tonywoodphoto Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Is the quality of the iPhone 12 good enough for Alamy submissions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Alamy does not accept phone images. You could upload to Stockimo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 11 hours ago, gvallee said: Alamy does not accept phone images. You could upload to Stockimo. https://www.stockimo.com/ Discussing how that app works is not encouraged here. But with Stockimo you are uploading to the Alamy collection. wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 4 hours ago, wiskerke said: https://www.stockimo.com/ Discussing how that app works is not encouraged here. But with Stockimo you are uploading to the Alamy collection. wim I know that. But... even sending new contributors to S***o ? That would be silly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wiskerke Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 57 minutes ago, gvallee said: I know that. But... even sending new contributors to S***o ? That would be silly. Exactly. Besides I have no idea how it works. Maybe I should try it. Give people dog ears, or is that another app? wim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TABan Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) News/Reportage phone images can be uploaded through the Reportage/Archival portal if you have that privilege. I just bit the bullet and bought the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Image quality from the Max’s main camera, which uses a fairly large sensor for a phone, is comparable to images from the Canon G16, which was on Alamy’s old suitable camera list. Edited December 16, 2020 by TABan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 34 minutes ago, TABan said: News/Reportage phone images can be uploaded through the Reportage/Archival portal if you have that privilege. I just bit the bullet and bought the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Image quality from the Max’s main camera, which uses a fairly large sensor for a phone, is comparable to images from the Canon G16, which was on Alamy’s old suitable camera list. I thought they still had to go via S*******O route. I thought they had a news upload function via that. Has that altered in the last couple of years? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 38 minutes ago, TABan said: News/Reportage phone images can be uploaded through the Reportage/Archival portal if you have that privilege. I just bit the bullet and bought the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Image quality from the Max’s main camera, which uses a fairly large sensor for a phone, is comparable to images from the Canon G16, which was on Alamy’s old suitable camera list. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 21 hours ago, TABan said: News/Reportage phone images can be uploaded through the Reportage/Archival portal if you have that privilege. I just bit the bullet and bought the iPhone 12 Pro Max. Image quality from the Max’s main camera, which uses a fairly large sensor for a phone, is comparable to images from the Canon G16, which was on Alamy’s old suitable camera list. I suspect they shouldn't be though, and this is probably just taking advantage of the fact that QC through those methods is minimal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TABan Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Cal said: I suspect they shouldn't be though, and this is probably just taking advantage of the fact that QC through those methods is minimal. If they're appropriate for this, meaning they're topical editorial and of decent quality, it shouldn't be a problem. For example, I just uploaded a couple of images from the 12 Pro Max of people queued up wearing face masks and holding packages outside a UPS Store. I used to have Live News privileges but was granted the archival route when that was culled because several of my live new images sold for stock later on. I wouldn't use it to upload photos of cute cats, etc., though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, TABan said: If they're appropriate for this, meaning they're topical editorial and of decent quality, it shouldn't be a problem. For example, I just uploaded a couple of images from the 12 Pro Max of people queued up wearing face masks and holding packages outside a UPS Store. I used to have Live News privileges but was granted the archival route when that was culled because several of my live new images sold for stock later on. I wouldn't use it to upload photos of cute cats, etc., though. As Cal says, you're misusing archival privileges- they're just that, privileges, and for archival images. They are not an excuse to upload news images by the back door. Can I suggest you delete your posts because you are just asking to be reported. Edited December 17, 2020 by spacecadet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TABan Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 minute ago, spacecadet said: As Cal says, you're misusing archival privileges- they're just that, privileges, and for archival images. They are not an excuse to upload news images by the back door. That's not exactly true. It's Archival/Reportage. And three images I recently uploaded through that route sold pretty quickly. I'm pretty sure I'd get called on it if it was a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, TABan said: That's not exactly true. It's Archival/Reportage. And three images I recently uploaded through that route sold pretty quickly. I'm pretty sure I'd get called on it if it was a problem. Yes but as you say you have had news (ie reportage) privileges withdrawn. You haven't been "called" because it hasn't been spotted yet- how would it be as you're bypassing QC? Archive and reportage are distinct categories. It's just that quality warning mentions them together. I do not have news privileges and I don't use archival to upload news either. I accept the policy even if I don't agree with it. Remember this is an open forum and Alamy read it too. Edited December 17, 2020 by spacecadet 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TABan Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, spacecadet said: Yes but as you say you have had news (ie reportage) privileges withdrawn. You haven't been "called" because it hasn't been spotted yet- how would it be as you're bypassing QC? Archive and reportage are distinct categories. It's just that quality warning mentions them together. I do not have news privileges and I don't use archival to upload news either. I accept the policy even if I don't agree with it. Remember this is an open forum and Alamy read it too. I had them withdrawn when they went to the upload within 24 hours rather than 48 hours limit as many others did. Then I received an email stating that since several of my news images sold for stock use fairly soon after, I was being granted upload privileges to the Reportage/Archival route. So I'm pretty sure Alamy is okay with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niels Quist Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) I haven't really used S------O, though I joined from the beginning. I remember that that you should choose if the image was a news image. Why would this be if mobile phone (iPhone) news images shouldn't be uploaded via this route? Edited December 17, 2020 by Niels Quist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 15 minutes ago, Niels Quist said: I haven't really used S------O, though I joined from the beginning. I remember that that you should choose if the image was a news image. Why would this be if mobile phone (iPhone) news images shouldn't be uploaded via this route? Well Todd says he has special permission, which is why I haven't reported what seemed to me like a breach of privilege. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Archival using an iphone? As I said... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 (edited) I think Alamy should allow live news from mobile phones through the usual route, rather than suffering a 50% drop in revenue. To recount a story from a couple of year ago. I was standing on a freezing cliffside photographing the sculptures in the sand for Armistice day in Cornwall, when a very well known Getty photographer comes and stands next to me. One of my pics sold to the Telegraph, he had a couple of front pages. I emailed him with congrats, and he got back to me saying the picture that most papers took was off his Iphone - and he had the full range of canon pro gear with him ! Edited January 16, 2021 by Simon spelling error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Standfast Posted January 16, 2021 Share Posted January 16, 2021 22 minutes ago, Simon said: I think Alamy should allow live news from mobile phones through the usual route, rather than suffering a 50% drop in revenue. To recount a story from a couple of year ago. I was standing on a freezing cliffside photographing the sculptures in the sand for Armistice day in Cornwall, when a very well known Getty photographer comes and stands next to me. One of my pics sold to the Telegraph, he had a couple of front pages. I emailed him with congrats, and he got back to me saying the picture that most papers took was off his Iphone - and he had the full range of canon pro gear with him ! They were memorable pictures from Porthcurno. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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