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Our September photo contest theme has now been announced: "Reflections".  We invite everyone to participate in the contest!

The voting thread for our August "Joy" photo contest has also been posted.  Vote for your favorites now!

Every month, PentaxForums.com holds an official photo contest.  The winner of each contest received 100 forum reputation points, and his or her photo is also featured in our Premier Gallery. (Permalink)

After over 250 photo submissions were voted upon for an entire month, we now have a winner of our B&H Photo Photographic Competition: forum member TOUGEFC!

His photo, entitled "Basement Infiltrator", received 72 votes with an average rating of 3.79- the highest among all the photos in this contest. The runners up were "Approaching Storm" and "Old Garden Tools", each with ratings of 3.78.  This was definitely a close battle!  Note that these ratings are as of 8/31/2010, and further ratings will not be considered in swaying the winner.

A total of over 10,000 votes was registered during the contest's voting phase. Thanks go to all our forum members for taking the time to vote!

We invite you to view and comment on the winning entry! The winner will receive an $200 gift certificate to B&H Photo, this contest's sponsor.  Please stay tuned for further events in the future, and thanks also go to everyone who took part in this month's contest! (Permalink)

Thanks to efforts by forum member smc and administrator Ole, we've started work on a database of all Pentax m42 screwmount bodies, including the Pentax Spotmatic, ES, Tower, and others!  We hope to have it ready by the end of November, but we need your help! If you own any screwmount bodies that might still be missing photos or technical data, please check out the Pentax Screwmount Database forum thread!

Current work on the M42 Camera Database can be viewed in our Pentax M42 Camera Repository. Once complete, the information will be fully integrated with the remainder of the site.

Today, we already feature a Pentax camera/review database, containing every Pentax digital, film, and medium-format SLR ever produced. (Permalink)

Western Digital Corporation has agreed to purchase the magnetic media sputtering operations of Hoya Corporation and Hoya Magnetics Singapore Pte. Ltd. for 22 billion yen (approximately $235 million) in an all-cash transaction. The agreement includes a multi-year commitment for glass substrate supply related to these operations from Hoya, solidifying WD's access to a key component for its 2.5-inch hard drive business and further enhancing the ongoing partnership between the companies. The acquisition will augment WD's existing magnetic media operations, strengthening its ability to meet anticipated growth in demand for hard drives in the years ahead.

We anticipate that this cash boost for Hoya will also allocate funds for further development of Pentax DSLRs, including possibly a full-frame body. (Permalink)

We've just received word from Adorama that a special is being offered this weekend on the Pentax Optio E90 compact digital camera.

Optio E90 Features:

• 10.1 Megapixel Sensor
• 3x Optical Zoom
• Large 2.7" LCD
• Up to ISO 6400
• Compact design
• Uses AA batteries

To take the 40% off the E90, please follow this link: Adorama Optio E90 Special. Note that the special price won't be shown unless you click through the link. Happy shopping! (Permalink)

Pentax is confirmed to be attending Photokina, one of the world's leading photography expositions taking place annually in Cologne, Germany.

At this year's event, which is scheduled to run between September 21st and 26th, we expect Pentax to be unveiling the rumored K-5 and KR bodies, as well as new and future lenses. Other camera manufacturers will also be unveiling their latest at the event.

Pentax representatives will be found at stand A040 in Hall 02.2, as well as at stand Piazza P005. (Permalink)

Forum member charliezap has recently started a very cool food-themed photo contest for all forum members to participate in!  The contest will be open to submissions through September 14th.  We invite everyone to participate- the top winners will get $100, $50, and $25 prizes, respectively!

We currently have a lot of other events going on here on the site, including World Pentax Day, and our B&H Photo Contest.  Please scroll down for details on those!

"Food Frenzy" photo contest details (Permalink)

Three exciting events are ending soon at PentaxForums.com, and we'd like to issue a brief reminder in case you might have missed out on some of them! All these events will close on August 31st.

First, don't forget to upload your World Pentax Day photos!  To do so, and to view others' entries, please visit the World Pentax Day event gallery. Note that only photos taken on August 15th may be uploaded, but that they can be uploaded through the 31st.

Secondly, the our B&H photo contest is still showing a very close race, so vote for your favorites now! The winner will receive an $200 prize.

Finally, our monthly "Joy" photo contest will also be open through the 31st.  At the end of the month, a new theme will be announced, and public voting for the winner will begin.

We hope you enjoy these events! (Permalink)