OM SYSTEM VISION AWARDS 2025 - Terms & Conditions
The following terms of participation ("Terms") apply to the photo awards.
1. Information on how to enter the ‘OM SYSTEM VISION AWARDS' and prize form part of these Terms and Conditions. Participants accept these Terms and Conditions and any rules, policies or procedures that the Promoter may adopt from time to time as a condition of participation. To the extent of any inconsistency, these Terms and Conditions prevail.
2. Entry Period
The entry into the photo awards is possible from 27 October 2025 until 30 January 2026 23:59 local time of the region.
3. Eligible Participants
3.1 The photo awards are open to any person over 16 years of age with a habitual residence in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam and Macau.
3.2 Employees of OM Digital Solutions or affiliates or persons entrusted with the conduct of the photo awards as well as their relatives and life partners are excluded from participation.
3.3 Each person may only upload three photos.
3.4 In the event of a breach of these Terms, we reserve the right to exclude persons from the photo awards, to not award prizes or to subsequently reclaim prizes.
4. Prize
4.1 The winner will receive the following:
(a) Grand Prize: OM-1 Mark II + M.Zuiko Digital ED 50-200mm F2.8 IS PRO
(b) 6 Category Prize: Each winner can choose one unit of preferred M.Zuiko lens excludes M.Zuiko Digital ED 50-200mm F2.8 IS PRO and 150-400mm F4.5 TC1.25X IS PRO
5. Requirements for Participation
5.1 The participant must Follow us on OM SYSTEM official Facebook or Instagram account in the region and submit up to three public photos using the hashtag #OMSYSTEMVISION25 along with your location hashtag (#HongKong, #Australia #NewZealand, #Taiwan, #India, #Thailand #Indonesia #Malaysia #Singapore #Vietnam #Macau).
5.2 Photo must be taken by OM SYSTEM / OLYMPUS Product.
5.3 The participant has to accept these Terms before participating.
5.4 In order to enter the photo awards, the participant must submit their most creative photo in 6 categories include Bird, Landscape, Wildlife, Macro, Urban, Underwater.
5.5 By submitting a photo, the participant acknowledges and warrants the following:
(a) Originality and Ownership: The photo is the participant's original work, and they own all rights to it, including any post-processing, without infringing on third-party rights. The photo is not an AI-generated image.
(b) Permissions for Featured Subjects: The participant has obtained necessary permissions for any people featured, including signed model releases for recognizable individuals.
(c) Photo Resolution and Format Requirements: Photos must be uploaded in JPEG format. RAW image file must be requested of the winner.
(d) Ethical Guideline: Photos may not contain illegal, unethical, harmful, or offensive content that violates applicable law or any community standards. This includes, but is not limited to photos that depict violence, discrimination, harassment, illegal activities, substance abuse or any other behaviour deemed inappropriate in OM Digital Solutions' sole discretion or that is otherwise in violation of the principles of this photo awards.
(e) License: By entering, participants grant OM Digital Solutions the right to use their submitted photo for promotional purposes in relation to the photo awards, including but not limited to publication on our website, social media, and other platforms. We will ensure that the participant is credited as the creator of the photo in each case.
5.6 A photo containing or depicting the following will be immediately disqualified and is not considered in the photo awards:
(a) Photos in breach of the requirement of this clause 5;
(b) AI-generated images;
(c) Images that have been excessively edited or digitally altered beyond what is appropriate for the specific category or genre of the photo awards;
(d) Photos in breach of the Ethical Guidelines (cf. clause 5.4 (d));
(e) Any entries depicting or promoting illegal activities;
(f) Photos containing commercial content that promotes any product or service other than those related to the photo awards or our own brand.
5.7 Any entry that does not comply with the requirements set out in these Terms in general and the requirements of this clause 5 in particular will be deemed invalid.
6. Determination of Winner and Handover
6.1 The winner will be determined on 31 March 2026. All submissions submitted during the entry period will be reviewed by a jury and which will select the winner that will receive the prize. The jury will decide on the winner based on the criteria of creative expression, originality and technical excellence in the image submitted for judging.
