Ofoto Online Store

Update: As of March 2005 Ofoto.com has become KodakGallery.com. Not quite as snappy a name, in my opinion, but it's still the same service I know and love. End of Update When I purchased my d igital ...

Pros: easy to use site, crisp output on Kodak paper and free prints
Cons: be careful of the cropping of photos

A few months ago I was surfing around and noticed that NBCI had partnered with Ofoto (A Kodak company) and was offering 25 free prints to sign up. Even though I was already a member of Photoworks, 25 free prints is 25 free prints. So I signed up. In a...

Pros: Free Photo processing and free shipping
Cons: Pictures come out not to your expectations

Recently, I signed up to receive free photo processing from a program called ofoto. What you do is go to the sight, sing up and they send you a few envelopes with free postage to place your used rolls of film to so that they could develop them for you...

Pros: Easy to use Site, Offers online viewing, sharing, and printing
Cons: Not as presentable for sharing albums, Doesn't support Linux users.

I have been using several photo sites for the past year because they all offer something different or better. I will review this one first since it was the first one I tried. As long as I'm writing I don't have to clean the bathroom so this is going to...

Pros: Great deal, expires June 30, 2001, get 25 prints and $25 amazon G.C.
Cons: Pay shipping of $2.49

Update 4/4/01: Got my $25 Amazon GC today :-)

I love a great deal. When I saw this one for the
Ofoto photo processing website, I had to try it. I
have used Snapfish for on-line photos in the past and
was happy...

Pros: amazing quality reprints; speedy service; the convenience of hosting your online photos
Cons: none that I am aware of

It was over two years ago that I received the flyer in the mail for free development of photos using Ofoto.com. The flyer sat on our kitchen table for a few weeks and we didn't do anything with it. Then, after a trip up to New York City, my husband...

Pros: I’m a satisfied repeat user for the ease of use and quality of product.
Cons: You have to wait a few days for your pictures.

Ofoto was one of the first internet photo developing services. This review will focus on the digital side of photo development and Ofoto's web site.

My Experiences

I've used the service several times and have been...

Pros: Excellent multi-photo (uploading, ordering) functionality, beautiful prints, nicely formatted album
Cons: Must register in order to see someone's album; can't password-protect an album, only prints offered

Update 11/12/00: I’m happy to say that Ofoto no longer requires your friends and family to register at their site before viewing your photos!

I love Ofoto. It looks good, it's got a user-friendly interface, it does an outstanding job...

I have ordered from Ofoto in the past and wasn't that pleased with the quality of my prints (6/2002). My mother-in-law also placed a large order in early 2003 and many of the photos were terrible -- however, I had told her not to place that order as ...

Every year at Christmas I like to give photo gifts to my family. At some point during the year I will find excuses to take group photos and family photos and for Christmas I'll give them as framed prints and photo calendars. I find that my sister enjoys ...

Pros: free and easy to use
Cons: really need good resolution camera for excellent pictures

I started using OFOTO.com a couple of months ago. I love the concept of being able to group the pictures together and email the link to the album to my friends and family. This saves the big long emails and the chance of filling up someones mail box....

Pros: Great features, easy to view albums, easy to accumulate free prints
Cons: Very difficult to upload (unclear why), poor customer service help

I want to love Ofoto. And in some ways I do. But I also hate it. Allow me to elaborate.

I read a review of Ofoto about a month ago, just weeks after my husband's workplace bought him a digital camera. Needless to say, he's had to wrestle the...

Pros: Cheap, great services
Cons: none

When I got my digital camera about 6 months ago, I started looking into ways to get my digital photos printed out. At the time, there were only a few services out there, and ofoto was brand new.

How Ofoto got me hooked
Admittedly,...

Pros: Easy upload, High Quality, Fast Service
Cons: None

After buying my digital camera, the resources to have prints made were few. An obvious choice was Kodak's Online Print Service, but at a cost, about twice the normal printing rates, but they could be picked up at my local Rite-Aid.

I...

Pros: Nice prints, online photo sharing
Cons: There is no one-hour service when the US Mail is involved

I was referred to Ofoto through MyPoints, a web-based point-earning program. At first, I only registered at Ofoto to get my 100 points. I had no intention of actually using their services. I'm like that sometimes I just use something to get what I...