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Marko Subotin
Marko Subotin
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October 27, 2021
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Minimum image size-extended licence

Is there a correlation to image size and price of your image that people will buy? Can an image of 4 megapixels be sold with the extended licence? Thanks

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Legend
October 27, 2021

The license is not affected by the image size. But if you're planning to post minimum size images, you are reducing your commercial exposure, so why do it?

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Nancy OShea
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Nancy OSheaCommunity Expert
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October 28, 2021

A modern iPhone and iPad have 12 megapixel cameras.

Most DSLR cameras have at least 20 magapixel cameras.

Perhaps you just need a better camera.

 

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Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    November 1, 2021
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    Most DSLR cameras have at least 20 magapixel cameras.


    By @Nancy OShea

    40-60 megapixels for the best. And the times of the DSLR cameras are counted. Mirrorless cameras are taking over. That means that you can buy cheap second hand DSLR cameras with a great quality.

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    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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    October 28, 2021

    I have the feeling that this thread belongs to the contributor forum. I will move it there.

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    ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer
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      Legend
      October 27, 2021

      The license is not affected by the image size. But if you're planning to post minimum size images, you are reducing your commercial exposure, so why do it?

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      Marko Subotin
      Marko SubotinAuthor
      Inspiring
      October 27, 2021

      Thanks for the reply, but what do you mean when you say that those images will reduce commercial exposure?

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      Legend
      October 27, 2021

      I mean that many people will have particular uses for an image, so they will want more than 4 megapixels. Just to print a normal sized (letter/a4) page they may want 8 megapixels. So they will look at your picture, reject it, and license someone else. You sell less licenses. Warning: do NOT increase resolution if you don't have enough.

       

      Can I ask why you would have only a 4 megapixel image? It may be a problem with your photography planning (for example, taking a detail from a picture rather than filling the frame by plan).

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