Disclaimer: anything I put into this entry is purely based on my own experience.  All content is my personal opinion.

Continuing with online printers: this is the last company that I’ll review, and my favorite.  You’ll see why:

Color shifting: Want to avoid it altogether?  Download their color profiles (one per paper/print type). Output your images with that color profile, and what you’ll see, you’ll get.  Take that back: one time their printers were out of calibration.  They re-printed free of charge. Thumbs up, obviously.

Crops: for smaller pics, maybe a pixel.  Larger pics (up to 16×20, in my experience): maybe three pixels. As good as it gets.

Paper quality: all quality papers (Kodak, usually), and you get your choice of finish.  Includes metallics, glossy, others… More thumbs up.

Sharpness: I’ve generally had it hit or miss with them until the most recent print job.  I finally found that they’re considered a “contone print shop”, and you do “contone sharpening”. More about that another day, though.

Overall: AdoramaPix has pretty much earned my loyalty.  Some prices might be higher than with competitors, but the quality is there and they cater to the more advanced amateur & pro alike.