It is really difficult to tell when someone has stolen your idea...this topic has been discussed many times before. I know for a fact I NEVER surf a site, see a clever idea, and intentionally go shoot exactly the same thing. I am always shocked to see a photo of someone elses that looks just like mine. The first thing I think is that it was copied from me. Then I go check the upload dates and lo and behold, theirs has been submitted before mine!

With hundreds of thousands of people in the microstock shooting world now, it is going to be increasingly difficult to come up with an original idea. The only saving grace is that my props are not going to be exactly like anyone elses in the world (what are the chances of that?) and my lighting will not be exactly the same. It may look like I copied the idea, but I have not.

That being said, I understand, Alisa, that there ARE people who intentionally copy stuff. When the description and keywords are almost identical, I guess you can easily come to that conclusion. Unfortunately, all you can do is keep shooting and move on.

I can appreciate Whatalife's point.  I have somewhat been expecting the site to perform like an established one because of the Veer name, so it is good to be reminded that it is a new site.

I think I was thinking like you were, Lisa.

While the Marketplace section is new, Veer is an established site. They would already have traffic to their site, unlike a brand new, startup stock site. But I do realize that we are talking about two totally different markets. Buyers who can afford RM aren't necessarily going to want to use RF micro photos. I was thinking that there would be some percentage of their existing clients that would buy micro immediately, therefore I was hopeful that there would be more sales right out of the box.

I opted out for the same reasons listed above.

Thanks for posting that Jack. I checked my camera and the Firmware version that shipped in it is 1.0.7.

Anyone else using the 50D?

On the contrary, I believe this is the exception rather than the rule, as it is my understanding that most of the sites do not allow their reviewers to review elsewhere.

I am fairly certain this is correct.

In your situation, Anyka, I can see your point.

I think all the sites take the model release thing a little bit too far. Unrecognizable faces are unrecognizable people. I don't care if they can identify themselves by their clothing or their dog. Unless their clothes are handmade by them and their dog is the only one of it's kind in the world, there are a million other people with those same clothes and same dog.

I would say a good % of images that are submitted with unrecognizable people were taken in public places. If somebody doesn't want their clothes or their dog to be photographed, then they should stay in their house. That being said, it is still the sites' requirement and I would not jeopardize my sales by doing anything against the rules.

I AM totally with the model release requirement though if their face is showing.

whitechild, you submitted the bottom image and it got accepted? How did you get it accepted with that logo on the guys back? Your original image doesn't even have a person there. So this is a composite image too? Wow, if I haven't misunderstood, you did well to get that accepted at five sites. I can never get logos OR composites accepted.

Well, the 5D just disappeared off the B&H site, someone must have snatched it up. I'll keep looking around.

j2k, exactly. If I were making prints, not an issue. It's totally unacceptable for stock though.

gostwyck, thanks for the tip. I'll go research that. Full-frame sensor...can I use my existing EF-S lenses with that? I thought I remember reading you can't. I've read so much over the past week, I might be confused. 

I currently shoot with a Rebel XT. Had to send it and my 28-135mm lens in last week for cleaning and re-calibration. I've been using it for 4 years, so not too upset about it.

While it was gone, I researched the 50D. The increased pixel output would allow me to sell XL sized photos on the micro sites. I bought the camera from B&H, and also bought a wide angle lens, the Sigma 10-20mm, to do some interior work. I love the feel of the 50D, love the big screen, love everything about it except...

I have tried 3 different lenses on the camera, and I cannot possibly live with the noise I am getting in the shots. I read many articles about this camera. Articles dated near the release time talked a lot about noise, and some people reported having to send the camera back because of this that and the other. They were sent new cameras, and the second time around they were pleased. Reviews and articles a few months after release, more people reported being happy with the camera.

I am sending the 50D back to B&H as soon as I get my XT back today. They are very helpful and had no problems with that, in fact they pay for postage back. They will send me a new one. I asked the technician if they had many returns on this camera, but of course he said he hadn't heard of this problem before.

Does anyone here shoot with the 50D for microstock? Are you happy with it? Do you have bad noise issues? Your input would be very helpful. If the second camera doesn't do a much better job, I may jump ship and switch to Nikon. By the way, the next model up is out of my budget right now. In fact, truth be told, the 50D is out of my budget, but not having a camera for a week or two is too big of money loss.

So I'm just wondering where everyone is on this now...another month later.

I just tried to upload to IS and it didn't read my metadata. I went over to the DeepMeta site...pondering the download. I see that its still a Beta version for Mac and you have to install Mono Framework for Mac before you can even install the Deep Meta software.

Has anyone bit the bullet and installed Deep Meta for Mac in the last month? Or are you still uploading one by one from IS site?

I use Camera Raw and Bridge and Photoshop CS4.