Announcing our March 2024 Photo Contest

Flowers Up Close

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Mar 1, 2024

We're happy to announce our monthly photo contest theme for March: Flowers Up Close.

This month we're keeping it simple, and encourage you to use tight crops or macro lenses to capture those beautiful flowers!

Click here to submit a photo for the contest.

First prize is a $50 gift card to B&H Photo, second prize is a one year forum account upgrade, and third prize is a box of photo paper form Red River.

The official contest rules are found here.

If you haven't done so already we invite you to browse our special gallery of last month's photo contest submissions and nominate your favorites.

Announcing our November 2023 Giveaway Winners

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Dec 23, 2023

Our November 2023 giveaway has recently ended: after one month, over 30,000 forum posts, and 1987 raffle entries, it is now time to announce the winners! 

The winners were drawn simply by randomly choosing from among the raffle entries.

Without further ado, our 4th prize winners, who will receive a 1-year forum account upgrade w/ extra photo space & Marketplace access:

Next, our 3rd prize winners, who will receive their choice of any Pentax Forums T-shirt:

Our 2nd prize winners, who will receive their choice of Topaz Photo AI, 1 year of Photoshop/Lightroom CC, or similar software up to $199:

And our grand prize winner, who will receive his choice of any Pentax FA or DA Limited lens:

All winners will be contacted via private message on the forum with instructions on how to redeem their prizes.  Congratulations, and we hope to see you again and our next giveaway!

Now Live: November 2023 Limited Lens Giveaway

Win a Pentax Limited lens of your choice, photo software, and more!

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Nov 15, 2023

Starting at midnight GMT on November 15th, and ending at midnight GMT on December 16th 2023, we will be hosting our next big giveaway of Pentax gear and more!

Every forum member can claim up to 20 raffle entries toward a drawing with the following prizes:

Claim your entries by posting in the raffle thread

For every 10 regular posts you make on the forum during the giveaway period, you may claim one raffle entry.  One reply in the entry thread equals one entry.

Once the giveaway starts, you will see a notice at the top of the forum to help you track your progress.  The notice will show how many posts you need to become eligible for your next entry, and how many entries you have claimed out of the maximum of 20.

If you do not yet have a forum account, create one today.

Fine print:

  • As always, the giveaway is open to forum members worldwide
  • Limit one forum account per individual and one winner per household
  • To encourage organic participation during the giveaway period, entries can be claimed at most once every 6 hours.
  • The winners will be drawn randomly from among the raffle entries at the end of the giveaway period. 
  • Shipping is included with the grand prize and every effort will be made to fulfill the prize from within your country/region.  Pentax Forums is not responsible for any customs fees that may be incurred. 
  • Prizes may be considered taxable income.

2023 Pentax Forums T-shirt Contest Now Live

Submit your design today

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Oct 15, 2023

New Pentax Forums T-shirt designs will soon be chosen for 2023!  We have just kicked off a contest for general Pentax/camera-themed shirt designs, to include the Pentax Forums logo.  The contest will run through November 1st, and shortly afterwards our members vote for the winners, with the winning designs available soon after that.  All winners will receive two free shirts and a Site Supporter forum account upgrade.

Click here to learn more or enter the 2023 PF T-shirt contest

We are looking forward to seeing your creative designs! For inspiration, you may view prior designs on our Teespring store.

A Look at the Winners of our Special Landscape Photo Contest

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Feb 5, 2023

Last month we wrapped up our 2022 Special Landscape Photo contest, through which forum member ivanvernon generously awarded a D-FA 645 90mm F2.8 Macro and FA 31mm F1.8 Limited lens to the two winners.  Today, we would like to take a brief look at the winning photos and share a little bit more about them, straight from the photographers themselves!

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