Today I received an interesting offer from Shutterstock. In next two weeks I can subscribe for their new first short-term subscription product in the industry. With this model, you can download 35 images for only $39 USD, 5 images per day (two weeks).
Also this offer is limited only if you have never subscribed before. (Read the article)
I promise that news will be published every week but I had some job to do and I’m late so… Sorry 
Short weekly information about the most popular microstock agencies: (Read the article)
Nice song composed with excellent images… Please enjoy…. Best regards…
Comments(1) iStockphoto stats:
Interesting data is that almost 53% of buyers are from the US. This could be the sign that microstock industry is still not discovered in other countries.
More stats can be found HERE.
Today FUJIFILM U.S.A., has announced a new promotion. If you want to purchase a FinePix S5 Pro camera, you can do it at the reduced price of $1,699.95 which means a $200 savings. Fujifilm is also offering professional photographers a free Power Grip, plus a Pantone Huey Pro with purchase of the S5 Pro Body Only Kit, a savings of $280 with mail-in rebate. (Read the article)
Short weekly information about the most popular microstock agencies: (Read the article)
Good news for all Dreamstime contributors. You can expect image levels update and royalties increase in subscription sales starting from the 1st November. See details below:
Old levels:
Level 1 = 0-24 downloads
Level 2 = 25-49 downloads
Level 3 = 50-99 downloads
Level 4 = 100-199 downloads
Level 5 = over 200 downloads
New levels:
Level 1 = 0-9 downloads
Level 2 = 10-24 downloads
Level 3 = 25-49 downloads
Level 4 = 50-99 downloads
Level 5 = over 100 downloads
Starting with the same date, subscription royalties are increased to $0.30 per download ($0.36 to exclusive images or exclusive photographers). Price of subscriptions and price of credits will remain unchanged.
This change should produce a significant increase in royalties/image for all photographers who have images with more than 10 downloads each. Depending on the popularity of the image as well as the number of popular images compared to the total size of the portfolio, the increase of your monthly revenue can be up to 30-50% or even higher in some particular cases.
While this update shouldn’t affect buyers significantly, as many images will be available at the same prices, we believe it will motivate photographers once more for producing better quality.
After more then four years, Olympus has decided to add a new DSLR member in their premium segment. The new E-3 looks to be a significant step forward for the company in pretty much every respect. Sensor resolution is (only) 10.1 effective megapixels from a newly developed Live MOS image sensor which allows a live preview of the scene before shooting, and the E-3’s imaging pipeline offers the speed necessary to allow five frames-per-second shooting. (Read the article)
