Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Oct 19, 2009, at 7:32 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > Steve Barbour wrote: > >> On Oct 19, 2009, at 5:28 PM, Tina Manley wrote: >> >>> 48 MB files are the minimum for most. More and more are using lists >>> of acceptable and unacceptable cameras. Leica M8s and M9s are on >>> everybody's acceptable list. Point and shoots are not. Any cameras >>> below 10MP are not. They look at the photo's EXIF and if the camera >>> is not acceptable, they don't even review the photo. If you are >>> very careful about how you interpolate, photos from a 10MP camera >>> like the M8 are acceptable, but you can't do much cropping or high >>> ISO work at all to be accepted. >> >> so this takes the place of..."whether it's a good photo?" & >> "whether it has anything to say?" >> > > Nope. In addition to "whether it's a good photo?" & "whether it has > anything to say?". There are bazillions of photos saying something, > given a choice between a poorly-executed photo and another of > equivalent content, but well-executed, poor technique doesn't win. oh, and not to be forgotten, there are bazillions of high megabyte, technically perfect photos, empty of content or importance... how do stock agencies deal with these ? Steve > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information