World Pentax Day is Today, 6/23!

World Pentax Day #12: June 23, 2012

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Jun 23, 2012

To all PentaxForums.com members:  Today, Saturday, June 23rd 2012, is World Pentax Day!

The goal of World Pentax Day is to create a snapshot of the world through the eyes of Pentax camera users.  A World Pentax Day event is held no more than once every season, and we try to vary the dates so that seasons are represented equally accross the globe.  For each event, our users upload up to five photos taken between between midnight and midnight on World Pentax Day (in their respective timezones) to a collective gallery.  Uploads close two weeks after each event, and a permanent record of that day is thus created in the gallery.  World Pentax Day is hosted exclusively by PentaxForums.com and endorsed by Pentax in the US and UK. The event gallery for today's event is found here: June 23rd, 2012 World Pentax Day Gallery.

So, be sure to go out and shoot today, and then upload your 5 favorite photos to the gallery above!  If you've never participated in World Pentax Day, then have no fear!  The event is open to everyone, and it's a great incentive to go out and put your camera to use!

15% off the World Pentax Day Book!

and don't forget about the June 23rd event!

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Jun 21, 2012

Great news- Blurb has gotten touch with us and offered a special 15% discount code for the World Pentax Day book!  The code is PENTAX15OFF, and it will give you a discount on any other books should you decide to buy more than just ours.  Unlike the code that we sent out earlier, this code will work not only with books you created yourself, but also books made by others.

The World Pentax Day book features over 50 of the finest photos from the February 4th, 2012 World Pentax Day event.  Click here to learn more about the book, or click here to order yours now!

This coupon code is valid through the end of June only, so make sure you secure your copy of the book before it expires!

World Pentax Day Book Now Available!

Secure your copy on Blurb - limited time

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Jun 14, 2012

We are very happy to announce that the World Pentax Day Book commemorating World Pentax Day #11 (held on February 4th) is now available through Blurb!  All of the photographers featured in this book deserve to be commended for their stunning work!  We'd also like to congratulate forum members jase036, Phil Thomson IPA, and david94903 whose photos received the highest ratings by our members, and have in turn won a free copy of the book!  The photos are shown in order below (click each photo to enlarge):

The book features these and 53 other photos, from members in over 20 different countries.

The World Pentax Day book is available in two hardcover versions and one softcover version, with pricing ranging from $37.95 to $47.95.  The book will be on sale for a limited time only: through the end of June. We will be giving away another handful of books after sales end, and then the book will be history!  International shipping is available.

Click here to order your book, or watch a video preview!  We hope you like it!

World Pentax Day Book Coming!

A preview of the book and pricing

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

We are very happy to be bringing you a second update about our World Pentax Day #11 photo book!  The book contains 55 of our members' favorite photos from the February 4, 2012 WPD event, which were taken by PentaxForums.com members in over 20 different countries.  Below each photo you will find its title and the author, and in the back of the book there is an index of what camera and lens was used to take each photo.

The WPD Book will be available from Blurb starting next week.  The price will be $34.95 for the soft cover edition and $49.95 for the hardcover edition (shown in the video).  Blurb frequently offers generous discount codes, so you will likely be able to take 10-20% off these prices when you go to pick up your copy of the book.

Three books will be given away to the three lucky winners from among those who were featured in the book.  In addition, we are planning on giving away more copies in a future site event.

Here's a quick overview of the book:

World Pentax Day: Book and Upcoming 6/23 Event

The WPD Book will be out soon; Saturday, June 23rd is the next WPD

By PF Staff in Giveaways and Events on Jun 7, 2012

The next World Pentax Day is coming up on Saturday, June 23rd, so be sure to mark your calendars!  This event is open to all our members and is a great way to spend your weekend taking pictures or meeting up with other photographers in your area!  Once you're done shooting, show us your part of your world by uploading your favorite photos to the World Pentax Day gallery!

• View the World Pentax Day Gallery
• Request an e-mail reminder for the upcoming event
• RSVP on Facebook
• Learn more about World Pentax Day

Last World Pentax Day, we also announced that we would be publishing a book featuring some of our members' favorite photos from that event.  We are happy to say that the book is now in final editing stages, and will be available via Blurb.com later this month, so stay tuned!  We will also be giving away a few copies of the book to the photographers featured within it.