Definitely buy the tripod first, and don't skimp. You'll use the tripod about 100 times more often than the steadicam. If you have the budget, get both, but the one that you linked to won't fly your Mark III well. Also, you'll want a wider lens to use with a steadicam.

As a small shop, many of my clients balk at $100+ video pricing. Is that because they don't see the value of the work? No, it's because they don't have the money. Pond 5 is great because you can find something for every budget.

I've made many purchases for clients that would not have happened if all files were more expensive. Please don't forget us little guys!

Hasn't Lytro been around for quite a while now, or is this a new version?

Dynamic Perception were one of the first to have a complete solution on the market. I wouldn't hesitate to purchase from them based upon what I've read online.

Take that for what it's worth as I'm not an owner of any Dynamic Perception or Kessler products. I use my Cinemoco (which is considerably less expensive than the Dynamic Perception solution) and love it! I really like the flexibility of straight or curved moves.

One of the most common banner ad sizes is 728x90 which translates to an 8.08888888889x1 aspect ratio.

Have an attorney look the agreement over. As long as you retain copyright and they are not allowed to resell the footage, I would be inclined to sign. But I'm not an attorney nor have I seen the agreement.

Most contributors visit this board only occasionally. Just how many of them do you think will drill down through thousands of posts and obscure threads to uncover that financial information.

If that's the reason, why not just post a link to the original post with the financial data? It seems that would solve the problem and reduce the amount of flak that you take for re-posting the same information.

As a web developer, I found myself sourcing images from StockXchange way back when. After receiving a camera as a gift from my Mother-In-Law, I though that it would be nice to give back to the community that had helped me so much in my business.

It was incredibly gratifying to see the download numbers and to hear stories of how my images were being used. People sent me links to websites, magazines where my images had been used to illustrate articles and even a couple of covers.

One day in 2004 in the SXC forums, someone mentioned how they were getting paid for their images. WHAT?!?!?! I signup up at DT and it was off to the races.

At first, my wife and I uploaded like mad and our sales grew and grew. Then, as my web business got busier, we didn't have as much time. We got back into uploading and set a goal of 20 new uploads per week. Our sales continued to grow. We eventually ended up with a little over 1,500 images online before my full-time business (along with agency shenanigans) caused us to stop uploading alltogether around August 2011.

While our images are old (and were never that great to start with) we still manage to pay a few bills with our payouts each month. I don't regret one minute of stock, as it has made me a better photographer for my clients and has been generally rewarding overall.

Even though we don't submit anymore, we often think about picking up the camera and getting back into the game. Unfortunately, there are only 24 hours in a day.

I was replying to the below portion of Zeus' post...

I'm looking for a good mirrorless system but can't find one with decent video specs and decent WiFi control.

Do they make remote desktop stuff for tablets?

Take a look at this...

I may be mistaken, but I believe that it has to do with sales and downloads, not expectations or popularity.

If you are doing photography as a business, you also need to count the hours used in comparing/buying components and time used for building and installing the machine. And that should be multiplied by your hourly rate.

You must be incredibly busy if you don't have any spare time at all in which to do research on parts.