Officeworks photobooks

[Hyena]

Anyone had an officeworks photobook printed ?
I was going to go with momento.com.au but happened across these on the officeworks site which seem to be pretty similar.

http://www.officeworks.com.au/owbd/b2c/ ... html#Large

The A4 one is the same price as momento @ $80, but comes with 40 pages effectively making it $40 cheaper.

I'm curious as to the quality if anyone has seen them, if they're basically a stack of glorified colour photocopies bound together or proper prints.

Cheers

[Killakoala]

Your link is dead, but here's another one

http://www.officeworks.com.au/owbd/b2c/init.do

I have never heard of Officeworks doing this, but if you decide to do it, then maybe you can give us a review afterwards

I think Momento have an excellent reputation on this forum though.

Edit: Looks alright on the website.

[Yi-P]

I'm not sure what office work people will do with printing process, will they all be automated like those kiosks out there and 'corrects' colours for you? Or they are all colour calibrated machines to meet specific standards? I have never heard of them doing such work but might worth a try.


Tho, if you are printing out your wedding photos, don't save up the $40. Maybe those shots taken during your trip are worth trying out with office work first.

[Killakoala]

I am guessing, but i'd say they would outsource something like this.

[losfp]

Hmmm.. I'm looking to do something for our wedding/honeymoon (to complement our proper album) so I might give them a try. I already have a momento book, but it wouldn't hurt to check out a couple of places.

[Hyena]

Maybe those shots taken during your trip are worth trying out with office work first.

My intentions exactly

I went down to officeworks yesterday and they had a sample book there. I haven't seen a momento one to compare but image quality aside the covers on these looked pretty cheap and crappy - like those cheap $2 "leatherette" diaries. Maybe the external appearance of the momento ones are no better ?

I'll probably get one for the honeymoon album anyway, but I might look at other options for the wedding album. I know one thing though, I won't be paying $1000+ for an album like various photographers have quoted!

[mistarusson]

3 years on, (sorry I'm late) I'm guessing a few of you may have tried already, but if not Officeworks are worth a try. Quality, not bad for the price, fairly good binding. Material covers or photo-wrap covers look good. Not coffee-table book quality, but it will last a while. We have 3 now, inc. honeymoon, wedding & another wedding one - the (now) wife got a bit too into it

The albums are taken around quite a bit (& back to UK) to friends, family - still good condition & sit nicely on a bookshelf.

I believe they outsource, quick turnaround (4-5 days on all 3, separate months, they quote longer). I pick-up, may be able to courier to home address but bent edges may occur . Guessing.

If you have print production training and/or developed from film, you will pick a few floors. But if you also use photo kiosks (as discussed), you will accept the quality & price with a smile.