Go to your Default Settings, enter a price in the Iphone Cases field and I think that should automatically opt you in.

You may want to talk to an attorney first like Ed Greenberg or Carolyn Wright. If you take the wrong steps you could compromise your ability to take legal action.

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on August 03, 2013, 10:14

Quote from: WarrenPrice on August 03, 2013, 09:50

Switching can be VERY expensive.  I tried going from Nikon to Canon after nearly 40 years of dedicated Nikonism.  Desire to shoot Video convinced me to go with Canon T2i.  I love the camera but never followed through on the Video.  Now, I'm stuck wanting (and buying) lenses for Nikon AND Canon.

Also, bought the Nikon D7000 since "switching" to Canon.   
And, I love my new Canon 400mm f5.6.   

Switching can be very expensive for people who really truly need a bunch of lens or are just equipment hoarders. I doubt the majority of micro shoots really need a studio full of pro equipment.

I have a 5DMII and a bag full of lenses. I love my 70-200mm f/2.8 II but rarely use it. I'm a recovering equipment hoarder and am probably going to start scaling back at some point.

I bought a D800 and the 28-300mm covers almost everything I shoot. I just picked up a 50mm f/1.8 for creative and low light shots. Are those pro lenses? No. Will micro buyers or any other buyers notice? Probably not.

For travel I picked up an NEX-7 and 18-200mm. I use that more than the other two combined.

So I haven't switched. I have multiple brands and if you don't go crazy buying stuff you don't need it probably really isn't that expensive. The people that buy $5,000 lenses to shoot subjects that sell low volume/cost in micro may want to re-evaluate their business. Need vs want.

I have a 17-35 mm 2.8 L mk ii for landscapes.... 50 mm 1.8 for food and portraits... 100mm 2.8 for portraits and macro and a fixed 300mm 2.8 for wildlife... I am perfectly happy with what I have and use all my lenses on a regular basis... The reason why I am considering the 5d iii is for the better AF and Frame rate... just don't know how it would compare to the 6D?

I you're going for frame rate and focus a 5DIII would be great. So would a 7D at 8FPS. Or the new 70D at 7FPS looks pretty interesting with the new focus system. I'm not sure I'd get hung up on full frame vs crop. Crop sensors these days are have come a long way.

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on August 03, 2013, 09:02

How many of those lenses do you really use? Unless you shoot other types of work, for micro an 18-200/28-300 would probably cover just about everything.

at least in daytime, yes, they're great, but forget about indoors or low lights.

Depends on what you shoot. Happy smiley people with strobes could be any lens. Inside sports at night would need fast glass.

If you're going for price you could probably pick up a used 5DMII for under $1500US. Great camera. I have one. But the 6D is around $2,000 and has a lot more newer features. IMO the 5DMIII is nice but seems overpriced for what you're getting.

I'd probably lean toward a 6D. One thing with the 6D though is at 20MP it may be just shy of the largest XXXL size on some sites.

Yuri, my questions:

So if micro is declining what segment of people do you see as having the greatest opportunity for being successful at mobile and in general with stock?

- General public mobile phone users?
- Microstockers who embrace mobile?
- Traditional macro people who embrace mobile?
- Other?

And given all of this seems to be tied to Getty is there any advantage to being an existing Getty contributor?

Quote from: Mellimage on July 24, 2013, 15:29

Quote from: halfshag on July 24, 2013, 15:13

Quote from: WarrenPrice on July 24, 2013, 14:55

Didn't a former executive at iS move into a management/executive position at Fotolia?

Garth Johnson if I remember correctly.

And Dittmar, a former Fotolia member (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) moved onto istock/Getty - but Dittmar has left both by now, it seems.

This is the one I was thinking of -- iStock Co-Founder.

http://www.microstockgroup.com/fotolia-com/co-founder-of-istockphoto-joins-rival-fotolia-as-north-american-president/

It seems iStock  are running Fotolia.

Looks like Patrick Lor moved on. He's the CEO for Dissolve http://www.dissolve.com which looks like video footage for $5. Yeech, $5?

ETA: Okay so looks like generic or leftover clips are $5. Better stuff is $50.

Now that I've looked into this more I think it's something to keep an eye on. It seems rough but has potential to be disruptive.

Right now there's no quality control. But stock sites seem to be backing down on the whole quality requirement. If they figure out how to give even a slight preference to sellable images this could improve the buyer experience. Maybe favor people who are showing consistent sales and move those images toward the top.

And cellphones are becoming the new standard camera. Most people have cellphones which makes almost anyone a photographer. The image quality of the new 41MP Nokia is so-so but how long will it be before big megapixel cellphones with good quality will become common? A couple years?

Another thought is this actually may help reduce the supply of free and stolen images. If the general public catches on that they can make money they may be less likely to give stuff away on Flickr or wherever. And maybe copyright law will become more common knowledge so people could become more sensitive to it.

Interesting times.

https://www.scoopshot.com/v2/task/lrsthgcmswnzx

this can't be true, look at the those pictures

even a man on the collection

Darn, I sent the wrong picture. My toenails are painted.

I'm pretty sure it's auto-renewal.

WOW, thats ridiculous. So you pay interest over the commissions they take. This business keeps amazing me.

No, I haven't seen this. It's actually the other way around. You get the full sale amount at the time of the sale and then once a month PS sends an invoice for you to pay their cut of the commission. So you have the full amount for the whole month and could be earning interest on it.

I'm with Photoshelter and yes it's normal. Like most other automated billing systems they automatically take monthly payments and commission fees from my credit card. Sales payments come immediately through Paypal.

Totally hear you Dan. Motivation comes from positive things like seeing sales growth and being rewarded. When all the positive go away money is the only motivation. When the money goes away, well, what's the reason to keep going?

Maybe you should look into other methods of selling your work and you might get that spark of drive back.