With our K-70 giveaway coming to an end in less than 24 hours, it's time to kick off our December Pentax lens tournament! In addition to coming up with a new list of top lenses and crowning an overall winner, immediately following the tournament we will
give away the winning lens! (the giveaway will be held as a separate event)
If you've been around for a while, you may recall the
original 2014 Pentax lens tournament dominated by FA and DA Limiteds. Despite being fun, the knockout-style design of this tournament was a bit biased toward the reputation of each lens rather than the images it could produce. In the new tournament, we will address this issue by making all voting blind. We'll also give a chance to the many new lenses Pentax has launched since then.
The 2020 lens tournament will consist of 2 stages:
Stage 1 - Nominations (November 30 - January 15 December 31)
In this stage, each member can nominate
one lens. You can only nominate a lens that you own (or previously owned). All Pentax-branded lenses (regardless of mount) as well as third-party lenses (K-mount only) are eligible.
Each nomination must be accompanied by one photo you've taken with that lens.
At the end of stage 1, we will tally the nominations and advance the top 20 lenses to the final round.
Stage 2 - Finalist Voting (February 2021)
For this stage, I will set up a special gallery where photos from the top 20 lenses can face off against each other. Members will vote for their favorite photo, without knowing what lens it was taken with. The lens with the most votes will be the winner!
How to submit a lens nomination - Stage 1:
Entries will be very similar to how our monthly photo contests work.
- Click on this link to start a new thread in the special lens tournament forum
- In the post text, paste a link to our lens database entry for lens you are nominating (from Pentax Lenses - Pentax Lens Reviews & Lens Database or Pentax Lenses by Sigma, Tamron, Zeiss, and more - Reviews and Specification Database - Pentax Lens Review Database)
Example: SMC Pentax-DA 10-17mm F3.5-4.5 Fish-Eye ED [IF] Reviews - DA Zoom Lenses - Pentax Lens Reviews & Lens Database for the SMC DA 10-17mm fisheye
Important - entries without a valid link will not be considered! - Attach or embed one photo you've taken with the lens
- Submit the thread!
Feel free to use the
Pentax lens search to quickly find the link for your lens.
Also, feel free to ask any questions or discuss nominations in this thread - but note that only nominations posted in the tournament forum will count!
I hope you all enjoy this tournament, and may the best lens win!
Adam
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