I was at my local Costco the other day, and checked out their photo lab and was surprised not only with their prices for prints, but that they offered scanning services, from negatives and slides. The price for a low-res is only $.29 each, and hi-res (their hi-res is 3139px x 2048px) is $.79. Compare that to the local “pro” photography shop’s prices of $3.95 for a 1024×768 scan from a 35mm slide! So, I decided to have them do hi-res scans of 27 of my slides. Most of them came out better than I expected, although there were a couple that made it look like the slide was over-exposed. Anyways, the image above shows the complete slide, while the detail below shows the scan at 100%.

Not bad at all! Next I am going to have them do a couple of 8×10 prints. One from the scan ($1.79), and one from the slide ($1.96) and see how they compare. The examples they have at the store are great quality. I am curious to see how it turns out.