Couple of days ago I saw someone on Twitter mention the newly launched MpixPro, a new printing lab with focus on pro photographers. I thought, what the heck, let’s check it out. I went on their web-site, read all I could about it and applied for the account. I got my acceptance response in less than three hours, then the same night I uploaded 5 test photos they printed and shipped to me for free, and today I already have my photos on hand. Not a bad start.

Here is the thing. I’ve always wanted Mpix to enter this kind of market and compete with other labs who cater to heavy printing photographers. I stuck with Mpix for several years now, even though they did not have a web-site dedicated to pro photographers, and I’ve always been happy with their service. Their web-site is easy to operate, their prints look great and arrive in boxes that allows prints to remain unfolded no matter what size, and I always get them fast. Well, now they have entered that market, and I’m sure you will hear more about the service in the near future from many other photographers who are signing up right now. In fact, Scott Kelby wrote today he’ll have a review coming up soon.

My first impression is that this is going to be the way I will print from now on. Their prices are, of course, the same as Mpix’ regular service, but the nice feature is that they charge just $4 for FedEx the next day option. Their catalog is also twice the size and they added a whole load of new press products, and several fine art papers. What I also loved is that along with my prints, which I got in the usual Mpix’ high quality, they’ve included a paper sample kit, displayed on the photo below, which gives me a good idea of what other papers are. With all the new products, it’s handy that I can know that without having have to spend any money to test those papers out.

I hope Mpix succeeds in this new endeavor. I’ll post a more detailed review in the future after I use the service for an extended period of time.

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