My first camera was a Kodak Brownie.  uh.......does this make me an old fart, or what?

Kodak Brownie
Kodak Pony
Kodak Instamatic
Pentax Spotmatic F
Pentax MX, LX, ME Super,A645, etc
Pentax *ist DS
Pentax K100D

Saving my pennies for a K20D.  It's on order.  But I still shoot with film.  (film?  whuzzat?!)

Portia

Quote from: hrhportia on October 18, 2008, 19:39

...  I've seen DSLRs dropped onto concrete from 4 ft and sustain nothing more than a broken filter.  On the other hand, I've seen relatively new DSLRs go irreparable simply from using an off-brand media card.

good warning hrhportia, goes to show being stingy on important things like media card is silly.
it's like buying rethread tires for your porsche or mercedes, isn't it?
you save a few dollars and end up paying a whole lot more. fool's economy.

In my years in camera retail, I've seen horror stories that no one could imagine.  One guy had his camera nuked in a microwave by his grandson, another one put the camera on the tailgate of his truck and then backed over it, and the classic:  a guy with a Nikon D70 put a Sandisk III card in his camera and it totally fried.  I've been able to rescue a lot of Nikon D70's that have been subject to this by doing a flash upgrade on the firmware, but this one was toast.

Most of you already know this, so I beg pardon in advance for flogging a dead horse, but Nikon tests their cameras with Lexar media cards, whereas Canon tests with Sandisk.  I know of no instance where a Canon went bad when used with a Lexar card, but the reverse is endemic.  If you are using Nikon equipment, stick with Lexar media!  I could go on and on with horror stories, but I think I've made my point.

I shoot with Pentax cameras.  I swear by the Panasonic hi-speed cards.  I've got 2 that I've re-formatted at least 100 times each and they're still kickin'.

Pentaxian for 40+ years,

Portia

I'm emerald on Fotolia and I have seen a HUGE increase in rejections there over the past few months. 

My acceptance rates at the other sites remain in the 90% range while they have dropped to around 60% on Fotolia.  I have no idea why Fotolia all of a sudden hates my work but take some comfort in the fact that I am not the only one.

Still making good money there, but the randomness of the rejections is pretty annoying.  Thank goodness there are other sites and I am not dependent on the whims of Fotolia's reviewers.

I've had the same experience.  Fotolia seems to hate my work lately, too, but I'm making good money on the images I have there.  Go figure...

Thank God I'm not exclusive, either.

I have found, however, that if I submit a batch of similar items, say, different piles of gemstones, I stand a higher chance of being rejected for "similar content" then I do when I submit batches culled from different shoots.  I can always submit the others later, if I choose.

I finally talked my wife into shooting more stock photos and am helping her get her port into order....

How do I delete an image on istock?  I've looked all over and can't find the delete button.  I need to delete some she uploaded some time ago.

Thanks,
Steve

Uh, dude.......... yer wife can figure it out for herself.

Signed,

Yer wife!!!

After months of trying to make sense of the "rejection" process, I've finally decided that there IS none.  It all depends on who is reviewing and whether or not the image appeals to said reviewer.  I've re-submitted stuff several times and the images either make it or they don't.  But the "over-filtering" bit with a CPL is especially irritating in a state that has a lot of sun and water.  Whaddo they want us to do, anyway?  Blow out the image entirely?  So......I just shoot, process, submit, etc., and leave my ego offline.   

The only reason I like MP is because it's a good place to store stuff online free of charge.  flickr and pbase and other similar sites charge you by the month.

Unfortunately, I think that subs will become more and more prevalent as time goes on.

I'm afraid I have to agree.  Overall sales this month are down for me, but subs are up.  I really don't want to opt out of subs, because that's rather like cutting off your nose to spite your face.  OTOH, I feel like I'm giving my hard work away.