Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/08/07

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Subject: [Leica] Compact cameras
From: lrzeitlin at gmail.com (Lawrence Zeitlin)
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 16:19:21 -0400

On the other hand the Alamy list of acceptable cameras is twice as long as
the Getty list. Alamy accepts photos made with just about every 4/3s camera
on the market including all Olympus DSLRs from the E-volt 430 and E-volt 500
on and the EP series of micro 4/3 cameras. It also accepts photos made with
all of Panasonic's 4/3 cameras including the micro 4/3 series. This tends to
belie Mark's contention that the 4/3 format is suitable only for little old
ladies taking pictures of children going to church on Sundays.


The inclusion of the Epson RD1 is also an eye opener. Even though it takes
Leica lenses, the resolution of the RD1 is exceeded by just about every P&S
camera on the market. It is hard to believe that Getty and Alamy have such
different standards of acceptability. I think Alamy's criterion for
acceptability, and the and the acceptability of Doug's DMR photos can be
summed up by this line of small print on Alamy's list.

"Please note, there may be other digital cameras that can produce files
which would also be acceptable to Alamy."

Larry Z


Tina Manley wrote:


Yes, Alamy rejects any photo not made with their recommended list:


http://www.alamy.com/contributor/help/recommended-digital-cameras.asp



Not entirely true.  The DMR isn't on the 'recommended camera' list and none
of my DMR photos have been rejected.


Doug Herr

Birdman of Sacramento

http://www.wildlightphoto.com


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