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Is megapixel important for stock stills?l
slayer35:
Hi there ,I own a panasonic g85 and couple panasonic lenses (12-35 and 35-100).I started to upload some photos and videos to istockphoto .As you may now my camera is 16mp , and I want to ask is megapixels so important in stock photography? Do I need to change my camera to a newer one with more megapixes? (forexample a7riii or a7iii).
Thanks ...
qunamax:
A lot will say that they still sell old 4mpx in huge quantities, that most photos are downloaded for web use.
But consider two other sides:
- You might be missing on sales for other uses, large prints and such.
- With more mpx body you have more ability to crop and more importantly you have more room for downsizing not so perfect photos to mask out the imperfections which will enable you to shoot more relaxed, not to worry much about ISO, tripod, heavy post etc and include photos that otherwise you would discard for lack of technical quality.
Uncle Pete:
Say you buy a Sony for $2,000 or so, how much more money will you make with that, in how long, to pay back for having more pixels? How long does it take to make the same money, plus the $2,000 and start making more money than just sticking with what you have?
18MP is no tiny camera, there's plenty of room to crop. Many people actually downsize for Microstock, 6-8MP, and do just fine. Because it is Microstock. If you are selling bigger photos and big use places, by all means, get the newer bigger, better camera.
If only Microstock, the question should be, is the investment going to make you enough more money to pay for the camera and how long will that take. Or maybe make the money first and learn, then buy a newer better camera?
Owning a better camera or more lenses or something that shoots more megapixels will not promise you, that you'll make any more money.
slayer35:
I totaly get both of you ,thanks for your commets @Uncle Pete and @qunamax.Do you think in long term will more megapixels worth to try or just travel more with that money and use the same equipment ? By the way I have only one account in istock exclusive photography and video ,I dont know if this is called microstock.
shady blue:
I am a beginner at Microstock and currently I also work with 16MP and MFT. Later I would like to switch to full format. I've heard with 45MP there are no more downloads than with 25MP at Microstock. But you would earn more with higher resolution. Is that right?
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