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« on: October 15, 2012, 13:42 »
Pretty much as to my D3X, PRIMES! thats it. If you do feel the need for any zooms, yes the 14-24 is the one to go for, possibly the 70-200 VR but thats a gamble, some samples are OK, others are not.
BTW. Rumors has it that Canon will soon be launching something similar to the D800 with just as many MPs. Give it a thought.
best of luck, whatever you cant go wrong.
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« on: October 15, 2012, 10:18 »
No the bump isnt universal thats for sure. SF, is in fact the one and only agency that does not increae in sales, all others do however slow but they do.
Must say I expected more from the old SX team, they sure have the experience in this field.
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« on: October 15, 2012, 06:38 »
So subscriptions, that pay us 25 cents per sale, are the best thing that could have happened to us?
I guess I'm confused. Our goal is not to make money for ourselves, but to make hundreds of millions for the people who the run agencies, and then enjoy their success vicariously?
"He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother." - Winston Smith
Show me an industry, any industry that isnt there to make money for themselves? ofcourse they are. In the micro industry, if they were not there to make money, you would not have anywhere to upload your pics, would you? Believe me, they dont come much more fair then SS.
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« on: October 15, 2012, 00:02 »
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« on: October 14, 2012, 05:56 »
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« on: October 14, 2012, 04:54 »
When some people left here the forum was actually really nice for a short while and then Lagereek signed up again, and now its back as to where it was. A place for trolls just to stump on people.
You said this place gave you a bad rep so why didnt you stay away? What is with you that you constantly need to troll here? How old are you?
You are successful photographer doing really with well with your photos, why dont you tread gracefully and act in a matter that fits your status as photographer.
We are involved in an intelligent conversation regarding the history of languages actually and can do without your banal drivel.
BTW. are you trying to muster up some sort of a gathering of wannabees/neewbies around the round table? sorry but in that case, ClaridgeJ, is NOT your man.
Sorry, I must have missed that intelligent conversation. All I read was you stumping on Charl.
But since I wrote my comment only addressing Lagereek, I guess you confirmed by replying you are Chris.
What I dont understand is that on SS and Alamy you come across as a very nice person with normal balanced comments. Here you act like a complete different person. I dont see the need for that.
Think about my last comment, you are a successful photographer, act like one. Like you do on SS and Alamy.
Alright! fair enough I give you that. At the same time forget charl, he was just sfter a cheap score thats all. You and I have had many good conversations at SS and Alamy, so why not here? there was no need to come with that usual stuff about lagereek, etc, was it? especially not after mine and robyroos postings about the Latin language. As you probably have noticed, there is the usual " jumping-on-the-thread" crowd here, consists of some 4 people, only waiting for an opportunity to butt in and ruin anything, could be a thread about the weather but they find a way. So why nurse that crowd. I bet you anything, that within a few hours from now, you will see the usual 4 or 5 people coming on to this thread and theire posts will be about everything exept the topic. Fortunately for them, Tyler is too a nice chap, to intervene and tell people to stick to the topic, or else! like they do in many other forums, consequently theyre given a free passage. Just wait and see?
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« on: October 14, 2012, 04:06 »
When some people left here the forum was actually really nice for a short while and then Lagereek signed up again, and now its back as to where it was. A place for trolls just to stump on people.
You said this place gave you a bad rep so why didnt you stay away? What is with you that you constantly need to troll here? How old are you?
You are successful photographer doing really with well with your photos, why dont you tread gracefully and act in a matter that fits your status as photographer.
We are involved in an intelligent conversation regarding the history of languages actually and can do without any banal drivel. BTW. are you trying to muster up some sort of a gathering of wannabees/neewbies around the round table? sorry but in that case, ClaridgeJ, is NOT your man.
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« on: October 14, 2012, 03:31 »
All wrong. Anybody here know some Latin? ( asking for a miracle probably).
