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Canon / Firmware update for Canon EOS 7D

« on: August 07, 2012, 17:54 »

The new big firmware update for Canon EOS 7D is now available at:
http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/consumer/products/cameras/slr_cameras/eos_7d/#DriversAndSoftware

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Panthermedia.net / Problems with new storage system at Panthermedia

« on: January 31, 2012, 11:23 »

Hello all,
Last months I saw the number of the images in my portfolio with Panthermedia declining.
All are older images. They got pending status again, but could not be found in the Pending section.
When hovering over them it says that they are accepted and on-line, but they are not.
So I contacted PM over that problem and got the following answer:

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Thank you for your question.

Your photos are stored temporarily.
Please do not delete.
For this reason the number of pictures is not correct.
Here you can read about it:

http://www.panthermedia.net//index.php?page=forum.php&forum_action=forum_viewtopic.php&forum_id=381031
Hello photographers and photographers,

We have bought a completely new storage system. In migrating from the old to the new system, we need to outsource for capacity reasons some older pictures. First time being, all images without typing or editorial recommendation which received after 31.12.2009 and no click more older than 31/12/2009 are for the time being outsourced and are temporarily not available until January. Note: The script runs about 2 days, so that only at weekends, all captured images are swapped.

We apologize for the inconvenience, but in the course of January, an even faster and more scalable storage system have. Your images will be temporarily hidden from then again be found.

And:

http://www.panthermedia.net/index.php?page=forum.php&forum_action=forum_viewtopic.php&forum_id=382342

Hi all,

Our storage has unfortunately 3 weeks delivery delay. In this respect, the dubbing moves back to that period, unfortunately. We are very upset about the delay in this project, which would have been completed in August 2011 must be. To draw a positive conclusion, however, we envisaged a better system than originally, which for you and us in terms of speed and scalability, but offers some advantages. So we are in terms of physical storage no more limits.

We apologize for any inconvenience.
Best regards,

The forum is in German, but in the answer it was kindly translated for me. On the forum I was reading that there are people with rejected images (that are not really rejected) too.
Anyone who has an account with Panthermedia and has problems with disappeared images hereby is informed. Don’t delete any of your images!

(I have searched MSGforum first, but couldn’t find anything about this subject. So when I have overseen it and it is already known, this post can be deleted.)

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General Stock Discussion / Sizes and prices

« on: April 26, 2010, 05:58 »

First I did a search, but couldn't find anything that answers my question.
If this is discussed before, I would appreciate if you would send me the link.

At Shutterstock new photographers are only accept with 4 mp images, but older contributors can still submit 2 mp photos (or bigger).
Some have 6 mp, others 20 mp cameras.
Does SS offer all the images at the size they are submitted and also all for the same price?
I mean for contributors as well as for buyers.
When submitting a 2mp and a 18mp for example: contributors receive and buyers pay the same price for a download?
I have read that some of you save the images at lower mp to submit to SS, but if SS offers all the sizes for the same price, should buyers choose for the largest available downloads?