Bangkok--10 Oct--Cannon Digital-camera market leader Canon Marketing (Thailand) Company Limited granted “Popular Vote” and “Best of Theme” awards to the winners of “Canon Photo Marathon Thailand 2007”, Thailand’s first photo contest that lasts nine-hour long. There were more than 350 contestants out of 500 pre-registered showed up on the day. The competition themes include: 1) Sufficient Life 2) Moving and 3) Spirit. The contest was held on Saturday October 6, 2007, at the Esplanade on Ratchadapisek Road, from 7:00 hrs. to 21:00 hrs.Prizes consist of: Popular Vote: The first 10 contestants who returned to download their photos are eligible to be received “Popular Vote” for each competition theme, voted by the audience Best of Theme (1 prize) and Merit Award (2 prizes): The winner and the runner-up for each theme Best of Show and Runner-Up: The winner and the runner-up who earn the highest average scores from all 3 themes ResultsPrize Sufficient Life Moving Spirit Popular Vote Khun Petch Manoch Khun Chavachol Setthaudom Khun Jatuporn Nutapong Best of Theme Khun Songkran Weerapong Khun Nopponl Pornpichiyanurak Khun Kataleewan Intarachote Merit Award 1 Khun Somchai Rakindra Khun Pailin Sutiwirairat Khun Tanavich Kumsopha Merit Award 2 Khun Luerchai Piyawatkul Khun Chaipat Lokapadhana Khun Yaowaluck Pipattangkul Best of Show,Runner-Up To be announced at www.canon.co.th within 7 days after the competition finishes Canon Photo Marathon Thailand 2007 is a part of the marathon photo contest ‘Canon Photo Marathon Asia 2007’ held in five countries, including Vietnam, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It is a broad opportunity open to all people with no restriction to prior experience or age. Anyone who loves photography and owns any brand of digital cameras can apply to this contest. Applications and pre-registration is completed in early September 2007. The competition is to be held on Saturday 6 October 2007 at The Esplanade on Ratchadapisek Road. Contestants will be given three assignments of three different themes and required to complete each task and return with their photos ready for downloading into a computer server within a three-hour period. The second and third assignments will be given to participants after they have finished downloading their previous assignment photographs and the judges will evaluate all the pictures after each round. Three sets of prizes (1 ‘Best of Theme’ winner & 2 Merit Awards) are given for the best pictures in each round of assignment. The "Best of Show" winner and the ‘Runner-Up will be judged based on all their works in the three rounds. Moreover, the winner and the first runner-up will be given a chance to attend Photo Clinic activities together with a professional photographer and other winners from four other countries in Kyushu, Japan for more than a week. The criteria of judgment include the creativity in defining the assignment topics, the composition, the use of colours, lighting, and shading. All contestants must submit their photos in time. In addition, Canon is offering fun activities such as Lucky Shot, Speedy Clown — in which participants have to use PowerShot cameras to take photographs of suggested scenes, Fit da Frame — in which participants have to include as many faces in the photos as possible, and more. All takings, 100 Baht application fee from each applicant, 50,000 Baht in total, will be donated to Camillian Social Center in Rayong province to support HIV/AIDS patients