Hard copy prints

Remember that if your having a print done of a picture, generally there is quite a bit of the picture that doesn't come out from around the edge. My advice would be to make sure the subject matter is well in the centre of the picture to allow for the edge removal.

Bazza

I think this depends greatly on who is printing the picture and what printer they're using. I print on a Canon IPF5000, and it doesn't crop unless I specifically tell it to. A high quality professional service will not crop off areas of your print that you don't specify you want cropped.

Kind of see where you're coming from Bazza if you're handing a memory card over in a shop for generic bulk printing @ a given ratio - A4, 7X5 or 6X4 etc

Home printing obviously gives you control over print size and ratios - as does the likes of photobox etc where you can specify the ratio and position the 'crop' yourself as you order online.

I haven't had this problem either (and I rarely centre my subject) but then I recrop to the size I am having printed.

I sadly have. I did a lovely family photo, took it and printed it A4 size and it cut about half a person even though there was quite a bit of background to the side of it.

Can I ask where you had the printing done perrodeagua? Was it a pro lab?

NO it was only local supermarket, it was just a arush thing so know would never use them again. THough I don't usually do hard copy prints anyway.

Ahhh, I am trying to choose a printer, and I am learning that you get what you pay for!

Yeah, that's pretty much how it is. Epson and canon are in my experience the best printers. It really depends on how and what you're printing.

Its commercial printing that cut bits off, not your own printers. You can see or change what you print yourself.