TAMRON ANNOUNCES 2008 PHOTO CONTEST AND THE DEBUT OF THE PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
Grand Prize Winner Will Receive a Tamron AF28-300mm VC Lens and People’s Choice Winner Gets a Gift Card to His or Her Favorite Tamron Photo Retailer
January 15, 2008, Commack, NY— The theme for Tamron’s big 2008 Photo Contest is “Wet & Wild,” a very broad and exciting picture category that includes any images prominently including water—a lake, ocean, river, stream, pool, water slide, waterfall, even a sprinkler or bathtub! Pictures submitted must be original, the property of the photographer, and photographed using a Tamron lens. The contest is open to Tamron users residing in the United States and all entries must be received no later than October 31, 2008. Complete details and an entry form can be found at www.tamron.com. The Grand Prize Winner of the 2008 contest will receive a Tamron AF28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di VC LD Aspherical IF Macro zoom lens featuring Tamron’s new Vibration Compensation mechanism (a $599 value).
We’re also announcing an exciting new prize level: The People’s Choice award. All contest entries for the 2008 contest should be uploaded* to our photo sharing gallery on our website so that viewers can vote on them. We will award a $100 Gift Card to the authorized Tamron dealer of choice to the photographer who submitted the image that gets the highest combination of top-rating and views. For details on dates, and how you can enter and judge images, please go to www.tamron.com.
*In case a photo cannot be uploaded, send the photo via USPS or email and we will upload it for you—see the rules on our website for details or call us at 1-800-827-8880.
In addition to receiving the latest Tamron lens featuring new VC (Vibration Compensation) technology, the winner’s picture will be showcased in the Tamron Viewfinder newsletter, and in the Gallery section of the popular Tamron website. In addition, the People’s Choice winner and twenty photographers whose images were selected by our judges as Favorites will have their names and winning images published on the website for all to admire.
About Tamron
Tamron is a leading manufacturer of lenses for photographic, industrial, laboratory, video, digital and scientific applications. Among its many optical and mechanical innovations since the start of the company in 1950, Tamron’s development of mass produced hybrid aspherical elements in 1992 paved the way for high ratio zoom lenses. The technology was incorporated into the ground-breaking 28-200mm and continues with the new 18-250mm developed exclusively for use on digital SLR cameras featuring an unprecedented 13.9X zoom range. Tamron’s latest technology is VC (Vibration Compensation), the first of its kind to feature a 3-coil system. Tamron has won more awards for its high ratio zoom lenses than all other lens manufacturers combined.
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