Straight from camera, shot handheld so it's shaky :-) I need to use tripod for video for sure. Also I need simple video editing software, so I can crop videos. Any suggestions?

https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/399567

Be careful with the rolling shutter issue. You can see the waves in the background "pulsating" when you make horizontal moves.
With photo-cameras it's a must to use a tripod, it's impossible to hold those still also since they don't have a shake reduction.

Google "rolling shutter issue" and you will find lots of tips how to reduce/eliminate it.

Sorry to be a bit critical, but that doesn't seem like the kind of thing to build a quality collection from.

Sean, he didn't ask for critique. Once he does, we have the right to bash. 

I think there are quite a bunch of people on this forum who beg to differ when it comes to defining "quality" and not to speak of "collection"...

I think there are quite a bunch of people on this forum who beg to differ when it comes to defining "quality" and not to speak of "collection"...

Mr. Locke is right. I did video for a travel agency a while after college. For non-steady shots like travelings, we had a shoulder mount with oil-damped head that weighed much more than the camera. Handheld video is snapshottish. The rolling shutter is a very serious issue on the first generation video-too DSLRs. On waterfalls it would pose no problem. The 5D is already better than the D90 but still not good enough for moving horizontal edges.

I am using adobe premier elements with my HV30, not sure how well it works with the 5DMKII.  It is cheap and does all I need.

Pond5 is a good site to sell footage and the majority of my income from video is from there... this month however has been especially low.  I don't know if that's due to my reduced submissions.  I've actually never had a video rejected by Pond 5, even thought I get rejections at other sites for the same file. 

Even though I want all my stuff accepted its actually a bad thing I think from a buyer's perspective.  Just glancing at other people videos there is a lot of clips with obvious camera shake and movement that would get rejected easily on a site like Revostock or istock.  I don't think there is a lot of quality control going on there.

I've just learned not to submit any videos with camera shake and ALWAYS use a tripod.  Just a tiny bit of shake will ruin a clip.  The thing that I do love about Pond 5 is that you can set your own prices and they pay 50% commission.  I use Final Cut Pro for all my editing.

I also tried Sony Vegas and seems to be even worse than PE.  Once I got some files edited I will be ready for test submissions on other sites. I also got some older SD files from Samsung MX-20 which I might try. Anyway it's going to be side project unless I got hooked :-)

If I got sales I might start formulate any opinions about audience. Right now, I am waiting for others to enlight me :-)

Congrats to you! My first video also got accepted!!

Shot with HV30, captured and rendered in Vegas Pro

https://www.pond5.com/stock-footage/475781

I've started uploading to Pond and Fotolia 3 months ago.
I have 13 dls with Pond so far. All earning were higher or equal to 20$. No rejections. Easy to upload. I like them.
In the same time I sold only 1 file with Fotolia. I have deleted all videos from FT. New earnings (3.7$ for 1080HD) are unacceptable. I don't want to see Pond's customers going to FT.