March 2024

(ends March 31st, 2024)

No purchase necessary to enter or win. See below for details.


LONG LENS BAG
Keep your SLR and long telephoto lens safe in the Lowepro Lens Trekker 600 AW II. With a deep and roomy main compartment, the bag can fit a pro-level SLR with an attached 600mm lens or an unattached 800mm lens, plus lens hood and tripod collar. If you do a lot of nature or sports photography and are used to carrying around these heavy lenses, the backpack is designed with an ergonomic, removable and fully adjustable torso harness system to keep you comfortable. List Price: $219. Contact: Lowepro, (800) 800-LOWE, www.lowepro.com.


HIGH-DEF PLAYER
Play photo slideshows, digital movies and music directly from your portable hard drive on your high-definition television with Western Digital’s TV Media Player. The device was specifically designed for the WD My Passport drive, but it works with many other USB storage devices. You can search for content by file name or image thumbnails. With the Media Library, all of your files can be viewed by type in one menu regardless of their location in folders or drives. The included remote control makes navigation easier. List Price: $129. Contact: Western Digital, (949) 672-7000, www.westerndigital.com.


CAMERA CARRIER
Protect your SLR and long telephoto lens in Petrol Bags’ PDRB-1. Although designed for professional video use, the semi-hard equipment bag has a spacious central compartment that works well for still cameras and long lenses. Detachable padded dividers can be custom-configured into pockets for accessories. Cushioned fabric cradles your equipment on all sides, while upper panels constructed of shockproof cold-molded laminate provide extra protection. Other features include an exterior side pocket for more storage and an adjustable ergonomic padded shoulder strap. Estimated Street Price: $109. Contact: Camera Dynamics Inc., (845) 268-0100, www.petrolbags.com.

COVER UP
Prepare for wet weather by throwing the Rainsleeve-Flash into your camera bag. The plastic weather cover can fit over your camera with a shoe-mounted flash and telephoto lens. The eyepiece opening adapts to most viewfinders, allowing you to compose shots through the camera’s lens, not through the plastic. It can be used either handheld or on a tripod, and fits any lens up to seven inches in diameter and up to 14 inches long. Rainsleeve-Flash is sold in sets of two. Estimated Street Price: $9. Contact: OP/TECH USA, (800) 251-7815, www.optechusa.com.



SMOOTH SUPPORT FOR HD
If you’re looking to cross into video with one of the latest video D-SLRs from Canon or Nikon, support it with the Manfrotto 547B Professional Video Tripod. It weighs 5.1 pounds, yet can hold up to 33 pounds. To enhance its rigidity, the tripod was designed with technopolymers incorporated into the upper casting and on the leg collars for greater stability. Also included are a midlevel fixed spreader and retractable spiked rubber feet. The 547B is sold on its own or with the 701HDV professional video head. Estimated Street Price: $240 (547B); $300 (547B with 701HDV). Contact: Bogen Imaging, (201) 818-9500, www.bogenimaging.us.


FLY BAG
Take off with your valuable camera equipment stowed safely away in the Think Tank Photo Airport Acceleration V2.0 carry-on backpack. The midsized bag fits a pro SLR and up to a 500mm ƒ/4 lens (without the body attached). It comes with a 15-inch laptop case that slips into a compressible front pocket and can be removed easily to reduce the bag’s size if necessary. Other features include a security cable and lock, interior pockets for storing accessories, “tuck-away” shoulder straps and a removable waist belt. List Price: $279. Contact: Think Tank Photo, (866) 55-THINK, www.thinktankphoto.com.



SIZE UP
Enlarge your photos to poster-like sizes with Genuine Fractals 6 from onOne Software. Powered by a resizing algorithm, the program can increase image size by more than 1,000 percent without losing sharpness and detail. Among the new features are batch processing and a clever tiling tool that splits images into pieces for smaller printers. The app now includes texture presets that allow you to set key parameters that guide the algorithm powering the program. The pro version also features a “gallery wrap” function. List Price: $159 (standard); $299 (pro). Contact: onOne Software, (888) 968-1468, www.ononesoftware.com.


CAMERA SLINGER
The second generation of Tenba’s growing Shootout Convertible Photo Sling Bag collection is smaller, but still holds an SLR with up to a 300mm lens attached. The design allows you to swing the bag around to the front of your body, grab your camera quickly and shoot. Removable padded walls allow you to fit a variety of camera-and-lens combinations, or you can take the walls out completely and use it as a long-lens bag. The Photo Sling is made from water-resistant nylon, uses weather-sealed YKK zippers on all outside openings and has protective rubber bottom treads. List Price: $103. Contact: Tenba, (914) 347-3300, www.tenba.com.



SLR PACK
Head out on your next photo adventure with your gear tucked away in M-Rock’s Zion 525. The backpack has a modular interior with a removable accessory bag and spare dividers that allow multiple setup options. The basic setup fits a pro SLR with an attached lens up to six inches long, plus two to four additional lenses or accessories. A 15-inch laptop fits in the rear compartment. You can replace the accessory bag with extra dividers for holding more items or your SLR with up to a 9-inch lens attached. List Price: $230. Contact: M-Rock, (800) 773-7067, www.m-rock.com.

• 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.
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• Between 12:01 a.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on 12/11/08 and 11:59 p.m. ET on 3/31/09 (the “Entry Period”), visit pcphotomag.com and complete and submit the official entry form.
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• One (1) potential winner will be selected for each prize described below in a random drawing on or about 3/6/09 from all eligible entries received for the applicable drawing.


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• For the names of the winners (available after 4/6/09), send a self-addressed stamped envelope to: PCPhoto WIN THIS! Sweepstakes, 12121 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90025, for receipt no later than 3/31/09.

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