Since 1969, the leading Cameras and Accessories manufacturer Nikon is Conducting Photography Competition to enhance the creativity of talents.  This year, the competition will begins from Monday, October 17, 2016 and ends on Friday, January 27, 2017.

Check out more details about the Nikon Videomaking and Photography Competition 2016 below.

Entry Categories

1. Nikon 100th Anniversary Award

Photo Theme: “Celebration”

Entry format: single photo

Limited to Nikon equipment

No age restriction

2.Next Generation Award

Theme: “Future”

Entry format: single photo, photo story (two to five images), video

Any equipment can be used

Only those under the age 30 are eligible to apply.

3. THE OPEN Award

Theme: “Future”

Entry format: single photo, photo story (two to five images), video

Any equipment can be used

No age restriction

Awards and Prizes Offering for the winners in Nikon Video and Photo Competition

 Nikon 100th Anniversary Prize(No. of Awards : 1)

500,000 yen in cash

Nikon D5

AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR

Grand Prize (No. of Awards : 1)

Nikon D5

AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR

Award for the most popular entry(No. of Awards : 1)

Nikon D810

AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR

1st Prize(No. of Awards : 1 per category/format, total 7)

Nikon D810

AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8E ED VR

2nd Prize(No. of Awards : 3 per category/format, total 21)

Nikon D500

AF-S DX NIKKOR 16-80mm f/2.8-4E ED VR

3rd Prize(No. of Awards : 5 per category/format, total 35)

Nikon D5500

AF-S DX NIKKOR 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR Ⅱ

Eligibility required for applying Nikon Photo-Video Competition 2016

The competition is open to all, except the employees of Nikon. The Participants under 18 years of age require the permission of a parent or guardian. The Participants above 18 years of age didn’t required a permission of a parent or guardian.

Submission Rules

• Only the original works of the participant that have not formerly been displayed or exhibited are eligible for applying to the competition.
• Entrants can submit to both photography and video.

Photography

Maximum allowable Size of each photo: 20MB

An Entrant can submit maximum 10 Photos

File format is JPEG/150 dpi

Video

File Size: up to 400 MB

File format: MOV or MP4.

Length of the Video:  6 to 180 seconds.

360° videos are restricted for the submission

How to apply?

The online application link will be available on this website on October 17, 2016

For Enquires, [email protected]

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