You dreamer, you! No, I haven't and I never will, given that almost all of the agencies are in dire need of a rebore (and that just isn't going to happen).

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on February 04, 2015, 03:11

My guess is that they are calling the five-year licenses RF because it is against their rules for the same image to be offered both RF and RM

Where are they calling the 5 years licenses RF ? I do not believe that they are.

Yes they are, it's in the sales report:

    Royalty-free    Country: Worldwide
Usage: Marketing package - Large business, Use in marketing materials, worldwide for 5 years (excludes advertising). This license is for large companies with more than 10 people.
26 MB
3374 x 2667 pixels
1 MB compressed
Start: 03 February 2015
End: 03 February 2020

Well, this site does automatic rejections, too, and produces some strange results. I can't write * without it being deleted.... errr - that is c.h.u.c.k.i.n.g.  I was trying to write. To the best of my knowledge the verb to chuck (do I have to write "to c.h.u.c.k") has no obscene meaning (the worst meaning I know for it is to vomit), but an automated review automatically rejects it (while allowing tits, which does have a dodgy meaning in some contexts... so I can write "I was * some rubbish out when I saw some lovely tits on a girl across the road" and the wrong word will get deleted).
Automation is wonderful, isn't it. Now, about auto-correct on ipads....

I left FT on my own like many others who wouldn't take the insulting owners anymore.

+1
And, more importantly, because I was no longer reasonably certain that they were honest in their financial dealings with me and other contributors (a complaint I've never had against iStock, for example, despite disliking many policies that iS have imposed).

Adobe's a publicly owned company that has to deliver maximum profits to shareholders. Where the interests of shareholders and microstockers coincide (i.e. maximising sales) I'm expect they will do very well for contributers; where the interests clash (i.e. increasing the gap between what contributors earn and what users pay) they will probably not be very good for contributors - it's called capitalism.
In the UK, dairy farmers are being driven to the edge of extinction by huge supermarket chains that want to use milk to undercut each other's prices - and farmers have to sell to the chains because that's where the public gets its milk. Keep your fingers crossed that Adobe doesn't decide to do something similar to microstock.

Quote from: BaldricksTrousers on January 31, 2015, 16:24

Yes, and it gives you the confidence that you are seeing what is there which is well worthwhile.

My calibrator even tells tell me the commercial value range from 0 to 10 and automatically transfers the best keywords directly into the meta data of the image.   

I thought that you were making yourself out to be a superior professional, and you mock monitor calibration?

Yes, and it gives you the confidence that you are seeing what is there which is well worthwhile.

Hi everyone, may I know whether I need to fill in the Tax interview or not if I'm Malaysian?Thanks

From iStock's FAQ:

"What happens if I don't do the Tax Interview?

You will be subject to maximum withholding tax."

So I'm not going to bother since there is no relevant tax treaty between Qatar and the US, I'll end up with 30% tax on all US-based sales regardless of whether I waste my time filling in the form or not.

It's another little cut in earnings.

My super duper Nikon D810 si way more than enough for me... Seriously guys, do you know how difficult is to keep your image tack sharp and without shake at 36mpix when zooming? And do you know how challenging is to find fitting glass of quality to match this sensor? Well, good luck with 50mpix :-)

Yup - I've got some problems with camera shake on recent tripod-mounted shots from my 6D. I guess it needs mirror lock-up as well for longer exposures. 50MP must be like shooting large format, with hand-holding not really an option for anything more demanding than news.  I hadn't thought about the glass, but of course the small sensor size compared with old-time 4x5 or 8x10 inch negs (where a resolution of 40lp/mm was fine) means the glass would need to be considerably sharper to achieve the same sort of quality.

Time spent and expenses for return. If I get a 100 Sub sales,add in the cost of shooting,equipment and processing Time Based on a Hourly rate....Im going backwards. Micro is No longer sustainable looking at it Like that.Thank god, It has never accounted for more than 20/25% of what my Nut is being a full time Photographer when OD's SOD's and EL's become very scarce.

I have a different calculation, which is whether it lets me live as I choose. I would certainly earn more in a full-time job but I don't want to work for someone else, nor do I want to have to invest heavily in promoting my work in the hope of recouping the money through direct sales.  The money isn't as good as it was so, like you, I'm going backwards, but I spend hardly anything on shoots and a day's work might still bring in $1,000 over the course of a few years if I'm lucky, so I'm still some way off throwing in the towel.

How many have you added in the year. If a whole bunch, You lose. with adding None your ahead.  More goes into what I call a bad month than sales. Cost effectiveness doing this has always been a big Factor to me.

I increased my portfolio by less than 10%, so as I've been at it for almost 11 years now that's a bit below average for annual uploads.  Not sure how that affects your assessment.

50MP is more than overkill. like using a Ferrari to drive across town to do your shopping when a secondhand boneshaker is all u need.

The trouble is, the girls don't hang around my Hyundai outside the supermarket the way they do with my neighbour's Ferrari 
(And my pickup line of "Hi, girls, fancy a ride on my boneshaker" never seems to attract any interest, for some reason)