fotolebrocq Posted August 27, 2009 Share #1 Posted August 27, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Does anyone know of a photographer selling images on Getty, Alamy or Istock using the M8? It would be interesting to see a portfolio of commercial photos that are actually selling Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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picture Posted August 27, 2009 Share #2 Posted August 27, 2009 The answer is yes, I do, and I really wish I had the time to correspond fully on the subject, but I haven't sorry. I hope there's another M8/Getty photographer out there with better time management skills than me, because I'd be interested to hear what they say as well. Though it's irrelevant really, the M8 is easily good enough for high end usage - the last M8 shot I sold was to a VERY large international advertising agency for a lot of money. So lets end this thread and go and take some photo's, or in my case carry on with the endless tedious-business-admin-desk-work. Gary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted August 27, 2009 Share #3 Posted August 27, 2009 Gary, Outstanding work on your website! Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotolebrocq Posted August 27, 2009 Author Share #4 Posted August 27, 2009 I thought the answer would be yes but it would be useful to be pointed to a Getty or Istock portfolio to get a feel for where this camera excels. Congrats Gary on your sale but it would be a pity to close the thread as I am sure many would be interested. I for one would welcome any feedback on this as well as the more technical issues re size and upscaling necessary for some agencies. Cheers, Tony BTW - agree great work on your site - are these from the M8? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stunsworth Posted August 27, 2009 Share #5 Posted August 27, 2009 Alamy requires a minimum of a 48 mb Jpeg - that's the size when opened. That means of course that you need to interpolate the images from the M8 for them to be accepted. I do that and I've never had an image rejected - after saying that I only have 50 or so there at the moment. I have the feeling that they only check all the images manually when you make your initial submission. After that I assume they choose images to check at random from those uploaded during the day, though they may be able to automatically check that the images meet the required file size. Still waiting for my first sale <grin>. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overgaard Posted August 27, 2009 Share #6 Posted August 27, 2009 Editorial photos are 6MP on Getty Images (3000 pixels on the widest side), Associated Press is 4.000 pixels. Both sRGB as JPG quality no less than 8. So M8 will do just fine for that. Some picture agencies require TIFF formats in Adobe RGB 1998 in HUGE sizes, very often based on old school scanning rules. Picture agencies such as Getty and AP are very keen on keeping file sizes down as everything they produce is sent out hires for their clients (newspapers, magazines, etc) to use on subscription basis. And they have to store everything as well. Getty's monthly flow is about 200,000 pictures on editorial stuff (news, sport, entertainment) so as you can imagine, it makes a difference if it's 1 MB or 100 MB files. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KM-25 Posted August 27, 2009 Share #7 Posted August 27, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) I thought the answer would be yes but it would be useful to be pointed to a Getty or Istock portfolio to get a feel for where this camera excels. iStock is not really anything we need to see on a forum of photographers who depend on photography to pay their bills. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
picture Posted August 27, 2009 Share #8 Posted August 27, 2009 Thanks for the compliments. No digital photo's on my site, no commercial folio, and I've just started submitting M8 shots to Getty, so not much to look at there either. Getty workflow: re-size DNG 120% in C1 to give 100 Mb 16 bit Tiffs, clean them up in Photoshop, convert to full size Jpeg, upload. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
picture Posted August 28, 2009 Share #9 Posted August 28, 2009 SW - You've got me curious now, why do you ask? Are you thinking of buying an M8 and wondering if it's good enough? It is. Though it will only excel in one place, about 1 cm in front of wherever you excel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sisoje Posted August 29, 2009 Share #10 Posted August 29, 2009 iStock is not really anything we need to see on a forum of photographers who depend on photography to pay their bills. Hey! That is not nice... I do quite alright with iStock... Feed my family, too... BTW, my royalty managed stock agency went belly up last winter... Still no regular checks... Thank God for iStock (& Getty's).... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fotolebrocq Posted August 29, 2009 Author Share #11 Posted August 29, 2009 Hi Picture - I sold my M8 two years ago having had various frustrations with the camera. I currently use a 5D Mk11 but I would like to return to Leica (M9 if it happens) for several reasons. Firstly it is easily a match for the 5D in IQ (at base ISO) and secondly itis SO much easier to carry around - more often than not my Canon is not with me. I have also got an Olympus EP1 which is a terrific carry everywhere camera but not up to agency work (IMO).So I guess I was just wanted to be sure that the M8/9 could be used for agency work. Thanks to all who replied with very useful info Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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