Pentax K-30 Giveaway Ended

Voting phase to start soon!

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Nov 19, 2012

Our Pentax K-30 giveaway contest has now ended, and we'll shortly be publishing the submissions so that we can determine who shall be the winner!

Over the course of the next several weeks, you will see two types of submissions appear on our homepage: blog posts about what pieces of equipment have been the most influential on our members, and blog posts about the making of our members' favorite photos.  We will try to post one or two submissions per day, and you will be able to rate each submission individually.

50mm Giveaway Winner Announced

Red River Paper lens raffle

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Nov 17, 2012

We are happy to announce that forum member Michal Kaut from Norway is the winner of our Red River Paper lens giveaway!  He will soon be receiving the brand new SMC Pentax-DA 50mm F1.8 lens prize!

We'd like to congratulate our winner and thank Red River for sponsoring the prize.  See you during our next giveaway, and stay tuned for the announcement of the winners of our K-30 giveaway in the coming months!

Win a Pentax K-30 or a 50mm Lens!

Giveaways closing this week

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Nov 12, 2012

Our Pentax K-30, WG-2, and 50mm lens giveaways are ending soon, so don't forget to enter if you'd like a chance to win these great camera and lens prizes!

Both giveaways are open to members worldwide.  View the full terms of the K-30/WG-2 giveaway here, and the full terms of the 50mm giveaway here.

To learn more about these great prizes, check out our in-depth reviews!

• Pentax K-30
• Pentax Optio WG-2
• Pentax-DA 50mm F1.8

Win a Pentax DA 50mm F1.8 Lens!

Special raffle by Red River Paper

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Nov 1, 2012

Our friends at Red River Paper, who sponsor prizes for our official photo contests each month, have decided to give away a Pentax-DA 50mm F1.8 lens just for users of PentaxForums.com! This giveaway is a simple raffle.  To enter the drawing, fill out the form on this page:

http://www.redrivercatalog.com/landing/pentaxforums/giveaway.html

Anyone who enters will also receive free shipping on their first order from Red River Paper. This giveaway is open to members worldwide. Good luck!

To learn more about the Pentax DA 50mm F1.8 lens, check out our 50mm lens shootout.

The PentaxForums "2 million post" Giveaway

Win a Pentax K-30 kit!

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Aug 13, 2012

In celebration of the forum's 2 million post milestone, we are very happy to announce the first part of our "2 million post" giveaway, in which you will be able to win a Pentax K-30 DSLR kit or an Optio WG-2, as well as other great prizes. Our friends at B&H Photo, the largest authorized Pentax retailer in the US, have offered the K-30 as a prize to celebrate this great milestone.   And even if you don't win the grand prize, there are lots of prizes for the runner-ups, so be sure see the full rules for more details!

The K-30 is the latest mid-range DSLR from Pentax, featuring a weather-sealed body, enhanced external controls, and cutting-edge performance.  Read more about the camera in our in-depth Pentax K-30 review! All of the K-30 giveaway details are available below, so look no further than this news post!

Our K-30 giveaway will be a blog post competition that will remain open for 3 months, through the end of the day on Wednesday, November 14, 2012, EST.  During the event period (8/13/2012 - 11/14/2012), you will be able to make two types of submissions to the competition.  You can choose to submit one or both types, though submitting both essentially doubles your chances of winning.  You will be able to make your submissions as private posts on the forum, which will later be published on the home page by our staff.

Submission #1

The first of two blog posts you will be able to submit is a short piece about what piece of photographic equipment has made the biggest positive impact on your photography or workflow.  Each blog post should be about 1 page long (as long as this announcement) in order to be approved for the competition.  The piece of equipment you choose to blog about can be a camera, lens, accessory, bag, computer program, or even something you built yourself!  Your blog post should include the following:

• An introductory paragraph
• A photo & description of the item that has been the most influential on your photography
• A paragraph describing why this item has made such a big impact
• Sample photos taken with the item you're blogging about, if applicable (otherwise, examples of the item in use)
• A brief conclusion
• Clean formatting & grammar

As long as all of these requirements are met, you're free to use your imagination and make your post look as appealing as possible!  Please note: formatting will be limited to what's allowed by forum BBcode (bold, italics, underlines, inline images, links, bullet lists, paragraphs, and tables).  Photos may be uploaded using the forum attachment system (preferred), or linked to from an external host.

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT Submission #1

Submission #2

The second type of contest submission will be a blog post describing the "making of" one of your favorite photos (example post 1, example post 2).  We encourage you to take a look at the two linked example posts to get an idea of what the layout of your post should be like.  Your post should include the following, and be about as long as example post #1:

• An introductory paragraph stating why you picked this photo
• The photo being discussed, embedded
• The equipment (camera, lens, tripod, flash, post processing software etc.) used
• Technical information about the photo (shutter speed, aperture, ISO, focal length, white balance, etc.)
• A paragraph describing, in detail, your post-processing technique (if applicable), or explaining how you managed to accomplish an effect without processing
• (Optional, but encouraged) The photo before processing, embedded
• Brief closing remarks
• Clean formatting & grammar

We recommend that your posts emphasize the technique used to capture and process the image. Please note that all photos must have thumbnails that are no wider than 600 pixels and no taller than 700 pixels.  You may, however, link these thumbnails to full-size images.  As with submission #1, formatting will be limited to what's permitted by the forum post editor. Photos may be uploaded using the forum attachment system (preferred), or linked to from an external host.

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT Submission #2

Judging

Once the contest closes to submissions, and once all blog posts have been published, your fellow forum members will vote for their favorite blog posts.  Voting will be held exclusively on the PentaxForums.com forum.  The number of votes you received for your first submission will be combined with the number of votes received for your second submission in order to determine your overall score, and the participant with the highest overall score will be the winner.  The nine runners-up will also receive prizes (see full terms for details).

Note that in order to start the voting period as early as possible, your blog posts may be published on our homepage before the contest closes.  Read on for the fine print related to this contest- we've tried to keep it as simple as possible.  We wish you the best of luck in this competition!