Saal Digital Pro line photobook
I got the Saal digital professional line photobook for free (actually £1 after postage), discounted from £101. This makes it a great deal, obviously. But the question is: is it worth the full price?
The front cover of the book is stunning, a great way to showcase the image (although it's always hard to choose which on to go on the front.), and it seems durable. The main pages are high quality and thick. The lay flat feature is better than any others that I've seen, in that it actually works well - pages can go over the crease with relatively little interruption both, and not just at the middle of the book. The prints are great - no faults there at all. I've had two problems with the book, that for a £100 book i wouldn't expect. The first is the first and last page, the photo paper is stuck to the cover, but the leather cover only goes about 2cm inside this. This leaves a weird bump on the first and last print in the book, not ideal. The other issue i've had is the short edge of pages became slightly crinkled, this has gone since buying a dehumidifier so i think it may have been an issue to do with this, but i'm not sure. It had me worried at first but is now gone so who knows?
My conclusions are that this, discounting the first and last page, is great for a £100 photobook. However, i probably wouldn't spend £100 on a photobook at full price, but it has inspired me to get my photos printed more regularly, most likely in a Saal Digital book. Also the software was easy to use.