I read your headline and almost choked on my coffee.  I bought the 1D Mark III in the first wave it was released.  Within a very short period of time they announced the 1DS Mark III and I was pissed!  I am not quite awake enough to have read the tongue-in-cheek tone at first.  Phew. 

I have the 5D Mark III and I like almost everything about it.  The quality of the images are far superior to the 1D Mark III.  The ergonomics are taking some getting used to.  I need to buy the battery grip to get more comfortable but ultimately the camera is pretty bad ass.  Reasonably fast, the buffer holds it's own and the HDR function while a bit gimmicky does create some pretty cool art.  I've never had a DSLR with a video function before.  The other day I was shooting Kimbra in studio and the guys I was working with had a video malfunction so one of the songs she was recording I switched from photos to video.  The quality is pretty incredible I must say.

Another recent shoot I used the 5D Mark III on was with Sandra Bernhard in studio.  I was really happy with the results, check em out....  http://www.haywardphoto.blogspot.com/2012/06/sandra-bernhard-in-seattle.html

I have to say, that is pretty friggin impressive.  While I do agree with Shawn that the actual number of images on a site probably isn't as important to buyers as many think I do have to say that the sheer size of the operation Yuri's got going on over there is mind-blowing!  He must be doing something right to get that many people willing to commit those long hours.  I worked a 26 hour day at a restaurant a couple years ago and thought I was going to die!

On a side note I did a celebrity portrait shoot late last night with a critical deadline to complete.  I retouched about 25 images in around 5 hours (counting uploading, selects and raw conversions).  2,000 images at once?  24 hours?  Wow. 

We must be getting different reviewers because I would guesstimate my acceptance rate at well over 90% there.  Why don't you post a couple of examples of rejected images here and we can give you some feedback.  

I have found Shutterstock to be a very fair company.  It's hard to look at your own work with impartial eyes.  If you didn't think it was great you probably wouldn't have submitted it right?  

I do my keywording in Lightroom which inevitably means they are uploaded in alphabetical order.  Because the search still favors the first seven keywords I find myself re-applying in order of relevance each time.  This will save me a massive amount of time. 

I haven't tried out their new upload feature, but if it is similar to Shutterstock's, then that is great news.  All my images have keywords, etc. already in IPTC, and are different enough that none share all the same keywords, so that aspect doesn't interest me.  But being able to only do model releases and categories once is very appealing.  Looking forward to trying it out.

Will you please post a link to your RM portfolio so I can see what it is you are doing that makes more sense?  

Thanks,

Mat

They advertise credits as low as .68/credit - which at 50% would result in S = .34, M = .68, L = 1.02, XL = 1.36 ...  Which still doesn't explain the .60 I got for a large.

They give away promotional credits to motivate buyers to check out their site.  They then deduct those promotional credits from our sales. 

Total speculation here but I would be willing to bet that if someone only has free credits and download our files we don't even see a record of the sale.  In other words, we pay for their marketing.  It's the worst I have ever seen.  Wait till January!  These .60 Large Commissions are going to be a fraction of themselves. 

I stopped uploading as soon as I figured out that I'm not actually getting 50% commissions but rather a small fraction of that after they discount their numerous promotional credits.  I just could not justify giving them my work.  It degrades SS, FT and DT.  I do agree with the person that said 50% of small sales is better than 15% of bigger sales.  I can't justify contributing to IS either.  It's just too demoralizing. 

I am struggling to see the point of this site.  I've heard a lot of buzz about it and I have been invited to join but I haven't spent any time in there.  I'm told that my images are floating around in there.  I'm not sure how they got there nor am I sure how I feel about this. 

I'm sure there is an easy way to translate this article but I can't figure it out.  Anyone have a translated version?

I have printed 24X36 prints with my 11mp files and had no issues.  A friend of mine used his files from a 1D Mark II and had them blown up literally to stadium size.  Ground to ceiling at Century Link Field (Home of the Seahawks) with player images and they looked amazing.  You should not need to upsize your 5d files for a 40 inch print in my opinion.  I would call my lab and ask them what they think before investing in any software.

Good luck,

Mat

Unfortunately, you can't request a payout from 123RF. 

If your sales total is $50.00 or more at the end of the month, they automatically pay the amount on the 15th of the following month.  Consequently, cashing out the funds is not an option. 

That didn't happen for me this month unfortunately.  The money was there but the payout didn't happen.  Anyone else experiencing delays?

I'm seeing a rise in sales this month.  I am assuming there has been a recent shift in the search algorithm as the images that are selling for me more consistently are from a different era than what has been selling in recent months.  Not my newest images but newer images all the same.