Comments on: Starting Microstock – Budget Equipment pack for less then $500 http://photostockblog.com/photo-equipment/starting-microstock-budget-equipment-pack-for-less-then-500/ Your source for microstock photo resources Wed, 26 Aug 2009 08:24:03 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Starting Microstock - Equipment pack for less then $1000 | PhotoStockBlog.com http://photostockblog.com/photo-equipment/starting-microstock-budget-equipment-pack-for-less-then-500/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Starting Microstock - Equipment pack for less then $1000 | PhotoStockBlog.com Fri, 30 May 2008 09:41:37 +0000 http://photostockblog.com/?p=23#comment-12 [...] We are still in the entry level class DSLR, but now we are going a bit further from the low budget equipment plan. [...] [...] We are still in the entry level class DSLR, but now we are going a bit further from the low budget equipment plan. [...]

]]> By: PhotoStocker http://photostockblog.com/photo-equipment/starting-microstock-budget-equipment-pack-for-less-then-500/comment-page-1/#comment-10 PhotoStocker Thu, 29 May 2008 09:00:10 +0000 http://photostockblog.com/?p=23#comment-10 Those cases when agencies are accepting photos from point&shot are more like an exception then the general rule. In my opinion, main obstacle for buying a better p&s or a prosumer for start microstock is it's price. For example Canon's G9 camera, that represents good choice for advanced users, cost about $450, or take Fuji's new F100FS it costs $700. Also, when you decide to go DSLR, and that step is imminent, your year old prosumer will cost only one third of a price. Ok, I know, buying a digital camera is not a savings account, digital equipment is loosing it's value. But that value reduction trend is a bit slower for the DSLR equipment. Those cases when agencies are accepting photos from point&shot are more like an exception then the general rule.

In my opinion, main obstacle for buying a better p&s or a prosumer for start microstock is it’s price.
For example Canon’s G9 camera, that represents good choice for advanced users, cost about $450, or take Fuji’s new F100FS it costs $700.
Also, when you decide to go DSLR, and that step is imminent, your year old prosumer will cost only one third of a price.
Ok, I know, buying a digital camera is not a savings account, digital equipment is loosing it’s value. But that value reduction trend is a bit slower for the DSLR equipment.

]]> By: Steve Gibson http://photostockblog.com/photo-equipment/starting-microstock-budget-equipment-pack-for-less-then-500/comment-page-1/#comment-9 Steve Gibson Thu, 29 May 2008 00:15:43 +0000 http://photostockblog.com/?p=23#comment-9 Good choice of kit with that prime lens, I've not used the cannon. but the Nikon 50mm 1.4 is almost as good as having a macro lens when taking table top photos for microstock, and also good for doing portrait work too. I still think a starting user can get away with a reasonable quality point and shoot camera if they downsize the images a little and shoot the right subjects - just the test the water (an SLR will soon follow!. Microstock agencies have a habit of rejecting even the best quality images if the subject is not good and conversely accepting something that is a little marginal if it is a rare/difficult to shoot subject that they are in short supply of. Good choice of kit with that prime lens, I’ve not used the cannon. but the Nikon 50mm 1.4 is almost as good as having a macro lens when taking table top photos for microstock, and also good for doing portrait work too. I still think a starting user can get away with a reasonable quality point and shoot camera if they downsize the images a little and shoot the right subjects – just the test the water (an SLR will soon follow!. Microstock agencies have a habit of rejecting even the best quality images if the subject is not good and conversely accepting something that is a little marginal if it is a rare/difficult to shoot subject that they are in short supply of.

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