Just a quick report/review on my recent purchase of some metal prints from Bay Photo.
I have been looking for an alternative to fotoflots for a while. Fotoflots are great, don't get me wrong, but they are a bit pricey and the mounting system is a bit overdone.
I put in an order with bay photo for 3 16"x24" metal prints on glossy. Order was placed on a Sunday. Prints were completed on Monday Morning and shipped out that same day. From what I know, they were shipped from California overnight air to Canada. Northern Saskatchewan Canada to be exact.
I received the prints on Wednesday afternoon much to my surprise! The amazing thing was, only $10 duty from UPS. They finally changed their duty/brokerage fee to make it much much more reasonable to use them. I used to pay $50-60 in brokerage fees when I used UPS.
So obviously, very quick amazing service from Bay photo, but how are the prints?
In a short word.... AMAZING!
They are super light weight and so easy to mount. They have a foam mounting block on the back of them to float them off the wall. Attached to that is another little piece of aluminum with a hole in it to hang your print from a single nail! YES, very easy! I had all 3 prints hung in under 2 minutes.
The gloss is nice, but if you have any windows in the room, you will want to go with satin. Color and print quality is identical to what I get from my calibrated monitor and my prints out of my Epson 2880.
They are weatherproof and scratch proof. You can clean them with any mild cleaner. The float block is nice and hidden compared to the fotoflot metal which can be seen when you at shallow viewing angles to the float.
All in all, I'm very impressed and will be doing business again with them!
Here are some photos:
