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« on: July 20, 2007, 01:30 »
Traveller: How long have you been doing photography for? The reason I ask is that you have 1,000. Many microstock photographers who take this seriously could probably push out that many photos in a year.
Based on that, the work and effort you put into yor shots must be a lot higher (or you work less?). Therefore it makes sence that you offer your photos for more as they must be more unique in some way. Do you have photos that you wouldn't consider sending to your macro agency but are still technically ok? If so, why not send these to a micro agency just to see how the market works?
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« on: July 19, 2007, 15:58 »
For example the Canon 50mm 1.4 lens should be in the price range of the 80GB iPod, at least in Germany. But what about those weird people that shot Nikon or dare I say it, one of the other brands. I saw one competition that was a 1D, a 2DX or a apple laptop. Not suggesting you go to that extreme but maybe offer a couple of options for each prize.
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« on: July 19, 2007, 15:50 »
Just a hobby for me. I make more in a day than I do in two months on micro.
When I go back to NZ (land of the low wage - compared to london anyway) that should change a bit.
it's only land of the low wage if you have a crappy job, I earn several times minimum wage and didn't have to work that hard to get it. I earn about 1-2% of my salary through MS, it's a hobby which is almost pays for my gear.
I too will be earning several times average wage (not just minimum) and still wont be able to afford the house that I want in Auckland. Where are you based. For me Microstock earns enough money so my GF cant complain that I just bought a new paperweight (aka dustpump, aka 100-400L) - bring on Africa on my way home to NZ>
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« on: July 19, 2007, 05:59 »
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« on: July 18, 2007, 15:23 »
While still good, the 30D uses old technology -- DIGIC II. I assume the 40D will have the DIGIC III processor?
What does the process do? Is it just speed?? Or does it do image quality as well? The 30D does what it is meant to do in its price range so other than small incremental improvements in the 40D,(10mp, Digic III, less noise) it is really a similar camera. Worth the upgrade, 
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« on: July 18, 2007, 07:15 »
The latest info on the 40D is two days old on pma rumors:
http://pma-rumours.blogspot.com/
I can already see the dispointed threads at DP review if that is correct. The problem with the 30D is that it is already perfectly good. The only way to improve it is to give it pro features (not going to happen).
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« on: July 17, 2007, 11:05 »
my question for lucky oliver - will there be a keyword spamming alert button anytime??? i would like to use it.  My question for lucky oliver - what is acceptable use for your watermarked images? it seems it makes it very easy for a blogger (or forum poster) to steal an image if they aren't concerned with the watermarks.
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« on: July 17, 2007, 11:04 »
ah yes.. i guess that makes sense. Perhaps they could be ranked lower if it was ONLY in the description??
Great idea! And maybe a higher ranking for words that are included in both the keywords and description.
ranked high if in the description and keywords (since must be a major focus) but not at all if not in keywords.
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« on: July 17, 2007, 11:01 »
They are VERY selective and pride themselves on accepting an average of 2% of submissions (yes, that's a 98% rejection rate).
Why bother uploading if they will reject all. You have to upload 50 just to get one in. They would have to have very very good sales to make it worth it. Definately not a MICRO model. For Macro maybe .
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« on: July 17, 2007, 11:00 »
Brave people to voice complaints on the IS forums, that's a sure fire way to get banned.
They were questioning (in the nices way possible probably for that reason )more than complaining.
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« on: July 17, 2007, 06:56 »
next press release will be we dont currently have FTP support but will do once we implement FTP support.
Interesting that they are doing blog press releases on functions that they haven't yet released. It may stop the moaning but will jsut start the questions, of when. I am off to ask that now.
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« on: July 17, 2007, 06:54 »
If you read through the 4 pages of forum posts at istock, saying "wow this is great" there are the minority who are asking why Getty can submit public domain photos and other cant. Also, how can you sell an RF license on a PD image.
istock have replied that they are treating everyone equally (though it has been noted by users they have a large upload limit and their keywords aren't great).
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« on: July 16, 2007, 13:01 »
Sharply - serious and successful are different.
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« on: July 16, 2007, 06:50 »
See official announcement on iStock web site. Hulton is apparently a famous image library with thousands of rare and ancient images.
... that no one wanted to buy so now they are trying to sell them on microstock.
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« on: July 16, 2007, 01:37 »
Based on Leafs list ---->
THe 3 up and coming I submit to are 123rf, FP and LO. All are very simple upload.
I am holding of the others until I see results, including snapvillage.
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« on: July 16, 2007, 01:30 »
I think you have forgotten about the middle group. The hobbiest who has between 100 and 1000 (like myself). We make enough to feed our addiction (to camera accesories) but earn enough in our day job that we dont need to rely on the income.
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« on: July 15, 2007, 03:06 »
I can see the point of a union but the main point of it would be to stop new sites. We already have enough. I dont care what they offer, we dont really need any more. Therefore what we need is a group (and it would need to include all the big names) to just say no to new sites.
New joiners could join them but with out all the good photos, they would eventually gravitate to the say 6-10 "union approved" sites.
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« on: July 13, 2007, 10:35 »
123rf are now offering 36c minimum per DL it seems. previously the minimum has been 30c but they hve been paying 35c after they do the calc. But they have increased the minimum of 30 up to 36c.
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« on: July 11, 2007, 11:33 »
I started receiving my silver level commission at 990 sales. yay On another note, I was checking out my affiliates' portfolios to see if they are growing, only to discover that my top selling affiliate now has only one photo! I'd been wondering why his photos stopped selling all of a sudden...now I know. 
boo. Do you think they have removed them or just that they have been lost in the search??
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« on: July 11, 2007, 07:04 »
Any one had sales yet?
or had referrees who have had sales?
or referred AndreR (or anyone else in the 100 club)?
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« on: July 11, 2007, 01:38 »
I dont do pounds but the site I am looking at says max of 2.5kg. it looks the same but maybe different (different name for the non US market).
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« on: July 10, 2007, 09:39 »
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« on: July 10, 2007, 07:12 »
I am planning on getting a Monopod at the same time that I get the 100-400L. I can work out what monopod to get but having never used one, am not sure what sort of head to get.
Options:
1. No head. Screw straight onto monopod
2. Ball head
3. Monopod head
Looking at sports events, the pros seem to use (1). However, that isn't practical for me as it means I cant shot portrait or use a quick release plate.
I am also not sure about (2).
Manfrotto makes a special monopod head which just also you to flip + or - 90 degrees so you can shot portrait or landscape. It also has the benefit that it uses the same quick release plate as my tripod. Is this the best option?
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« on: July 09, 2007, 16:47 »
I thought the line you quoted made lots of sense....interesting article but really didnt say all that much
I dont get it. I see the downsite of throwing a brick in the air but not the upside.
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« on: July 09, 2007, 06:41 »
tad to dark for me.
Plus it will never be sharp because boats will move over an 8 second period (this isn't a bad thing, just somethignto account for when doing composition).
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