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General - Stock Video / Re: 30p or 24p?
« on: February 19, 2015, 23:10 »
If there were a right answer, you would see either 24P or 30P, but not the other. 30P is the common choice, but I upload a lot 60P now because it looks smoother and can easily be made SloMo. One more decision for you.

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Off Topic / Re: UAS and Model Aircraft - AKA "Drones"
« on: February 19, 2015, 21:13 »
Here's a good article and show on drone use.

http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episodes/the-age-of-the-drone

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Shutterstock's  CSV method works well.

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I was (note the specific use of past tense) about $6 per download for HD. My account is now closed so I will no longer be privy to the information except through postings on sites like this.

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What income do you think you may have missed out on?

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I've never heard of it. There's MPEG Streamclip and others that have good reputations. Not sure why you would go with something as esoteric as Super Video Convertor.

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Bigstock.com / Re: It just got worse free video
« on: February 12, 2015, 19:57 »
You see people come to iStock because of exclusive files that can't be found all over not because of price! That is the position I like to be in.
If that were true, that IS is the place to be for video content, iStock wouldn't have slashed, pulverized, emaciated the prices for video. Sorry I don't believe your statement.

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Off Topic / Re: UAS and Model Aircraft - AKA "Drones"
« on: February 10, 2015, 20:36 »
I filmed with a couple of GoPros last year and got pretty tired of them. I see that there are copters now that take Real Man cameras with serious optics.

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Off Topic / Re: UAS and Model Aircraft - AKA "Drones"
« on: February 10, 2015, 10:03 »
Uncle Pete, you're being stymied in an attempt to make sense of a world regulated by government bots, trying to regulate a renegade populace.

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Off Topic / Re: UAS and Model Aircraft - AKA "Drones"
« on: February 09, 2015, 20:53 »
Guess what ... it's against the law to operate a drone in Washington D.C.  Since when is a law against something going to stop anyone?  It's against the law to do a lot of things, but some people still do them.  Or, as Captain Barbosa said on the first Pirates of the Caribbean, "they're more like guidelines."
Maybe small SAMs

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Cameras / Lenses / Re: New Canon full frame DSLR 50MP!
« on: February 06, 2015, 10:45 »
Nice, but I'm waiting to see what Sony comes up with.

I love my NEX-7 and if they do 50MP in a similar size A-series body I have no reason to buy a DSLR. So nice to travel with one small light bag, small body and a couple lenses than a 50lb backpack full of stuff.

I also have a D800/28-300mm which is great but still big, bulky and heavy compared to the NEX. Plus Canon's 28-300mm is a monster so for my goal of downsizing, Canon as a whole doesn't fit my needs. I love my 5DMII but I haven't regularly used it in a couple years and my collection of Canon lenses are collecting dust. As time goes on neither Canon or Nikon seem to be the platform that fits my needs.
Totally agree. I still have my 5d2 plus various glass but am really enjoying MFT.

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iStockPhoto.com / Re: When will iStock stabilize?
« on: January 31, 2015, 15:27 »
You know the sound a ripe pumpkin makes when it hits concrete after being thrown from a 40 story building? When you hear that sound.

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127,553 Royalty Free Video Files From $2

Why would anyone do this? Let alone do it exclusively.

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Cameras / Lenses / Re: New Canon full frame DSLR 50MP!
« on: January 30, 2015, 12:41 »
I don't know about the rest of you, but i'm downgrading my cameras. I'm finding MFT a complete pleasure to shoot. Super light, not too expensive, and when you're making pennies per image, darn well good enough.

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General Macrostock / Re: $28,000 for a single image
« on: January 28, 2015, 23:46 »
Ahhh, the good old days. Used to get $10,000 for cloud shots.

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Having a sure thing would be nice. Thing is, the process never stays the same. Maybe you'll get 100% for a while, then all of a sudden 10% acceptance. Maybe the 10% will make more money than the 100%.

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Off Topic / Re: The guy who photobombs stock shots
« on: January 28, 2015, 13:51 »
We take pictures and they get used a million different ways, including derivitive works. Some are flattering and some are not. Just the way certain images are taken, is enough for some models to cry foul.

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Off Topic / Re: UAS and Model Aircraft - AKA "Drones"
« on: January 26, 2015, 10:13 »


I remember when I launched a rocket and as the parachute deployed, it would trip the shutter and take one photo on B&W 16MM film. We thought that was really up there in space.  ::) Then We'd run home to the dark room (if we found the rocket and the camera) develop and have ONE really cool photo!


I had one of those too and it was incredible magic at the time. Now we have so many toys that I don't know what to do half the time.

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Pond5 is slow for me too.

Does anyone feel it takes longer to get the pending clips reviewed?

I don't do video. but I've had 106 photos sitting there since Dec 21, "pending review".    :o

And?

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It's not the P5 was down for me, it was that SS was up by so much. I have several high priced sales boosting the month nicely.

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Image Sleuth / Re: Infringement of iStock exclusivity
« on: January 14, 2015, 20:45 »
Why does anyone care if someone is taking IS for a ride?  I don't condone it and sure there will be a reckoning at some point but not gonna waste any sympathy on either party.
This is what I was thinking.

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Pond5 / Re: Video - Pricing at Pond5
« on: January 14, 2015, 09:39 »
Most of my work is priced at 75. Last batch I raised to 89, my better aerials I sell for $150.

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Off Topic / Re: UAS and Model Aircraft - AKA "Drones"
« on: January 13, 2015, 10:15 »
Many rights contradict each other. It's usually  a matter of compromise, and establishing who should get the trump card. Freedom of speech doesn't mean you can slander at will, as is often proven in court.

No one has said it yet, but my guess, is the real worry, is that drones are such an easy method of dropping carnage with.

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Off Topic / Re: UAS and Model Aircraft - AKA "Drones"
« on: January 13, 2015, 09:33 »
Yes, the drones are dangerous in the airplanes ways!
 
But I dont understand why FAA and other worldwide agencies governing the air space dont simply determine their operating frequency range and height of flight? This frequency could be controlled(like many others), like a shield in a quite far distance from the airports, military objects, places with many people and other important objects/places? May be it is not easy and cheap, I don't know?

Yes, the drones are only models like other air models. They are very useful in certain cases and there is no point people to be arrested or to die in air crashes because of them!
Blasting an area with a specific jamming frequency is not the answer. There are many finely tuned electronic navigation components around and airport that could easily be affected.

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