This is an update to the previous blog, Olympus Global Open Photo Contest 2017-18 for All Photographers with Any Kind of Equipment: Register & Upload Up to Five Images Per Category before 15:59 (JST) on 26 February 2018.
Olympus recently posted winners for the Olympus Global Open Photo Contest 2017-18.
Prizes include:
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II (top view)+ M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO
- Grand Prize: Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II + M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO + 1,000,000 Japanese Yen (USD $8,807 at the current exchange rate).
- Second Prize (one per category): Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ.
Olympus PEN E-PL8 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ.
- Third Prize (one per category): Olympus PEN E-PL8 + M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ.
Moleskine Custom Edition Hard Cover Notebook with Olympus camera cover design
- Runners-Up (ten per category): Moleskine Custom Edition Hard Cover Notebook with Olympus camera cover design
Congratulations to the winners selected from over 150,000 photos that were sent in from all around the world.
The Grand Prize winner is:
“Not leave Me”; Username: Myo Thet; Country/Region of Residence:Myanmar; Category:Power of Life
The First Prize winner is:
Photo by almoustris
- Name: almoustris
- Title: The winds of Aegean Sea
- Category: Art
- Camera and lens used for shooting this photo: OM-D E-M1 Mark II＋M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40‑150mm 1:2.8 PRO, P Mode, F5.6, 1/800 sec, ISO 200
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II
M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40‑150mm 1:2.8 PRO Lens
To view photos of other winners and runners-up, please visit https://gopc.olympus-global.com/2017/ .
PRESS RELEASE
Olympus Announces Winners of the Global Open Photo Contest 2017-18
CENTER VALLEY, Pa., (June 26, 2018) – Olympus Corporation announced today the winners of the Olympus Global Open Photo Contest 2017-18. Over 150,000 entries were received from around the world for the following six categories: Getting Outside, Art, Power of Life, Light, Stories, and Connection to Cherish.
Click here to view all of the photos the judges selected as winners and runners-up. Congratulations to the photographers of these fascinating photos!
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- Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Camera and Accessories
- Olympus PEN-F Camera and Accessories
- Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III Camera and Accessories
- M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm F2.8 PRO Lens and Accessories
- M.Zuiko Digital ED 12mm F2.0 Lens and Accessories
- M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ Lens and Accessories