows direct linking.
|
|
|
PhotoIsland
sample
album
(password
is ddyer)
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 10mb
free, 50mb for $20/yr. |
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.
Effective Sept 16 2002 inactive accounts will be deleted after 90
days, free members will be limited to 4 visits per day, and paid
members
to 10 visits per day. |
|
|
Photo.net
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
not
stated, no apparentl limitation |
browser |
direct
links to albums |
thumbnails,
meduim size, Original image . |
no |
| This site aspires to be a place for serious photographers to
display, discuss, criticise, and learn. The interface requires
you
to record some technical details about each photo, and uploading is one
at a time, both of which discourage mass presentations. |
|
|
PhotoASA
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
$20/yr for
30 mb
|
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. |
|
|
RitzPix
no sample album
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 100
uploaded images for 30 days |
yes |
3mb |
browser,
upload applet (ie only)
|
no direct links.
|
thumbnails, small size.
|
4x6 0.39
5x7 1.49
8x10 4.99
|
Primarily a site for viewing images
processed by Ritz camera outlets. Uploads or scans from film are
kept for 30 days. You can buy permanant space, starting at about
0.20/image/year.
|
|
|
PictureTrail
no sample album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 36 images
or 20 mb. |
no |
no
apparent limit |
browser |
direct
links to albums, direct links to individual photos |
thumbnails,
uploaded size |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99 |
| Their albums are basic, with thumbnails down the left
side and a viewing area in the rest of the frame. The site is
easy
to use and works well. You can pay for more storage. Policy
changes scheduled for Dec 2002 seem likely to make this site useless as
a free service, but paid service should still be viable. |
|
|
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 |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 20mb |
soon |
2mb |
browser, |
direct
links to full originalphotos 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.
Direct links are valid only for 2 weeks. |
|
|
| photojo.com |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 50mb |
no |
5 mb |
browser, email, fotowire
software,
bulk uploader for IE only. |
Registration is required to view shared albums. |
thumbnail, small and medium size |
4x6 0.39
5x7 0.95
8x10 3.95 |
Fotowire software isn't useful for building
albums, only for placing print orders. Emailed photos took a long
time to appear.
|
|
|
Photobox.co.uk
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 50 mb |
no |
not stated |
browser,
uploader |
direct
links to albums |
thumbnails,
medium size |
4x6 £0.25
5x7
£0.42
8x10 £2.13 |
U.K. based site. Claims favorable
press coverage, but seems pretty ordinary.
|
|
|
|
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. |
|
|
ShutterPort
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
54mb |
browser,
uploader plugin |
direct
links to albums |
thumbnails,original image |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.95
8x10 2.95 |
| The interface is limited to a single album, and there is no
provision to display intermediate sized images. |
|
|
|
DigitalPrintStore
sample
album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
no |
no
apparent limit |
browser |
direct
links to albums |
thumbnails,
medium size, original image . |
4x6 0.50
5x7 1.25
8x10 3.00 |
| This site is a little flakey to use, uses tiny fonts and badly matched colors
(red on black does NOT read!). It also displayed the full sized
image in a nonresizable medium sided window, so you pay full download
price for reduced resolution viewing. Overall not a winner. |
|
|
|
Starphoto
sample album
|
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 150 photos |
no |
1mb |
browser, email, web url |
direct links to individual albums, individual images |
thumbnails, meduim size |
no |
Images are arranged on pages of 25
images. Extra pages are available for a fee (or create more free
accounts).. Inactive accounts get deleted after 6 months.
The viewer is pretty basic but relatively uncluttered.
|
|
|
Photochannel
no sample album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
30 days
free
0.49/mb/year |
no |
not stated |
browser,
uploader |
direct
links to albums |
thumbnails,
medium size |
4x6 0.49
5x7 0.99
8x10 2.99 |
| This site seems to do gnerally the right things, however the
recently instituted pricing of 0.49/mb/year is probably the early
warning sign of impending doom. (Lets see, at current retail disk
prices
for disk, around 0.0025/mb, how much markup is that?) |
| Platform Notes: Upload broken
using Netscape 4.7 PC |
|
|
parentshack.com
sample album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| 2mb free |
no |
2mb |
browser |
direct
links to albums possible. |
web size,
original image |
no |
| Intended for sharing family photos.
49.95/yr for 25mb. Rather expensive considering the small storage space
for the price, but free of advertizing. |
|
|
Photoworks
sample
scanned album |
| free
storage |
scanning |
image size |
upload |
album
links |
viewer |
prints etc. |
| not stated |
yes |
unlimited,
but re-compressed |
ftp-like |
direct
links to albums |
thumbnails,
small size, medium size |
4x6 0.19
5x7 0.95
8x10 1.95 |
| Photoworks is the new name for Seattle Filmworks, a
well-known (if not well respected) low cost player in the traditional
mail order film processing business. Analog prints from the
scanned roll were good, but the scans are awful (greenish, overexposed:
see scanned
album ) and half the resolution of other services. Digital
images can only be added using their uploader program, which
recompresses the images, and is not available for Macintosh or Windows
NT. |
|
|
WebPhotos
sample
album |
|
