Well after waiting weeks for 68 images to be reviewed, they have taken 4 and rejected the rest. I guess I am not suprised.
I don't know the reason as I don't get emails telling me despite having the box ticked, and contacting support. They say I should be getting the mails.
I know StockXpert is a good earner for some, so I will keep trying, but I must admit, I keep thinking I might pull the plug there.

I have 200 on SS and only 170 on Istock, so maybe I have to wait and see, but I see people on Istock with less than 100 images, and hundreds of downloads. I guess I just have to wait for one of my images to take off.
So far I have 39 downloads on IS and over 400 on SS

click on Manage portfolio in left side and that will take you to the upload options.

I have had very little sales on IS, although selling well on SS.
One Image of a Mega yacht has had plenty of downloads on SS, but just 1 sale (0.22c) at Istock.
I just tried to search for it by keywords, and title etc, but can't see it anywhere. The same was true for some other images I looked for.
They are not going to sell if nobody gets to see them.
The keywords are similar to other Images on the site, in fact one image looks very similar to mine, although a different yacht, and that has 195 downloads.
Any ideas where I'm going wrong!!!
Cheers.
OK, I've worked out where I was going wrong on the search, ignore the above.
Still not getting any sales though!!!

Hi just an update.
  I finally got a canon 40d and the 17-40 f4 l and 7--200 f4 l IS lens.
  I'm very happy with the gear, and only had the 40d for a few days, but will try to keep them all dry!!
  I'm sailing from Florida to the Bahamas in a couple of days, and then hopefully, I can spend a lot of time shooting rather than traveling.
  Cheers all,
  Bob.

yep, I intent to get the 70-200 f4 IS. As I will be shooting outdoors in the tropics, I can get away with the f4 over the more expensive 2.8. I may get th canon 10-22 for the difference in price between the two.
   As you might have guessed, part of the reason for the question is the salt issue mentioned in my other post.
  Cheers

I am using a 350d with kit lens and cheap 55-200 at the moment, and will be upgrading to 17-40 and 70-200 L glass in a few weeks.
  I expect to see an improvement in the quality of my photos (hopefully!!) with the new glass.
  Those of you that have gone the "improve the lens first" route will have probably later upgraded your camera body as well at a later date.
   My question to you, is did you find much of an improvement when the body was upgraded to say a 30d from an XT or d200 from a d40 etc?
   I know the build quality and ease of use is probably much better, but what about the quality of the photos themselves.
   Those of you that kept your old body as a spare, do you use it much with the good glass, or does it mainly sit at home?
   Cheers all.

Ok everyone, thanks for your input.
   I'll try and contact John Nash and see what he has to say on the subject, thanks for the link.
   

Thats useful to know Hatman as the D300 is supposed to have improved sealing around the buttons etc, but I would have thought the lens mount etc is the same, so maybe I would still have problems with the Nikon. It might just be a case of wait and see.

Thanks for the comments so far.
Hatman you are correct, my main quandry is exactly do I go cheap body and change when I have to, or expensive weatherproofing that may not do the job.
   The lens I can't  do without and will have to live with hoping the UV filter will protect it, and I may just go for the 17-40 and 70-200 f4 l lens and see how the 350 copes, and if it seems ok, go for the 40D or 5D later, but both those bodys don't offer any real sealing.
    Ho Hum!! just have to see if anyone has experience of any of these bodys in a salty enviroment.
  I don't expect to be using these in spray conditions, its just that its amazing how much salt is in the air living on a boat!
  I might add that Iv'e been supprised how well non marine electrical equipment survives, so it may not be the problem I'm thinking.
   Thanks again for the input
 

Hello all, I am new here and to micro stock in general having started a couple of months ago.
    I am in England at the moment, and have a Canon 350d with the kit lens and a cheap tamron 55-200mm.
   I  will be returning to my small sailing yacht which is my full time home in 6 weeks. The boat is stored in Florida at the moment, so when I get over there, I intend to upgrade to L glass as its much cheaper than over here.
    My main concern is that living on the water full time is going to be hard on the camera and lens, and before I commit to a couple of L lens and therefore committing to Canon I would like to ask particularly you pro's if you feel that for full time micro stock work which will mainly be tropical landscape and sailing I should aim for full frame which would mean the 5D which is just in my budget, or stick to cropped sensors.
   If I was to stick to cropped sensors I tend to think the Nikon D300 with its better weather protection for my living conditions might be a better bet, and therefore hold on the L glass and get a complete nikon setup.
   My total budget would be $4500.
   I will have the 350d as a backup if I stick with Canon, but that is not a big issue.
   I,m sure its the lens that is most important, but I want to try and get the body straight at this stage to avoid having to change again in the near future. 
   Thanks in advance, and looking forward to talking to you all in the coming months from the West Indies.