Serious Compacts and Stock Images (e.g. Getty)

stillshunter

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Like many folks on here I've had some images requested by Getty Images on Flickr and even made some coffee money for my trouble.:D I know a few years ago Getty accepted Leica X1 images but I've heard little about other compacts beyond that. My research has yielded something as vague as this release:

FINAL JPEG SUBMISSION
All final Hi-Res Image Files must now be submitted as JPEGs as follows: • Firstly produce your TIFF master to the specification below:
File Format: Size:
Colour Space: Quality:
Uncompressed TIFF, with .tif extension added at the end of the file name 47.5-52MB 300 PPI (flattened, with no layers, paths or channels)
24 bit RGB Colour, 8 bits per channel (8 bit file)
Digital Capture from approved camera ideally shooting RAW and convert to TIFF file using recommended software (Capture One, Photoshop CSRAW, Aperture etc). Or drum scan of analog film or scan from approved professional equivalent (Imacon)
• Perform any retouching to remove logos, dust etc (see below). If using IPTC or XMP to supply metadata, please add data to the TIFF file before conversion to JPEG.
• Next open your TIFF master in Photoshop, then save as a JPEG by selecting File > Save As, then JPEG (or JPG) and Quality 12 (maximum). For more help about how to save your images as JPEGs which meet our current submission requirements click here
• As an option you can check your JPEGs meet our file requirements by running your files through the latest version of Preflight. Click here for more information.
• Finally submit the JPEG to us, without any further processing or compression.
http://contributors.gettyimages.com/img/articles/downloads/submission_req_one_page.pdf

…but this would mean many 1/1.7" sensors might qualify - well some 16mp models are 'better' than my old Nikon D700 which has been my most 'profitable' camera.
(Also explains why my film scans never make it :blush:….:laugh1:)

Again, it's not a fortune but there's a small bonus in these 'sales' and so I wonder where the lines of diminishing returns begins.
tiny - iPhone, Nokia Lumia 1020,
really small - 1/7" - e.g., XZ2, G16, EX2
small - 1" - e.g., RX100, Nikon 1
getting bigger - mu43 - e.g., mu43
a little bigger plus an iota - 1.5" - G1X, G1Xii
midling - APS-C - GR, Coolpix A, NEX, Fuji X100/XPro/XE/etc.

From my experience:
My smallest sensor that's sold has been full-frame (D700), my smallest sensor accepted has been APS-C (K5), my smallest sensor invited has been mu43 (EP3).

Can you share your smallest censored stock imagery tale.
 
The Nikon D700 is a really good body - did you sell it - do you regret selling it?
Was a bulletproof body but the complete opposite of a Serious Compact. Close to 1kg on it's own and even though I shot primes on it - and not the bazooka premiere f2.8 zooms - the thing was two hands full.

So in short, I do not regret selling it as it was too cumbersome to be with me always. But the files - even only being 12MP - were so elastic and a sheer delight to work with. Getting them was the problem.
 
Doing a little more research. Reputable stock imagists Alamy list the following serious compacts as "Recommended"

Canon EOS M
Canon Powershot G15
Canon Powershot G16
Canon Powershot S120
Nikon 1 V2
Nikon J1
Nikon V1
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G10
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G3
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G5
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF3
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX1
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7
Panasonic Lumix DMC-L10
Samsung NX10
Samsung NX100
Samsung NX20
Samsung NX200
Fujifilm Finepix X100
Fujifilm X100S
Fujifilm X-A1
Fujifilm X-E1
Fujifilm X-E2
Fujifilm X-M1
Fujifilm X-Pro1
Leica M8
Leica M8.2
Leica M9
Leica Vario M
Leica X1
Leica X2
Olympus OM-D E-M1
Olympus OM-D E-M5
Olympus PEN E-P1
Olympus PEN E-P2
Olympus PEN E-PL1
Olympus PEN E-PL2
Olympus PEN E-PL3
Ricoh GXR A12
Sony Alpha NEX-3
Sony Alpha NEX-5
Sony Alpha NEX-6
Sony Alpha NEX-7
Sony DSC-RX100

Some notable exceptions here…e.g., where are the Merrills? Though they're not on the "Unsuitable" list

Surprising though that the Canons G15 and 16 and s120 are the only small sensors recommended. :confused:
 
Seems like to dismiss output from the likes of the X10/20/XF1 is a bit pompous & dissmissive - elitist would be more apt
 
How about the Ricoh GR? And none of the Pentax DSLRs are listed. K-5 family? K-3?
I, yes me, I and moi edited the recommended list to the 'traditional' compacts. The official list - as per the link, even lets you sport your old K200d.;)
Pentax K10D / Grand Prix
Pentax K2000 (K-m)
Pentax K200D
Pentax K20D
Pentax K-3
Pentax K-30
Pentax K-5
Pentax K-5 IIs
Pentax K-50
Pentax K-7
Pentax K-r
Pentax K-x

Seems like to dismiss output from the likes of the X10/20/XF1 is a bit pompous & dissmissive - elitist would be more apt
Good pick-up mate. Those three are not only not on the guest list, but on the black list. I wonder why 'No" to them and "Yes" to the Canon S120? :hmmm:
 
My images are with The Image Works, but their clients are largely editorial, not much in the high end advertising. They have accepted images of mine for their files from m4/3, mostly from my Nikons (APC and full frame), the 1" Sony and even a couple from my Samsung phone. But acceptance into their files and sales are two different things. When they accept for their files it surely means they have some idea that they might be salable, but only time will tell. Even Getty changes over time with regard to what they will accept, according to a friend who is a long-standing Image Bank-now-Getty photographer. The safest route for anyone who wants to sell stock is to use full frame, however, the old adage that the best camera is the one you have with you still applies. For my part, I am enjoying the Nikon Df files, and stock efforts aside, I simply enjoy using that camera for myself, everything else is bonus. But the little Sony and the Fuji x100s are there for those times when I can only have something very small with me.
 
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