Hello. I just submitted earlier a photo taken with my LG G2 smartphone and submitted to Shutterstock. It has a good camera and images are sharp and clear like most photos shooted with high end smartphone cameras. Was it a good ideea to submit it to Shutterstock? Will they aprove smartphone photos or I should delete the file before the inspection?

i never see the need to spend on a smartphone to take photographs. but if u think the images are good enough for ss, why not? u never know until it is approved.
altho not a big fan of smartphones, i also do not see the need to ask with what camera or smartphone something was taken with; that to me is like asking the painter which brush or brand of oil-paint was used before buying the painting.
what's the difference? would it make it any better if you knew ?
do you ask a baker which baking fluor was used before you buy the bread or pastry?
let us know if ss approved them. yuri will be happy 2know that too

I have had images form my iphone 5c accepted. sometimes I downsize a little to 6mp. Depending on your MP,might be worth trying that as well, to avoid artifact rejections.

istock certainly takes images done with smartphones, so do other places.

You can also try the various mobile apps, SS just brought one out where you can upload directly from your smartphone.

The question isn't if a camera is good enough for stock. The question is if your image is good enough for stock. All cameras have their limitations, and as long as you stay within those, you can get good enough images out of most of them.

I don't know how the G2 compares to the G3 but with the latter I had images accepted at Shutterstock and Fotolia. But it is quite aggressive in noise reduction, so I have to avoid large areas with a single color when I shoot for stock.

That's what I noticed. Images look a little smushy from noise reduction. Wonder if there is a raw app?

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