Contests

May 2009

LIGHT SHELL
Marmot’s Mica Jacket is 100 percent seam taped, waterproof and highly breathable. With Marmot’s proprietary 2.5 layer MemBrain Strata fabric technology, the jacket is designed using micro nonorganic particles on the inside of the lamination to increase durability and breathability. Additional features include an attached adjustable hood and a water-resistant front zipper, and it packs neatly into its own pocket. List Price: $130. Contact: Marmot, (888) 357-3262, marmot.com.

LENS CONVERTER
If you’re a Lensbaby fan, you now can convert the selective-focus special-effects lenses from a 50mm to a 21mm focal length using the 0.42x Super Wide Angle lens. It attaches to the front of any Lensbaby via a 37mm screw thread and is compatible with the Optic Swap System as well as older models. If you’re not familiar, these lenses allow you to control depth of field by surrounding a sweet spot of sharp focus by graduated blur. The 0.42x also has macro capability, allowing you to focus as close as 2.75 inches away from the lens. List Price: $79. Contact: Lensbaby, (877) 536-7222, www.lensbaby.com.

WIDE-TO-TELE ZOOM
Take steady handheld shots in ultratelephoto range using the Tamron AF18-270mm F/3.5-6.3 Di-II VC LD Aspherical (IF) Macro lens. With Tamron’s VC (Vibration Compensation) mechanism, the lens compensates for handheld shake over an extremely wide focal-length range. In 35mm format, the lens covers a 28-419mm range. It’s also capable of close focusing down to 19.3 inches from the subject over the entire zoom range with a maximum magnification ratio of 1:3.5 at 270mm. Estimated Street Price: $629. Contact: Tamron, (631) 858-8400, www.tamron.com.

VERSATILE PACKS
Based on how or what you’re shooting, you can adjust the way Lowepro’s Toploader Pro AW backpack is worn to fit your changing needs. Wear it three ways: holster-style with a shoulder strap, with a belt system, or with the Topload Chest Harness for hands-free use (sold separately). The shape of the bag is designed to follow the lines of a pro D-SLR for a secure fit. The Toploader’s easy-grip access means the camera sits sideways, making it easier for you to grab and shoot quickly. The bag is offered in three sizes and comes with an All Weather AW Cover. List Price: TBA. Contact: Lowepro, (800) 800-LOWE, www.lowepro.com.

Similarly, M-Rock’s Adventure Series Arches Sling Bag also can be worn as a backpack or messenger bag if desired. Multiple dividers can be configured for either horizontal or vertical loads with the bag capable of holding a pro D-SLR with up to a six-inch lens attached as well as four more six-inch lenses. The interior divider separating the lower camera compartment from the top accessory compartment can be removed for storing longer lenses. It includes a weather jacket, lens changing bag, lens cloth and more. List Price: $130. Contact: M-Rock, (800) 773-7067, www.m-rock.com.

FLARE UP
Enhance the sunlight in your landscape shots using Digital Anarchy’s Knoll Light Factory 3.0, a plug-in that creates lens flare effects. Improvements to the user interface help speed up your workflow with previews of light presets and access to editing functions in one window. The main preview window supports real-time manipulation, as well as the ability to resize and zoom in or out. With 16-bit color support, light effects render out to higher bit depths, which reduces banding and outputs better-looking glows and gradients. The software now is compatible with Adobe Photoshop CS4 and the 64-bit version of Windows Vista. List Price: $149. Contact: Digital Anarchy, (415) 586-8434, www.digitalanarchy.com.

ELIGIBILITY

• Only one entry per person allowed.
• Open Only to Legal Residents OF THE fifty (50) UNITED STATES AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 18 years of age or older.
• Void Where Prohibited.
• Officers, directors, employees and agents of Werner Publishing Corporation ("Sponsor"), and its parent, affiliates, subsidiaries, advertising and promotion agencies, and website providers/web masters (collectively, the "Released Parties"), and their immediate families (parent, child, spouse or sibling) and those living in their same households are not eligible to enter or win.
• By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and the decisions of the judges and/or Sponsor, which are binding and final on matters relating to this sweepstakes.
• Sweepstakes is subject to all applicable federal, state and local laws.
  
