Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nathan - I never suggested it was statistically accurate, I just stated the simple facts. Piers - I have a feeling that what you are saying is correct, and of course the more you get through their system the more they trust you. Gerry > On 23 Apr 2016, at 06:53, piers at hemy.org <piers.hemy at gmail.com> > wrote: > > Or there could indeed be other factors, such as a simple filter on EXIF > data. From a chat with a senior Alamy staffer some years ago, I know that > they want (and need) to minimise the manual input to curating the images > they offer, and certainly in the early days they used a pretty crude tool > to filter out the less-than-best - only images from specified cameras would > be considered. Perhaps the converse is at play here, anything from an M9 is > assumed worth a look. And in the case of Gerry's images, that is an > automatic pass. But XPro files do not get that assumption, so even Gerry's > images may not even make the first cut. > > Piers > > On Saturday, 23 April 2016, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote: > >> There may be other variables at play, for example the lenses you are >> using. In any event, the respective sample sizes do not allow for drawing >> statistically meaningful conclusions yet. >> >> Cheers, >> Nathan >> >> Nathan Wajsman >> Alicante, Spain >> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> >> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu >> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws < >> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ < >> http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> >> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator < >> http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> >> YNWA >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On 22 Apr 2016, at 23:20, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com >> <javascript:;>> wrote: >>> >>> Peter >>> >>> I am fairly convinced it is a problem with the sensors which are >> different to others, and a problem with sharpening the images. >>> >>> Gerry >>> >>>> On 22 Apr 2016, at 22:11, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig at summaventures.com >> <javascript:;>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Gerry, >>>> >>>> Do you have, or can you get, any indication of what the difference is. >> It seems >>>> that there are so many variables, perhaps the cameras/sensors, perhaps >> the >>>> editors, perhaps... >>>> >>>> Anyway I am glad that you are getting the images accepted again, >>>> >>>> Peter >>>> >>>> On 22/04/2016 19:40, Gerry Walden wrote: >>>>> As most of you will know i was a Fuji X-World photographer shooting >> with two X-Pro1s and a variety of lenses, and I was fairly happy. However >> in July last year I moved back to Leica after about 13 years and purchased >> a used M9. I had shot with Leica Ms for many years but changed when I made >> the decision to go digital, and Leica simply did not have a digital body, >> and appeared to have no intention of producing one. It cost me a lot of >> money to switch back but I was rapidly approaching 70 and decided if I >> couldn?t have what I wanted at my age it was a sad world! >>>>> >>>>> I have submitted to Alamy for many years, and have around 4,000 images >> with them. I am always very careful about quality when I submit because >> they are pretty fussy, but I found that I was only getting about a 50% >> acceptance rate with the Fuji cameras, and could never work out why. The >> images looked fine to me on the screen. It was a real problem. >>>>> >>>>> I have now made 17 submissions using Leica images, and have not had a >> single failure! That makes the change really worthwhile. Others will say >> ?Of course, you should have known? but I would never have thought it would >> be that obvious! >>>>> >>>>> Gerry >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Gerry Walden LRPS >>>>> www.gwpics.com >>>>> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >>>>> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> =========================================================== >>>> Dr Peter Dzwig >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information