This photo was taken with Nokia 808 (at 36+Mpixels):
http://press.nokia.com/wp-content/uploads/mediaplugin/photo/streetview-in-rio-captured-with-nokia-808-pureview.jpg
Soft? yes! But.. if you re-size at 5 Mp you got a pretty sharp image

And if are about to go there:  
http://press.nokia.com/wp-content/uploads/mediaplugin/photo/climbing-in-south-africa-2-captured-with-nokia-808-pureview.jpg
you would like to have something smaller and lighter than your Full Frame Camera and your excellent but heavy lens..

And in some cases makes an excellent camera for editorial..
(because the most important things usually happens when you don't carry your camera with you...)

My humble opinion is that we must accept the everyday miracles of technology. Otherwise we would still using Daguerreotype.
In other words, Istock maybe is not setting the standards of quality lower, but just accepting the fact of that the quality of images produced by mobiles is getting higher and higher..
 

I think -Jsnover-  has cover this subject..
Fotolia - 1 lisence per print... ( Don't really now how can this be tracked yet, after the first download )
Thank you jsnover,  thank you all for your replies..

Hi everyone.
I recently found an image of mine in this store:
http://www.stickit.gr/en/new-products
(This is the photo: http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-80092114/stock-photo-acropolis-parthenon-by-night-under-full-moon-athens-greece.html  )

These people are selling prints, at any size you ask for, for a price that goes even to hundreds of Euros.

The question is: The licence of RF, covers something like that? Is it legal?

Thank you for your time...

Here is another image (just a blog) :
http://www.blog.co.uk/community/profile_media_detail.php?item_ID=5502607

Here it is in my portfolio:
http://www.123rf.com/photo_7618101_taken-at-mount-olympus-live-your-myth-in-greece.html

Email sent about Greek

@sjlocke
Slow motion back in 1976  ( Lindsay Wagner )

Bionic Woman

:-)

Totaly agree with Lizafx.
+ Modeling is fun.

totaly agree with Madelaide...
+
"Every step has a secret. Its not one. And it does not apply to every photo.
Keep shooting.Experience makes the difference.
The only truth is that there is not a single face similar to other."

Watermark is like a lock. Every watermark can be removed. Every lock can be broken.
There are good locks, and there are cheap ones.
Fotolia right now has no lock at all, not even a door.
Everyone can steal.

@click_click
thank you for your answer.
I have always spoke my opinion free. And there is not much things I am afraid in life.
I can not see the reason for fotolia banning me, or anyone else that says his opinion to this important matter.
Actually, if you think it over, I am helping Fotolia. Helping people who work there understand the  size of the problem.
I have not offended anyone. And not intend to.
I have just started to built my portfolio, and the easier thing for me is to stop uploading there, since I am unhappy with them.
But with Fotolia was the first sale of one of my photo's, and get a little bit sentimental with this..
Anyway. The truth is that I don't have time for those things..
And maybe it was a bad idea to start it..

thank you all for participating     

first results of the poll  "Should fotolia change watermark?"

YES: 11
NO:  1

I suppose that the one answered NO, uses the samples images for free.

thank you Liza..
Nothing ever changes when we do nothing about it.

Anyway. It feels much more easier to stop uploding there, than fighting for their own good..
Thank you again. I will spend some time to enjoy your portfolio. :-)