Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Tina So it is not just me then. I think Piers may well be right in that their software/system reads the exif data and filters accordingly. BTW, I have had a couple of reasonable sales this month. Gerry > On 23 Apr 2016, at 11:19, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > > Gerry - > > I have had exactly the same experience with Alamy and Fuji and quickly > switched back to Leica only. It does make a huge difference. > > Tina > > On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 2:40 PM, Gerry Walden <gerry.walden at icloud.com> > wrote: > >> As most of you will know i was a Fuji X-World photographer shooting with >> two X-Pro1s and a variety of lenses, and I was fairly happy. However in >> July last year I moved back to Leica after about 13 years and purchased a >> used M9. I had shot with Leica Ms for many years but changed when I made >> the decision to go digital, and Leica simply did not have a digital body, >> and appeared to have no intention of producing one. It cost me a lot of >> money to switch back but I was rapidly approaching 70 and decided if I >> couldn?t have what I wanted at my age it was a sad world! >> >> I have submitted to Alamy for many years, and have around 4,000 images >> with them. I am always very careful about quality when I submit because >> they are pretty fussy, but I found that I was only getting about a 50% >> acceptance rate with the Fuji cameras, and could never work out why. The >> images looked fine to me on the screen. It was a real problem. >> >> I have now made 17 submissions using Leica images, and have not had a >> single failure! That makes the change really worthwhile. Others will say >> ?Of course, you should have known? but I would never have thought it would >> be that obvious! >> >> Gerry >> >> >> Gerry Walden LRPS >> www.gwpics.com >> +44 (0)23 8046 3076 or >> +44 (0)797 287 7932 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > -- > Tina Manley > www.tinamanley.com > tina-manley.artistwebsites.com > http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information