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Messages - ptlee
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« on: June 04, 2009, 00:15 »
Welcome to the club.
Cheers.
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« on: June 28, 2008, 17:34 »
Got my payout a couple of days ago. It's good.
Thanks LO.
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« on: June 05, 2008, 09:19 »
Sent an email already (see my last post), no reply / confirmation yet. I reckon they (he?) are swamped with emails, so I'll just wait till end of June, patiently... 
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« on: June 03, 2008, 20:39 »
.... leaving the impression throughout the commercial that this is the kind of images you can take with an XSi. That's dishonest and a disgrace. In many countries, they would easily be forced to withdraw that commercial.
I guess that probably goes for the compact camera commercials as well 
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« on: June 01, 2008, 16:53 »
Still no sign of it. Sending support an email now. 
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« on: May 28, 2008, 20:06 »
This month has been pretty bad for me on IS & SS. Down about 50% on IS. 
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« on: May 23, 2008, 05:02 »
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Tineye, a remedy worse than the malady ?
Good point... I would term it a Double-edged sword, though. Since it works both ways, equally 'well'.
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« on: May 23, 2008, 02:22 »
Woohoo... got it. Cool. Wonder how long is it going to take to get them all in their database, and how long before Google does the same.  Thanks Miz.
Signed up when I posted here. Still waiting. Maybe it's the time difference, I'm in Singapore  I'll be patient.
Looking forward to trying out this application.
Cheers.
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« on: May 22, 2008, 10:12 »
Thanks Miz. Signed up when I posted here. Still waiting. Maybe it's the time difference, I'm in Singapore I'll be patient. Looking forward to trying out this application. Cheers. Currently on Beta Waiting List
Guess I was too late.
PTLee
No! Sign up. Everyone has to get on the waiting list. The waiting was apprx. 2 hrs for me 5 days ago.
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« on: May 21, 2008, 22:25 »
Currently on Beta Waiting List Guess I was too late. PTLee
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« on: May 19, 2008, 03:17 »
Any reason why the Tamron AF 180mm f/3.5 SP Di LD [IF] macro was not considered? I'm quite happy with this lens.
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« on: April 16, 2008, 00:49 »
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Or perhaps they have turned off buying alltogether. That would be nice to know though. If there for sure won't be any sales then I may as well cash out now. But if a few buyers are going to use up their credits then I will leave my account until May
Good point. I'll wait till May as well. It was a nice and friendly site, at least from a photographer's point of view. Sad to see them leave. PTLee
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« on: April 15, 2008, 05:13 »
I wonder who voted for IS 
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« on: March 14, 2008, 17:08 »
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« on: March 13, 2008, 11:32 »
When do we get a raise?
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« on: March 04, 2008, 00:53 »
Wow! Great shot. Congrats!
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« on: March 04, 2008, 00:51 »
Thanks for the suggestion, I did think about getting the 5D before. Very tempted to try out the FF image quality. I reckon my shooting needs are quite varied for a single camera to fit all, ranging from landscapes to (small birds) wildlife and tabletop studio shots for submitting to micros. A cropped sensor with a fast AF & good fps looks to fit, especially if I couple my setup with a 10-22mm for landscapes, or use a standard zoom at the longer end and stitch the shots for a wider/panoramic view. I guess I just need a 40D with a nice clean 12mp cropped sensor 12mp to have xxl sales, and the rest of its feature fits my needs quite nicely. When I start to earn more serious bucks with stock, I can start dreaming about a FF DSLR  Thanks to you all for sharing your views. cheers. @ptlee, take the 5D, crop the image to 8 MP and you will have almost the equivilant to the 30D cropped sensor  and you are still able to have fullframe and if you do not need the reach more detail in your image and XL size at iS. But yes it will still not give you a faster fps. except if you shoot at a smaller size with the 5D.
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« on: March 02, 2008, 17:48 »
For FF sensor DSLRs, I'd have to be very careful about the lenses I choose I take wildlife too, occasionally, and want the extra reach of a cropped sensor, and a faster fps. I'm leaning towards occasionally renting a 1DsmkII for some stock shoots, and a 40D for family, nature shoots. It'll be nice for me to own a 1Ds mkII, but I'm not sure if my xxl sales can cover the extra cost of getting one (used selling at about twice the price of a 5D). Cheer, PTLee Ptlee, I think it is wise to consider a 5D. If you want a higher MP camera look at one with a larger sensor, not one with a higher pixel density. For that XXL large sizes I have a 16.7 MP 1DsmkII and what a fantastic camera.
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« on: March 01, 2008, 02:48 »
Haven't had a sale in FP for 2 months now, I think. Usually get a few
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« on: March 01, 2008, 02:46 »
After reading what eco said, I'm hoping for a good deal for a 5D ;-) My 400D as been doing ok for me so far, sticking to 16 bit processing for my workflow helped a lot. But 10mp just doesn't get me to those xxl sales... I have my doubts about the 450D too. At some point in time I owned them all: 10D, 20D, 30D, 40D and 400D. I only shoot RAW and after processing hundreds of images of all these cameras it is clear that the best sensor of them all is the 8.2 MP sensor used in the 20D/30D. I bought a 40D to replace my 30D and also bought a 400D as a light weight travel camera. I sold my wife's 350D and gave her my 30D. Guess what? I took back my 30D and gave her the 400D. I never had problems submitting the 8.2 MP images from my 30D at their original size, while with the 40D and 400D I often have to downsize my images to avoid rejection for artefact or noise. Don't let Canon fool you. They reduced the default sharpening of the new 10MP cameras to reduce noise. To get the same image with comparable sharpness to the 30D you must apply more sharpening and this invariably increase noise. This is very apparent to me, even at ISO 100. I will never ever buy the 450D. I can only imagine the noise of that 12 MP on that small 1.6 sensor. It is crazy - this obsession with MP. Hold on to your old cameras. For sure the newer model will not be better for stock photography.
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« on: March 01, 2008, 02:41 »
Wow! A well deserved 'flaming' shot. Congrats!
Still waiting for mine...
Cheers.
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« on: March 01, 2008, 02:39 »
Was having the same debate with myself. If I can find a good deal for a 5D I would go for it, otherwise it would have to be the 40D (would like to have the fps & AF for the kids and wildlife shots), and perhaps rent a 1Ds mk* occasionally for some stock shoots.
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« on: January 18, 2008, 02:33 »
In general with place like Alamy you'll need a couple hundred images before you see a download or see downloads in general. I've heard that you won't see consistent downloads until you hit 1000 uploads. I have to caveat with the fact that many of the people I see say these things on the Alamy forums basically upload travel photos or whatever they see around them and could stand to tighten up their portfolios quite a bit. I had 10 images on line for about a year and had a $200 sale, so know I'm uploading many more to get a payout from them.
Thanks zorki, for the insight. I've also taken a quick glance at the Alamy measures stats, and I see emphasis on certain set of images in my humble portfolio. This gives me a better focus on what images to upload in future to improve my exposure. I'm targeting to have about 200 images up there by end Feb, and moving forward, increase my portfolio gradually. Hopefully I will have some good news to share in future. cheers.
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« on: January 15, 2008, 08:32 »
zero sale, nothing. Ok, so I've got only like 60 images online, but am I doing something wrong?
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