Not asking for a miracle. Merely unlikely since Latin education was phased out of schools. My father and older siblings all studed Latin. I didn't because I'm at the younger end of the family and it wasn't on the curriculum at that stage. People often have little time to learn things they'd like. No need to brag and patronise them for being busy or focused on learning other things.
I just tried a translator out though... and I hope this reads as intended:
fortitudo in humilitate
Youre right. Its a "dead language", today as far as I know its only used in terminology and especially in the medical fields. Your proverb is correct btw.  the actual history of the language is interesting though.
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« on: October 14, 2012, 02:50 »
QVO USQVE TANDEM ABUTERE PATIENTIA NOSTRA
Not bad but its a well known saying by Cicero. The answer is: longer then you will ever know. Do you want that in Swedish?
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« on: October 14, 2012, 01:12 »
Anybody here know some Latin? ( asking for a miracle probably).
Quite highly educated myself (not that it matters here at all, as I have a lot to learn from a lot of members here). Not sure how you think that I thought you where referring to me specifically, if you made a general sweeping assumption of us all, as quoted above. Although some contributors do bark at each other here, it does not give you the superior edge in treating them here... 
Superior edge? because I happend to describe Caesars way of reffering to himself? mentioning Latin, etc. Youre kidding me surely? may I suggest you have another cup of whatever and start the day all over. end of conversation. have a good day sir.
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« on: October 14, 2012, 00:58 »
Old news, nothing new. Im a qualified Vet myself, nothing special. However I was talking about Caesar, not you? you dont fall into the Caesar, Napoleon category, do you? well then, steady on 123.
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« on: October 13, 2012, 23:59 »
All wrong. Anybody here know some Latin? ( asking for a miracle probably). Anyway, Caesar always refered to himself as a man of the past, using words like had, was, etc. As did Napoleon and Nelson.
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« on: October 13, 2012, 06:34 »
I thought it was a nice note. Seemed to suggest Jon will be staying on at the helm, which is good news. Hopefully they continue to grow the business intelligently, as they've been doing, without any radical changes for the worse.
Jon wont stay for long. His passion lies with something completely differant then micro and I wish him best of luck in that field. Yes dls have never been better then now, thats for sure.
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« on: October 13, 2012, 00:24 »
Your Pro friend is way out. Saving time is of no importance here. Quality is what counts, shoot raw, Adobe RGB, some people even go to the extent of Profoto colorspace.
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« on: October 11, 2012, 06:20 »
$800 a per month???  I found your Dreamstime profile. Do you have the same amount of images on Fotolia or more? $800 is amazing for just one site! And I can understand the disappointment with a drop like that! Hope it gets back to normal for you soon.
My Fotolia Port has 2048 images in it and my Dreamstime Port has 2136 images in it. So not that big of a difference! My Shutterstock on the hand has 3896 images in it!
Shutterstock portfolio: http://www.shutterstock.com/cat.mhtml?gallery_id=85
Melissa
Good isolations and a commercial port I would say.
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« on: October 11, 2012, 06:10 »
Yet I bet my last buck some goggled eyed buyer without the slightest knowledge of photography or whatever would buy some of them thinking its the pic of the year.
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« on: October 11, 2012, 00:25 »
Brillant last few days at FT. No complaints.
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« on: October 10, 2012, 13:07 »
Jealousy sets in when ppl, declare way over, 100 bucks per day. what a pitty, so sad! my heart is bleeding.
What is that supposed to mean? Nobody has mentioned being jealous of downloads. This thread is about reviewing not dls. You seem to exist on a different plain to everybody else.
That's lagereek all over!
Yes like an evil shadow he keeps lurking around in the depth of your poor soul. You have my sympathies. Pazuzu will strike within 24 hours, causing death and destruction. The autopsy will show no organic life. The remains will be in non holy ground.
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« on: October 10, 2012, 07:07 »
Jealousy sets in when ppl, declare way over, 100 bucks per day. what a pitty, so sad! my heart is bleeding.
