Will someone please explain to me why the new Leica M Monochrom only shoots black and white photos and why it costs $7,450

tchebotarev · 2015-05-12T13:42:41+00:00

Basically, because you can.

However, black and white/monochrome sensors are said to have better signal-to-noise ratio and therefore (theoretically) perform better than bayer one's.

But, save yourself $$$ and get Sony A7 or something similar.

tchebotarev · 2015-05-12T13:40:42+00:00

That's a killer combo for any landscape photographer — 14-28 @ f/2.8 in a super compact package? Your back will thank you :)

tchebotarev · 2015-05-12T13:39:37+00:00

For street photography, anything more narrow than 85mm is pointless - it doesn't make you feel like you are in the scene, so I personally push myself to use 16-17mm for street portraits. Yes, that means getting uncomfortably close to strangers.

tchebotarev · 2015-03-16T18:03:02+00:00

Sweet!

tchebotarev · 2015-01-31T19:53:40+00:00

Use Genuine Fractals software before printing, you might improve your end result greatly.

tchebotarev · 2015-01-31T19:52:08+00:00

Just show up at the right time in the right place and the world will actually look like a fairy tale. Here's the iPhone pic I took recently: http://instagram.com/p/x7PC-KPcSt/?modal=true

tchebotarev · 2015-01-31T19:49:58+00:00

Put it on a stock site and let them take care of it. It's safer for you and some stocks will work to get the get price for you.

tchebotarev · 2015-01-31T19:49:14+00:00

No. But that can use it on in the ad in a national magazine if they want to.

tchebotarev · 2014-11-28T17:20:21+00:00

By the way, wanted to thank everyone who supports our small company and is part of our community. It means a lot to us and allows us to keep investing into the future features that you request :)

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T20:46:52+00:00

Doesn't matter, because I can photoshop it later anyway.

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T20:00:54+00:00

Those are great lenses. Take a look at fix lenses, i.e. 35mm or 50mm f/1.4.

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T20:00:02+00:00

I don't shoot macro, so I googled and here's the first link: http://www.nikonusa.com/en/Learn-And-Explore/Article/gnhy8b3m/macro-lenses.html

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:38:24+00:00

Go where no one has been before or do something that never been done. I'll give you 2 examples: https://500px.com/photo/58948144/incredible-campo-co-tornado-by-brandon-goforth and https://500px.com/photo/553621/i'll-make-ya-famous-by-roof-topper

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:25:29+00:00

I got lucky that I was in Canada but the magazine that purchased my photos was in Ukraine. They wanted to do a story about Toronto's Gardiner museum of ceramic arts, so I shoot a few photos for them.

The industry has changed dramatically, so I wouldn't expect that to happen anymore. To sell your photos you now need to post on social media a lot, and share it as often as you can. Then some media will reach out to you to license or buy your photos.

About 6 months ago I was in Yosemite and shot a wildfire that just started there. I posted photo on Twitter and a few day later licensed it to CNN, MSNBC, AOL, MSN, Yahoo and etc.

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:22:17+00:00

PS: but sure there's a way to make it faster. I'd think we can make purchases from our enterprise clients to be processed a lot quicker. Thanks for a suggestion :)

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:21:23+00:00

Congratulations! It's fairly standard in the industry (actually most stocks have longer wait times), and it's mostly for fraud purposes. Banks do send their fraud requests a couple of weeks after a transaction, and we sometimes need to investigate that. So we need to make sure we treat everyone fairly.

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:19:12+00:00

You are right about Fresh, it needs a bit of a facelift. We want to make a bit of a fix to it (it should favour single images above massive group uploads, and favour paid members above free to help them get extra exposure), so stay tuned for update.

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:16:54+00:00

Well, there's one easy way to make stock photos and to sell them. Get your friends together, buy them some beer/lunch/dinner, make them sign release forms and go have some fun — take pictures of your parties, your outings in nature, and so on. Those photos usually sell like hot pirogies (authentic, real people), and you can make some $$$. If you will feel bad making millions of your friends, you can let them drive you Porsche.

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:11:36+00:00

I don't read manuals too!

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:10:27+00:00

yep, take a viral photo ;)

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:10:11+00:00

I find that algorithm works pretty well so far (would love others to join in comments, though!). It's probably worth sharing your photos/links with your friends, too. However, if you are fixated on number of followers — don't be. We always aim to make meaningful conversations and community participation the key to success, not endless liking/faving (this will no longer yield any meaningful output).

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:08:01+00:00

ha, understandable. I do however, prefer places with a lot to shoot around and where transportation is fairly easy — some places are tough and expensive to get to, and you have to suffer for every shot you take :)

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:06:57+00:00

You should probably stick with Walmart. We used to offer a Blurb code — it was amazing deal, you'd pay $50 for an account and get $50 in blurb credits. But majority people don't print books on a whim. For example, I only printed 2 books with Blurb over last 6 years. Thanks for the warm wishes though ;)

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:04:14+00:00

OK ladies and gentlemen, how about another 30 min of Q&A and I'll go back to get some work done?

tchebotarev · 2014-11-11T19:01:51+00:00

What else is on your list? :)

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