Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
Digital Photographer magazine has launched its Digital Photographer of the Year Awards for 2010. Sponsored in part by Samsung, Digital Photographer will be giving away a Samsung NX10, 3 lenses and a flash kit to the overall winner, while six category winners will receive a Samsung EX1 (aka TL500) camera.
You can get the full details over at www.DPhotographer.co.uk,
First up, Lensbaby and Kubota have teamed up to create a Kubota Creative Tools Pak specifically for Lensbaby images. And, as a result of this new partnership, Lensbaby is launching a photo contest aimed at rewarding the best use of Lensbaby Optics.
Big Lensbaby and Kubota prizes are being offered to the winners. The contest ends August 6, 2010. You can enter here.
Full details below. [Read more…]
Udi over at DIY Photography created the Bokeh Masters Kit as a way to manipulate the shapes of light appearing in your out of focus background. See the cute hearts in the above image background?
These kits run $35 each – but good news, I’ve got the green light to give away 3 of the Bokeh Masters Kits to Photography Bay readers. [Read more…]
Canon has announced the 2010 edition of its annual Photography in the Parks photo contest. This year, contestants will have the opportunity to win a number of prizes including the Canon 5D Mark II and EF 24-105mm f/4L lens, Canon 7D, Rebel T2i or PowerShot G11.
Full details about the contest can be found in Canon’s Digital Learning Center.
The complete announcement is also included below. [Read more…]
The revised edition of Dane Sanders’ Fast Track Photographer is now available. It’s a great book. I’ve got two copies to hand out to Photography Bay readers. Want one?
Here’s how you can score a copy. [Read more…]
Think Tank Photo is giving away a bunch of camera bags and accessories to three lucky winners. All you have to do is be a fan, follower or friend on Facebook, Twitter or Flickr (or all three) and you get a chance of winning the Logistics Manager and as many Think Tank Photo bags and accessories as you can stuff into the Logistics Manager. [Read more…]
WiebeTech, maker of all sorts of storage solutions, is hosting a photo contest that gives photographers a chance to win one of four ToughTech Secure mini-Q with AES Encryption Key HD enclosure. Additionally, one grand prize winner will receive the big RTX400-QR RAID 5 portable enclosure that holds up to four 2TB hard drives. [Read more…]
This year, Tamron is holding four photo contests centered around the Dusk till Dawn theme. Today, Tamron announced the first contest with entries due March 31, 2010, which gives contestants the chance to win their choice of one of the following four lenses:
Tamron SP AF60mm F2 Di-II 1:1 Macro
Tamron SP AF10-24mm F/3.5-4.5 Di-II
Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 Di-II VC
Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC
You can enter on Tamron’s website.
More details in the press release below. [Read more…]
There were some solid finalists for the Seagate / O’Neill Contest that ran last month. After choosing the finalists, I left the task of choosing the winners in the hands of photographers, Rich Legg and Nicole Young.
So, here’s the winners: [Read more…]
Adorama has announced a contest for iPhone Apps and iPhone photography. Adorama will be handing out awards for photo apps and photos taken with iPhones.
Check it out at contest.adorama.com and get more details in the press release below. [Read more…]