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« on: October 10, 2012, 00:44 »
Nice ports from all! I dont think ports have to be specialized in Micro, buyers here buy anything. In Macro however its a differant story.
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« on: October 10, 2012, 00:05 »
Dozens of ELs, hundereds of ODs, and thousands of subs. What else can you do but love it? Love is a many splendored thing!
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« on: October 08, 2012, 08:06 »
Micro is just a small part of photography and media and its importance is way, way overrated. There is a differant world outside micro but most strictly micro shooters will ofcourse never experience that side of the business.
There are still plenty of buyers who simply dont want to have anything to do with micro and prepared to pay for quality. There is still plenty of assignment, commissioned work for freelance professionals.
If people think micro stockers have high overheads, well? they should have experienced photography in the film days with studios, darkroom machinery, large formats 4x5 or 8x10, etc. Todays digital costs is like a spit in the ocean in comparisons.
*yawn* You sound like a broken record stuck in a groove (yes, that's another reference to an ancient technology you probably remember fondly and much prefer to today's horrid digital stuff).
What has your post got to do with 'why Istock is tanking'?
Yawn, sigh!! ................... I know, you like threads like this. Very entertaining and intelligent, arent they? have a lot to do with photography, havent they? Ah yeah, have a cup of tea here, almost forgot.
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« on: October 08, 2012, 07:03 »
Micro is just a small part of photography and media and its importance is way, way overrated. There is a differant world outside micro but most strictly micro shooters will ofcourse never experience that side of the business.
There are still plenty of buyers who simply dont want to have anything to do with micro and prepared to pay for quality. There is still plenty of assignment, commissioned work for freelance professionals.
If people think micro stockers have high overheads, well? they should have experienced photography in the film days with studios, darkroom machinery, large formats 4x5 or 8x10, etc. Todays digital costs is like a spit in the ocean in comparisons.
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« on: October 06, 2012, 11:20 »
The concensus is similar, the industry is at saturation point.
Hope you find your niche, ive managed to start on a project aimed at a specific market.
Oh I found my nieche long ago, back in the film days actually and still holds very, very strong today. However I am not too sure even that is enough in todays stock world. Buyers, lets say 10-15 years back were quality conscious, some even to the extreme. Today very much thanks to the internet, buyers have become blase, dont really care and just seem to go for any old rubbish as long as its cheap. They are spoilt. This is the downside of todays industry.
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« on: October 06, 2012, 05:55 »
@oxman - do you like photocase? If not, is there currently an agency that has the type of hand-picked work you'd like to see?
I was not familiar with them. Just checked them out and typed in "gavel" and it returned a bunch of photos of gravel and no other options... so I feel that site has issues with content.
Regarding quality stock... back in the pre micro days my firm used alot of stock from Tony Stone. That collection had a great feel and creative twist which is lacking in most stock. I'd like to see a micro stock with the style of the old or new Stone work.
http://www.gettyimages.com/creative/frontdoor/stone
Ditto! Stone and image-bank, still reigns supreme in every single aspect. Know what the problem is? you simply dont have that kind of photographer nowdays, nor the editors nor the foresight. These people could spend two weeks on just one shot and thats without any photoshopping. In those days it was done by craftsmen, retouching, special-effects the lot. Remember Tea-bagging? you couldnt even get that sort of effect with PS! and pictures sold like hot cakes and for thousands. You could open up a monthly sales-report and there was a neat sum of 10 grand in pounds sterling, others twice as much. Just look at their customers! dozens of the worlds biggest AD-agencies, designers like Conrans, shops like Harrods, Barclays, RR, BMW, range-rover, you name it. Look at it today? 80% just do isolations and only because they think thats where the money is. Ive seen only one great port of isolations and thats by, RT, brillant, others are just copying. Differant world, differant ladder. I do wish the OP best of luck though, anything positive is always worthwhile.
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