6.2 A jury, consisting of 6 OM SYSTEM ambassadors will review the entries and select a winner at their discretion. The winners will be notified by email after selection of the winner by the jury and will be supplied their prize from subsideries and distributors that service Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Malaysia, Indonesia, Malaysia, India or Macau.
6.3 We will publish the winner's entry on our social media platforms and through other communication channels (e.g. website, newsletter etc.).
6.4 If the winner does not respond within 7 days after our notification by email, the jury may select a new winner in accordance with clause 6.1 who will then be notified accordingly.
6.5 After notification and response by winner, the winner will receive further information by email. A cash payment of the prize or a substitution of the prize is not possible. The claim to the prize cannot be assigned.
7. Responsibilities
7.1 We are not responsible if participants are unable to connect to the landing page due to a technical fault or any of the following exemplary but not exhaustive reasons: (1) network overload, (2) electrical or human error, (3) malicious intervention, (4) a problem attributable to the telephone line, (5) hardware or software problem, (6) hardware or software malfunction, (7) emergency (8) interruptions that may affect the smooth running of the photo awards.
7.2 We are not responsible if data, for whatever reason, in connection with the registration or submission of a participants' entry does not reach us, is illegible or impossible to process.
7.3 We are not responsible for paying or reimbursing the photo awards winner for any taxes that may be due as a result of the prize. All participants acknowledge that we may have to send certain tax forms to the winner.
8. Data Privacy
8.1 Legal basis and purposes of the data processing
8.1.1 We use your personal data provided in the context of participation in the photo awards for the purpose of managing the photo awards. The legal basis for the processing of the personal data within the scope of the photo awards is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
8.1.2 Furthermore, we use your personal data (name and country of residence) to publish the winner's entry on our social media platforms and through other communication channels (e. g. website, direct communication channels, newsletter etc.). The legal basis for this purpose is our legitimate interest according to Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR and applicable legal requirements. Our legitimate interests are that publishing the winners' names to our social media and in our newsletter will provide the photo awards with a degree of seriousness. Furthermore, we have a legitimate interest in the promotion of the photo awards.
8.1.3 We process your e-mail address and your name to send you, our newsletter. The legal basis for this purpose is your consent according to Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR. You can withdraw your consent at any time by sending us your withdrawal to the contact information above. Please note that this does not affect the lawfulness of processing for the time prior to our receipt of your withdrawal of consent.
8.2 In the event of winning, the participant will need to provide the following personal information to receive their prize:
· Name,
· Address,
· E-mail address,
In case you are the winner we also need your postal address in order to send you the camera kit. The provision of your personal data requested in the context of the use of the service is necessary for participation in the photo awards. Without this information, the service cannot be performed. We will retain this information for the period required for retention for legal compliance purposes.
8.3 We share your personal data within the OM Digital Solutions group of companies for the purposes described above. These include OM Digital Solutions Australia Pty Ltd and OM Digital Solutions Hong Kong Limited Insofar as we process data in a third country, bodies or companies outside the EU or EEA, this will only be done in accordance with the applicable statutory provisions. In case you are the winner of the photo awards we will disclose your name and country of residence in our e-mail newsletter and on our social media presences, which include Instagram and Facebook..
8.4 For more information on the contact details, the controller, your data subject rights, international data transfers and retention periods please visit our privacy notice.
9. Premature Termination of the Photo awards
We reserve the right to suspend, modify or terminate the photo awards, in whole or in part, without deciding on a winner and awarding the prize, if for legal or technical reasons the proper conduct of the photo awards is prohibited or cannot be guaranteed.
10. Miscellaneous
10.1 The photo awards shall be void where prohibited by law. Should a provision of these Terms be or become ineffective, then the validity of these Terms as a whole remains unaffected.
10.2 Legal recourse is excluded. The law of the Federal Republic of Germany is exclusively applicable. If you are a consumer, the application of mandatory legal provisions of the country of your habitual residence shall remain unaffected by the choice of German law. A consumer means every natural person who enters into a legal transaction for purposes that predominantly are outside the consumer’s trade, business or profession.