  TO ENTER
  
• Between 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time ("ET") on 4/1/09 and 11:59 p.m. ET on 5/31/09 (the "Entry Period"), visit www.outdoorphotographer.com and complete and submit the official entry form.
• When you submit your entry form, please be sure to indicate which prize drawing you are entering. If you like to be entered into all prize drawings, select "Enter me for all of the prize items" and you will be automatically entered into the each prize drawing.
• All entries must be received by 11:59 p.m. ET on 5/31/09 to be eligible. Sponsor's computer is the Official clock for the promotion.
• Entries generated by script, macro or other automated or mechanical means are void.
• All entries become the property of Sponsor and will not be acknowledged or returned.
  
  PRIZE DRAWINGS
  
• One (1) potential winner will be selected for each prize described below in a random drawing on or about 6/6/09 from all eligible entries received for the applicable drawing.
• Entries from one prize drawing will not be included in other prize drawings.
• Odds of winning depend on the number of eligible entries received for the applicable drawing.
• Potential winners will be notified by e-mail within 14 days of drawing.
• Potential winners are subject to verification of eligibility and the terms of these rules.
• Potential winners may be required to complete, sign and return an affidavit of eligibility, a liability release and where lawful a publicity release within ten (10) days of issuance.
• If such documents are not returned within the specified time period, any prize/prize notification is returned as undeliverable, or a winner is not in compliance with these rules, prize may be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected.
  
  PRIZES
  
• See prize details above.
• Total ARV of all prizes: $1186.99.
• All prize details not specified herein are at the sole discretion of Sponsor.
• Winners may not substitute, assign or transfer prizes or redeem prizes for cash, but Sponsor reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) with one of comparable or greater value.
• Winners are responsible for all federal, state and local taxes, if any, and all other costs and expenses not specified herein as being awarded that are associated with the acceptance and use of prizes.
• Prizes are awarded "as is" with no warranty or guarantee, either express or implied.
  
  If a winner cannot accept prize as stated, prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner may be selected.
• Sponsors reserve the right to substitute a prize (or portion thereof) of comparable or greater value, in their sole discretion.
  
  GENERAL CONDITIONS
  
• The Released Parties are not responsible for lost, late, incomplete, stolen, misdirected, undelivered, garbled, illegible or postage-due mail, entries or email; or for lost, interrupted or unavailable network, server, website, or other connections, or failed computer, satellite, telephone or cable transmissions, lines, or technical failure or jumbled, scrambled, delayed or misdirected transmissions, or computer hardware or software or other technical malfunctions, failures or difficulties, or other errors of any kind whether human, mechanical, electronic or network; or the incorrect or inaccurate capture of entry or other information or the failure to capture any such information.
• The Released Parties are not responsible for any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by site users, tampering, hacking, or by any equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the sweepstakes.
• The Released Parties are not responsible for injury or damage to participants' or to any other person's computer related to or resulting from participating in this sweepstakes or downloading materials from or use of the website. Persons who tamper with or abuse any aspect of the sweepstakes or website, as solely determined by Sponsor, will be disqualified.
• Should any portion of the sweepstakes be, in Sponsor's sole opinion, compromised by virus, worms, bugs, non-authorized human intervention or other causes which, in the sole opinion of the Sponsor, corrupt or impair the administration, security, fairness or proper play, or submission of entries, Sponsor reserves the right at its sole discretion to suspend, modify or terminate the sweepstakes and select the winners from all eligible, non-suspect entries received prior to action taken or as otherwise deemed fair and appropriate by Sponsor.
• In the event of a dispute regarding entries received from multiple users having the same email account, the authorized subscriber of the email account at the time of entry will be deemed to be the entrant and must comply with these rules. Authorized account subscriber is the natural person who is assigned the email address by the Internet Service Provider (ISP), on-line service provider, or other organization responsible for assigning email addresses.
• Entrants, by participating, agree that the Released Parties will have no liability whatsoever for, and shall be held harmless by entrants against, any claims, actions or/or liability, for any injuries, losses or damages of any kind, including death, to persons, or property resulting in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from acceptance, possession, misuse or use of the prize.
• Each winner, by acceptance of prize, except where legally prohibited, grants permission for Sponsor and its designees to use his/her name, address (city and state), photograph, voice and/or other likeness and prize information for advertising, trade and promotional purposes without further compensation, in all media now known or hereafter discovered, worldwide, and on the Internet and world wide web, in perpetuity, without notice or review or approval.
  
  WINNERS LIST
  
• For the names of the winners (available after 6/10/09), send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: Outdoor Photographer's WIN THIS! Sweepstakes, 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, for receipt no later than 6/21/09.
  
  SPONSOR
  
• Werner Publishing Corporation, 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90025.