"No noise�none. "

a dream.

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Yes.. Stunning quality.

Here is the SS post that this thread is about. http://submit.shutterstock.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=30399&highlight=yuri+arcurs+check+cheque

Did he get the Hasselblad for free?: I can�t discus my sponsorship with Hasselblad in financial details because I am not allowed. Sorry. I will however say that I am very happy for the agreement�.very happy�.

To IOFoto: Try the new H3D-II-39 and not the H3D-39 and all your problems (�speeddial to hassy tech� etc.) will be over. The new Hasselblad back uses the exact same sensor as the older Phase one model, but it is streamlined with the Hasselblad housing and works without any problems at all. The old versions where a pain to work with and I have spent endless hours just restarting computers and trying to actually connect the camera to the computer. (Worked on a H2D-39, as you can see on my exif data on older files) The new version is much better; in fact I would say it�s a completely new experience.

Workflow: Yes it is a doubling or a �tripling� of workflow. The files are 250% percent bigger and the RAW files are 800-1000% percent larger then canons. However, simultaneously to switching to Hasselblad workflow, we upgraded our entire IT department. Four new quad macs, new server, new network and new laptops. The workflow is probably 250% bigger, but our total IT capacity experienced a must bigger facelift, so the total workflow is actually faster today. Loading and saving a 39mp Tiff file from our server into a workstation takes less then a second.

Real problems:
Size limitations both in mega pixel and in mega byte on microstock agencies are really a pain and becoming increasingly irritating.
Customers starting to download a full res, but when finding out that the full res is 20 or more mb he/she cancels the download and regrets. (this is mostly a problem on SS and StockXpert).
Memory allocation maximum in Photoshop due to being a 32bit software is really a problem.

Benefits:
Unmatched quality. Canon files look overfiltred and �pressed to the maximum� compared to Hasselblad files. Very clean and natural looking files with great skin tones. Skin tones are brown and not yellow or saturated looking.
Cropping space such as IOFoto mentioned. A very nice feature allowing us to crop almost completely as we wish and still have a high res image as end result.
The pictures we produce today will still be high res in five years or more from now.
No fringing removal.
No �canon jeggies� in hairlines and sharp files that needs blurring away.
No noise�none.
Better focus � Almost no files lost due to being out of focus.
High shutterspeeds with flash � up to 500/1 sec with no problem.
Easy uncompressed upload to Alamy, no need for upsizing.
Easy and functional direct shooting onto our servers.

I think IS will reconsider the commission structure within a year or two. The thing is, that it is becoming increasingly easy to beat IS in income on other agencies. Maybe all the other agencies only amount to half the Alexa traffic of IS, but at twice the commission or more, they win in both income and ethics. I am having a lot of thoughts about what agencies I want to submit pictures, I have started to think twice especially about the subscription model.

I know from a backend source that the average subscribers only use about 15 - 30% of the full potential of their membership. This means that most pictures in a subscription sell at a 5-6USD price-point in average, giving us about 35 cents in commission. A bottom-line commission of about 5 percent. Even if I was totally wrong and every subscriber actually downloaded the double of what I have heard, the commission would still only be 10%.

Down With about 30 on most agencies. That�s normal for December. Last year was the same. January will be about 40% more then your December income if you have a big portfolio. The small portfolios are not so affected by general trends in the market.