[photo-3d] Lenticular prices

["Jim Harp" <matmail2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>...I don't know why the 3 lense prices are higher than the 
>prices for 4 lense cameras.

I think it's because a roll shot in a 3 lens camera produces more prints
than a roll shot in a 4 lens camera.

> (5" X 7" prints) seem to be made with a lot more care, and the $10.52 charge
>per print hasn't gone up in the recent price increases.   Jim Harp
>
> It hasn't?  The price list I found
> (http://www.i3dx.com/nsprinordform.html) lists a price of
> "$20.82/print."

Apparently they're sending out diffferent price lists.  With my last order
two weeks ago I got back an order form listing $60 per roll but still $10.82
per 5 X 7.  I think I'll hurry up and use that order form!

>Who knows - are lenticular prices so high because they have a lot of
>users(?) and there are very few places to go, or because they are so
>labor intensive to make, or because they have lots of scraps and waste
>because it is hard to make decent prints? Any guesses?

This is just speculation, but my guess is the real profit in lenticular
printing is in mass production, producing CD covers, baseball cards and
video tape boxes.  Compared to a 10,000 piece order, a roll of film from a
Nimslo might seem like more trouble than it's worth.  Certainly the labor
cost per print is much higher, and maybe they'd rather we all just forget
the whole thing.  I too am interested to hear more about any international
printing options or do-it-yourself kits.  Jim Harp