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Messages - Perry
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776
« on: January 20, 2011, 06:32 »
They don't pay in time, and now they are cutting the royalties. Fotolia became my #2 on my "Which sites I'd like to suddenly disappear" list. (#1 is still iStock)
Suggestion: Wouldn't it be nice if there was a "karma list" also on this site? You could vote how much you "like" each site (not counting total $ at all) The scale could go from -5 (intense hate) trough 0 (neutral) to 5 (Woo-yay love)
777
« on: January 20, 2011, 06:29 »
Hahahaha.... to get the same percentage I have now (31%) I would have to sell my files as exclusive files. Are they stupid or what is their problem?
779
« on: January 20, 2011, 06:21 »
I've put a support ticket in and its with their development team now. I wish I could say your support ticket is in good hands, but then I would be lying. I hope they fix it soon. I'm a big fan of istock. It feels good to submit there because your photos are at the go to site in the industry What are you smoking?
780
« on: January 20, 2011, 06:05 »
I'm speechless. I need about 1,000 sales to get the same royalty (31%) as before. And my dream of better royalties just went 15,000 sales farther away.
I set some goals for me for 2011. I son't see them happening. This is sickening. I'm really seriously thinking about dumping microstock alltogether, I haven't seen any macros pulling stunts like these (IS, FT)
I really hope SS and DT don't jump on the bandwagon.
781
« on: January 18, 2011, 06:37 »
Sunday January 16, 2011, 02:23 PM XSmall Regular 0.00
I guess this is why my balance is not updating.
Next year you need to get 12,000 redeemed credits to get 0%. with 34,000 redeemed credits you will get 1% The regular royalty level for new contributors will be -8%
782
« on: January 14, 2011, 11:39 »
"And I must say, thank you to everyone for helping iStock with an exceptional year. With your hard work, we continue to meet and exceed our goals." Has iStock asked you what your goals are? They didn't ask me, but still they say they know my goals (and that I have met and exceeded my goals even if I disagree). My dream is that iStock would just suddenly vanish from the surface of earth. *POOF*
783
« on: January 13, 2011, 10:20 »
784
« on: January 10, 2011, 05:30 »
785
« on: January 09, 2011, 17:50 »
Hey Perry, got any recommendations for the best primes?
I have no idea. I know that (stopped down) 100/2.8L macro is very sharp, as is 135/2L. Some say the (discontinued) 200/1.8 is the sharpest one, and that 85/1.2 is great too, but I have no experience with those (they aren't exactly cheap!) Even 50/1.4 should be sharper than any zooms. Have you done sharpness comparisons with 85/1.8 at f/8...f/11 ?
786
« on: January 09, 2011, 17:05 »
I have the original 5D and the MK2. To be honest the original has less noise at 100 ISO and is a tad sharper straight out of camera.
You should really first resize the images to the same size to compare this. If you upsize a mkI file to 5606 pixels on the longer side, do you still consider it sharper than a mkII file? Of course mkII will appear softer if you don't have the absolute top of the line lenses (There are prime lenses that outperforms your zooms) and shoot at medium apertures. More megapixels doesn't help if your lenses aren't up to the task.
787
« on: January 08, 2011, 07:05 »
I'm hoping IS will bump me up the last less than 1%. But as of now I'm not helped at all.
I hope they don't. If there is going to be levels, they have to be the same for all of us.
788
« on: January 07, 2011, 19:47 »
--double post--
790
« on: January 07, 2011, 05:27 »
I hope they are not upgrading soon, I just bought me another 5D mk II so that I would have my old one as a backup....
I would like to see:
-Just a bit more megapixels
-More (and faster / more accurate) AF points
-Still a bit less noise
791
« on: January 04, 2011, 12:28 »
Categories... why can't they get rid of those for good? 
792
« on: January 04, 2011, 10:47 »
So, how hard is the uploading process? Do they have FTP, IPTC etc.? Categories?
793
« on: January 04, 2011, 07:18 »
Hmm looks like I had one single extended licence sale or such on a partner site for $39,99 (?)
794
« on: January 04, 2011, 07:13 »
In the last couple of days I had a sudden about $40 rise in my account balance without finding any extended licences or anything. Then I looked at my november earnings and noticed that I had gotten more noveber partner earnings. I had about $90 before, and now I have about $130.
Did anyone else have a similiar bump in november earnings or am I the only one?
795
« on: January 04, 2011, 03:14 »
If your images are getting accepted at one agency and not at another agency, it is a sign that you are not shooting 'hot' microstock images, you are shooting mediocre microstock images.
I have to disagree here... Some times that is caused just by stupid reviewers/inspectors (or whatever they want to be called)
796
« on: January 04, 2011, 03:04 »
Despite all the negative comments here, I might give Photospin a try IF they have an easy upload.
-In the bottom line I'm only interested in how much the client pays for an image they REALLY USE. For example they might upload 10 images for $0.03 a pop, but if they use only one of them it's the same as a $0.30 subscription download. And if they use it only in a small size, it's no worse than a $0.30 small size download. I'm still guessing the big players that use images a lot are using IS, SS etc. because they have more images to choose from.
-Yes I'm a bit concerned for piracy, but then again:
-I will only upload selected "crap", images that are collecting dust on other sites, perhaps 5% or 10% of my portfolio.
798
« on: December 30, 2010, 07:55 »
There is a big step up for even no-name models for any promotional or advertising releases.
$125 is still a joke.
800
« on: December 27, 2010, 11:40 »
Yet another iStock fiasco!
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