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Old 30-09-2009, 5:15 PM   #1
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Manfrotto is giving away £800 + worth of photo equipment

Is a Tripod a Necessity?
Digital Photo raised an interesting question in their recent carbon fibre feature: Is a tripod a necessity? What do you think – let us know your opinions?

Win the Gold Award-winning Manfrotto 190CXPRO3!
We are giving away one of these superb tripods along with a fantastic NEW Manfrotto Neotec Monopod, NEW Kata DSLR Elements Cover, luxurious NEW Gitzo Fleece Jacket, and NEW National Geographic Walkabout Shoulderbag. That’s a total prize giveaway of over £800 – enter now!
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Old 30-09-2009, 5:17 PM   #2
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Re: Manfrotto is giving away £800 + worth of photo equipment

This thread is sponsored by Bogen Imaging.
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Old 30-09-2009, 7:08 PM   #3
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Re: Manfrotto is giving away £800 + worth of photo equipment

what is the answer please? i cant find it

edit: nvm i was looking at the wrong bit.
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Old 01-10-2009, 4:36 PM   #4
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Re: Manfrotto is giving away £800 + worth of photo equipment

I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say in relation to answers of competitions, so I'll tread very carefully.......

You have to choose 1 out of three answers, and the sponsor provides a link to the product page on their website for you to get a hint. Thing is, even though Manfrotto only refer to it with one term, the sponsor actually uses two different terms to refer to it in their web page, both of which are given as possible answers.

I went with the Manfrotto one, but would hate to think I got it wrong. It does seem rather confusing to me.

John
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Old 01-10-2009, 4:40 PM   #5
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Re: Manfrotto is giving away £800 + worth of photo equipment

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I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say in relation to answers of competitions, so I'll tread very carefully.......

You have to choose 1 out of three answers, and the sponsor provides a link to the product page on their website for you to get a hint. Thing is, even though Manfrotto only refer to it with one term, the sponsor actually uses two different terms to refer to it in their web page, both of which are given as possible answers.

I went with the Manfrotto one, but would hate to think I got it wrong. It does seem rather confusing to me.

John
Yeah I was suprised how tricky it was too, I mean they almost all mean the same sort of thing!
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Old 01-10-2009, 4:43 PM   #6
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Re: Manfrotto is giving away £800 + worth of photo equipment

"This competition is open to residents of the UK and Ireland only"

There is really no good reason for this. Why can't i play? From Croatia
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Old 01-10-2009, 4:50 PM   #7
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Re: Manfrotto is giving away £800 + worth of photo equipment

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"This competition is open to residents of the UK and Ireland only"

There is really no good reason for this. Why can't i play? From Croatia
Actually, the reason is pretty sound - lots of countries have all sorts of disparate laws covering competitons (particularly online); there's no standardised global legislation. As a result competitions are usually restricted to certain areas. Some countries are not included simply because the company running teh competition can't justify the costs of clarifying the legal situation for every separate nation.
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Old 03-10-2009, 11:23 AM   #8
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Actually, the reason is pretty sound - lots of countries have all sorts of disparate laws covering competitons (particularly online); there's no standardised global legislation. As a result competitions are usually restricted to certain areas. Some countries are not included simply because the company running teh competition can't justify the costs of clarifying the legal situation for every separate nation.
Yeah, but that's no good. This should be regulated so that it's common knowledge that you can enter a competition anywhere you want, and get the prize. When you are from a small country like Croatia, there's not much competitions to enter Manfrotto sort it out
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Old 08-10-2009, 2:44 PM   #9
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Re: Manfrotto is giving away £800 + worth of photo equipment

thanks - fingers crossed!
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Old 10-10-2009, 10:06 AM   #10
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Re: Manfrotto is giving away £800 + worth of photo equipment

I was keeping quiet about this compo' I spotted it at the top of the home page and was hoping not many of the photography posters would see it.
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Old 10-10-2009, 1:31 PM   #11
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Re: Manfrotto is giving away £800 + worth of photo equipment

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I was keeping quiet about this compo' I spotted it at the top of the home page and was hoping not many of the photography posters would see it.
Fat Chance

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Old 28-11-2009, 11:14 AM   #12
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so who won?
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Old 28-11-2009, 1:11 PM   #13
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so who won?
"Not ME"

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This competition is now closed

The winners are Michelle Luck, Joe Doyle, Jake Cheung, Richard Remmer-Riley, Sarah Williams.
Thanks to all who took part in the competition. Please try your luck again as we always have new competitions being launched regularly.
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Old 30-11-2009, 2:33 PM   #14
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So what I want to know is, what was the answer ?

It could have been "Quick" centre column, like what Bogen call it or "Rapid", like what Manfrotto call it. Both were available options in the answers and I didn't know which to put ????

John
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Old 30-11-2009, 2:38 PM   #15
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Old 17-12-2009, 11:29 PM   #16
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Folks

I was lucky enough to get 2nd in the competition and won the Gitzo Fleece jacket. I was absolutely gobsmacked when I got the email earlier today. Never won anything like this before in my life.

It looks a top top quality jacket. I would like to say thanks to avforums.com and Bogen Imaging. Wonderful news in the run-up to Christmas.

Happy Christmas to all
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Old 17-12-2009, 11:34 PM   #17
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Congrats. Joe - you lucky SOB

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Old 29-12-2009, 10:23 PM   #18
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Folks

I was lucky enough to get 2nd in the competition and won the Gitzo Fleece jacket. I was absolutely gobsmacked when I got the email earlier today. Never won anything like this before in my life.

It looks a top top quality jacket. I would like to say thanks to avforums.com and Bogen Imaging. Wonderful news in the run-up to Christmas.

Happy Christmas to all
Joe
Congratulations. That jacket looks well handy, you'll have to let us know what it's like.
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Old 04-01-2010, 5:52 AM   #19
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Congratulations. That jacket looks well handy, you'll have to let us know what it's like.
your kidding, he's only made 2 posts since May 2008, and one of them was to tell us he had won.
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your kidding, he's only made 2 posts since May 2008, and one of them was to tell us he had won.
I hear you, should be a minimum post count to enter competitions..


I never win anything
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