Switch to Mac. I just search the keywords and add "jpg" to find just images. The results are practically instant.

It's really interesting how people always remember to tell that Apple products are "overpriced". I have owned many Apple products (never an iPhone - yet!), and I have always thought they have been worth their cost, beautiful products that work well and have all the necessary features (for me). You get what you pay for.

And it's not "overpricing" if a product costs - let's say - 15% more than a comparable product. In a mobile phone we are talking perhaps about $100. A Small sum that is easily wasted on drinking in bars or eating out a couple of times.

^^ Can you please also tell your approximate location?

What exactly is this "fresh approach" ?

I can't understand how they can change their standards all of a sudden and afford to loose thousands of dollars that easily.

It's because they could lose tens or hundreds of thousands if the owner of the property sues them.

Factories like mine feed the mouths of more than 100 people and have internships and educational programs with the purpose of giving back to the community

What amount of the 100+ people are in position of creating work they are able to own their copyright to?
I would rather see 100+ individual entrepreneurs than a 100+ person corporation.

I'm all ears about a new Canon high MP FF body.

Me too... I just hope it's based on "5D" and not "1D" to keep the price reasonable (=Nikon D800-ish)

If they aren't downloaded at all (zero sales) and you manage to delete the images before selling them as RM it's OK. It's like they have never been for sale at all.
If they are sold even once, I wouldn't sell them as RM anymore.

I tend to do the other way around: I have had some images for sale as RM, and if they don't sell in years I delete them and put them as RF on micros.

I'm not sure that ALL that FT earns me would be worth the effort, never mind HALF 

It's half the sales each, together they make as much as FT. The thing is that the sites in question has some of the easiest uploads ever, so to get the extra earnings I just need to click my mouse a couple of times.

I have a few. I upload to two sites "nobody" is talking about (they have been mentioned here, they aren't that exotic!) and I get decent returns (think "half of what Fotolia earns me").
I don't want to talk about them, all microstockers rushing to the sites might spoil it, I'll rather have my own money

I have some photo techniques I don't want to share/show to anyone, because I haven't seen any other doing them the same way as I do, I have even tried to google them but got no results. Some of them are DIY lighting mods that give interesting results and some other save time and makes life easier.

I don't showcase my portfolio here, especially my bestsellers. I don't want them to be copied to death (it's already happening....)

How about your secrets?

The new Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 might be good for this.  It's a small lightweight point and shoot but has a bigger sensor and improved image quality on similar sized cameras.  It also has very high quality video.

That Sony looks almost perfect for the job. It could of course be a bit cheaper... I'm too lazy to search for this: is there a possibility to use a remote release of some kind on the Sony?

A quick Google search found a page for camera blimps - http://www.aerialproducts.com/blimps/camera-blimps.html . 

I got a bit excited at first... but then I started to think that they need to be deflated when transported (I don't have a heavy-duty truck!). The problem is the price of helium, it ain't cheap...