I have the second canister... which is the one for between 500-2500 downloads.  Doesn't that mean that i should be getting $.25 for the smallest image and not $.20???
Here is the link that made me wonder. Look at the chart on the right.
http://www.istockphoto.com/projected_earnings.php

Allright, I understand.

One ridiculous thing with the estimator though, is one is NEVER going to keep increasing earnings by 5% every month.  After a year or so, it would be impossible to increase at the same rate.  5% of 100 images (what you have at the start of a year) is a lot less than 5% fo 1000 images. (what you might have at the end of the year)