Mp4 or mov? What prefer buyers?

had anyone done any comparison between h264 and photojpeg mov? size and quality? I saw a lot of banding in photojpeg that is useless for professional use.

Never heard that one before on the contrary what I have heard and read is that photojpeg is preferred over h264. but that is a question that P5 should answer. H264 downloads versus photojpeg.

h264 size is smaller than PhotoJpeg, quality looks good on my "monitor". But it is not a scientific and professional test. I guess production house/Buyer can convert h264 for editing.

H264 has better quality and minor size but is hardly editable...that's why most of the agencies prefer photo jpeg....

Until there won't be something better than photo jpeg mov, h264 is best to get most of quality I put in to clips.

I understand you. I only need to cut and render the footage to a smaller size for upload, the buyer must convert it to whatever codes (eg. AVI) they like for editing.

If you have a canon DSLR and set your camera correctly and you upload the ORIGINAL file from the SD card to P5 ....... I guess h.264 is better.

I used to have a Canon compact (h264 MOV), and yes, I uploaded my footage direct to Pond5 after cutting/editing the beginning and the end in camera.

I avoid .mov whenever I can

Rather than the mp4 codex, Photojpeg is the much better codec when encoding mov files but it makes files the size of a small house. Seeing as a lot of my shots are originally from AVCHD, it seems pretty pointless increasing the file size using quicktime, as it can't improve the quality. I tend to use Total Video Encoder to produce mp4 files, Total has more parameters for postproduction than the built in generic encoders and can help in maintaining quality. There is always the argument with AVCHD that it's rubbish in rubbish out of course. In which case go back to the camera your using and work with one that shoots in quicktime.