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Is megapixel important for stock stills?l
pancaketom:
All things being equal the higher MP would be better, but all things aren't equal. I think the photo and keywords and where they show up in search are more important than the megapixels. If you make few sales with lower sized images it is unlikely you will make a lot with a bigger sensor.
There are advantages to newer and better cameras and lenses and other toys. I'm not sure that actually making more $ in this business is one of them. I have not noticed any increase in sales with better cameras - that might be more in the nature of the decline in microstock over the same time period. Moving from a point and shoot to a dslr made it a lot easier to get images accepted. Moving from a 10 mp to a 16 mp made much less difference as did moving up to a FF. In my experience there are very few sites where there are a lot more large size big $ downloads. Most of the large size downloads are subs and make no more $.
davidbautista:
Interesting. I normally use 12mpx but I guess more than 24mpx is just exaggeration.
About this, I have had some rejected photos (specially in Adobe) and you are saying it would be a good idea to reduce the megapixels in order to reduce imperfections and avoid technical difficulties. How do you that in Lightroom? I would like to give it a try. For example reducing from 12 to 8 mpx in order to enhance quality.
Thank you.
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qunamax:
--- Quote from: davidbautista on February 23, 2019, 13:06 ---Interesting. I normally use 12mpx but I guess more than 24mpx is just exaggeration.
About this, I have had some rejected photos (specially in Adobe) and you are saying it would be a good idea to reduce the megapixels in order to reduce imperfections and avoid technical difficulties. How do you that in Lightroom? I would like to give it a try. For example reducing from 12 to 8 mpx in order to enhance quality.
Thank you.
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In the Export window you have a Resize section. Or you can do it in Photoshop - Image - Resize - Best for reduction option.
davidbautista:
--- Quote from: qunamax on February 23, 2019, 16:32 ---
--- Quote from: davidbautista on February 23, 2019, 13:06 ---Interesting. I normally use 12mpx but I guess more than 24mpx is just exaggeration.
About this, I have had some rejected photos (specially in Adobe) and you are saying it would be a good idea to reduce the megapixels in order to reduce imperfections and avoid technical difficulties. How do you that in Lightroom? I would like to give it a try. For example reducing from 12 to 8 mpx in order to enhance quality.
Thank you.
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In the Export window you have a Resize section. Or you can do it in Photoshop - Image - Resize - Best for reduction option.
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Thanks
Jo Ann Snover:
Without knowing what sort of work you do, I would suggest that there'd be other things to spend any spare cash on that might help you more than a camera with a higher number of pixels. Good (off camera) lighting and lighting modifiers, for example.
If you find you can sell a decent volume of work using your existing equipment, you might then consider upgrading your gear. If you're not selling, I very much doubt the issue is your 16mp camera. I'd also suggest that you upload to other agencies as iStock probably isn't a good place (these days) to test your ability to produce saleable stock.
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