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I'm not locked down on any one procedure yet, though I do exclusively edit and print my Olympus C-700 pics on my HP 1215 Photosmart, but For my "Other camera" (an Argus M5700D: AF 38-135mm zoom) I do a "double": I get them developed at Wal-Mart, but I always get the 99 cent digital download version of the pics directly from the stores developer (you upload the pics to Wal-Marts site via the developers batch number, and then download them to your PC in three resolutions up to 2mp). This has worked great for me, and gives me the freedom to have one set in hand, and also have them digitally. This saves me a tremendous amount of time and is actually less expensive than the batteries/paper/ink/time cost of being exclusively digital. The Olympus is too bulky to go on vacation, so it's relegated to "events" like school stuff, recitals, Holidays and the like, so the Argus gets still gets the bulk of the work. The Argus goes on trips because it's light, fast, and I won't be crying a river if it gets broke or lost.
Had Wal-Mart had the digital downloads for a buck when my Mrs gave my my Olympus, I might have had her take it back. I do like it, but it is so (physically)clumsy, slow, and battery eating compared to even the cheapest point and shoot 35mm that my Wal-Mart method is seeming more logical/better to me every time I do it.
The big advantage (for me) with digital is having a large card for the camera and taking gobs of shots, so you'll be able to filter through them later and only print the GEMS, which is why I do still use it for "events".
Now if I can just finish scanning 30 years of negatives and prints that we have from BEFORE the digital revolution...
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