Nikon Festival Celebrates DSLR Video – $100,000 possible for your 140 seconds video

DSLR camera have the ability to shoot HD video, and users from the heavy hitters in Hollywood

to camera novices are exploring the world of video, and the creative possibilities with an SLR.

Nikon is celebrating this with Nikon Festival, an online film festival that asks
users to portray a "Day Through Your Lens" for a chance to win a $100,000 prize for
your 140 second video.

Nikon is challenging budding filmmakers to upload 140 second short-form video

with the theme "A Day through Your Lens" to www.NikonFestival.com and
follow @nikonfestival on Twitter for a chance to win up to $100,000 and Nikon
equipment to pursue and chronicle their dreams.

Nikon advertising star, Ashton Kutcher, will contribute to the Nikon Festival by
sharing his personally shot video taken with the D5000, which captures his recent
visit to Africa. The Festival will be supported by a national TV broadcast and
online advertising campaign and will run through the end of the year. The Festival
video submission period began November 10 and will be open for entries for a
six-week period.

"The Nikon Festival represents the progressive nature of our brand in merging social
media with innovative products as a way to engage and empower aspiring photographers
and filmmakers," said Lisa Baxt, Senior Communications Manager for Nikon Inc. "Nikon
is committed to advancing HD video with the D5000 and other products and supporting
it with an integrated marketing program that has a strong impact and is viral in
nature. As part of this campaign, the Festival presents the opportunity for current
and future Nikon customers to tell their story with HD video."

Nikon has also enlisted influencers from TV, photography and social media to serve
as official Festival judges. Each will also share personal videos shot with a Nikon
D-SLR camera, including actor/writer Rainn Wilson, Internet personality Justine
Ezarik (iJustine), and visionary photographer Chase Jarvis. The Nikon Festival
entries will be judged in December and winners will be announced in January.

"As an actor and avid writer, I applaud Nikon's creation of this Festival to advance
the accessibility of thought-sharing and self expression to aspiring filmmakers and
photographers," said Rainn Wilson. "I think this is a unique way for people to
initiate dialogue on topics they care about, while gaining exposure for their work.
I'm excited to check out the videos people submit and will be tweeting throughout
the Festival."

Upload "A Day through Your Lens" Video

As guided by the video submissions of Ashton Kutcher and Festival judges, entrants
are challenged to create videos in 140 seconds or less, capturing the essence of a
day in their life, whether funny, profound or inspirational. As videos are uploaded,
they can be automatically shared with entrants' social networks, including Twitter
and Facebook, allowing instantaneous campaigning for views and votes. Although
entrants are not required to use a specific camera, judges will be providing
direction to meet the criteria of image quality, originality and ability to capture
a day through their lens in 140 seconds.

Change Your Life in 140 Seconds or Less

Festival entrants will have the opportunity to win one of two awards: an audience
award and a judges' award. The winning video selected by the Festival judges will be
awarded $100,000 and Nikon equipment to pursue and chronicle their dreams.
Additionally, the video getting the highest average rating and most audience views
will be awarded the $25,000 Audience Award and Nikon equipment.  Entrants of the
Festival are encouraged to use social media platforms, including Twitter and Facebook, to share
submissions and gain views and votes.  Terms and conditions can be found here.

For more information on the Nikon Festival and other information on products from
Nikon, please visit http://www.nikonusa.com.  

Please note that this contest is open to all devices.  Your footage does not have to shot with a SLR.

Good luck!


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