Color Fringing with Disposable

I'm trying to help my mom improve the quality of her snapshots a bit. She
just showed me a batch and they were lacking, in my opinion. The grain was
enormous and detail nonexisten even on 4x6 prints; this is due to the 800
speed film in the Kodak disposable camera. I advised her to go with
something slower, especially since all the pics are taken outside or with
blinding flash. The other problem is that the prints have some sort of
color fringing. For example, every black object with a light background has
a strong magenta line along the edge. Is that from the crappy one-element
plastic lens, or could it be from the printer? The paper is Fuji Crystal.
I doubt the paper could cause that effect, but maybe the enlarger has
alignment problems? The prints almost look like they were scanned in
low-res JPEGs printed off on a $20 inkjet. Mom thinks they are pretty nice,
though, so maybe I should just leave her alone, although I'd prefer our
family album photos not render us eternally in a magenta fuzz.

What's the aperture on those disposables anyway?

 

Try a different processor, and buy your mother a decent point and shoot,
like this one:
http://tinyurl.com/5oemn

 

Get her a decent point and shoot, like a Olympus Stylus Epic. Terrific
lens. Less than $100.

Mike

 

I have found the grain to be very acceptable in most modern day 800 speed
films at 4 X 6. The fixed plastic lens in the disposable single-use camera
is more likely the root of the problem.