Seeing as I'm just starting out, I'd just like to know some of the successes some have had with microstock? I understand there's never a get-rich-quick scheme but approx how much cash can this bring in? AND I MEAN IT WITHOUT THE "well if you work hard the possibilities are endless". And as far as that's true, the reality is we can all improve in one way or another, thus never meet the get rich quick.

SO...

How much do people make and in what period of time? Is it enough for new equipment or hardware, tuition fees, expenses etc? I'd essentially just like in the end to cover costs of buying a new dslr however more is good

Hello to the photography world!

I'm taking this up as a hobby and just need a little information and thought I'd ask here! Hopefully you can help me out.

I was taking some photos and enjoyed the feeling but my hardware isn't so great when I compare it to what's out there. I've attached a sample photo that I think is one of the better ones I have taken. With only minor levels adjustments in my editing software I resized it for upload here. Hopefully quality doesn't deteriorate. Critique would be nice but I understand there's another forum for that; however I still post it for another reason also.

Right now I use a Konica Minolta Digital Camera. Pretty crappy 3.2 Megapixel 5 year old thing that I thought i'd give a shot at taking some nice photos with. That's the camera I used to take the attached photo. Now I plan to purchase a Digital Rebel XSi DSLR camera and have a basic question, will a better camera (even compared to my konica) give me better results in photos and thus better rates in the stock photo world? Will the upgrade of hardware be a key in helping me perform better out there? I assume it's true, but just opinions and a comment on the attachment would be nice =).

P.S- The attached picture is resized from 1852x1262.

Thank you very much and excuse the n00bness, just started reading about all this about a week ago and haven't let go since =).