Ever been out and about somewhere, perhaps on the beach or at a gig, and seen something extraordinary? Something you really wanted to take a picture of - only to then realise that you had left your clunky, too-much-trouble-to-carry camera at home?
If you don't want to lose out on capturing those special, beautiful or just downright intriguing moments that life throws at us without warning, you need a camera you can stick in your pocket or your bag and take with you wherever you go. But you also need a camera capable of capturing high-quality images whether it is faced with rambunctious children, a packed party, or a wide, open landscape.
Fortunately, you no longer have to choose between the two. Sony's ultra-stylish T77 is just 15mm thick and weighs just 126g, making it easy to slip into even the smallest of beach bags and most slender of jeans pockets.
But, despite it's diminutive size, the T77 also packs a weighty technological punch. With 10.1 megapixels, its pictures can be reproduced clearly even above A3 size, and its large 3in clear LCD touchscreen allows you to view your pictures in perfect clarity.
The T77 also has enhanced face detection to optimise focus, exposure, white balance and skin tone, a new portrait mode with anti-blink technology which helps to reduce those shots spoilt by closed eyes.
The T77 also includes a Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar lens with 4x optical zoom to produce images of the very highest quality, and you can even play around with your snaps using the in-camera retouching and paint functions.
Win a Sony T77
To celebrate the launch of this new, stylish and technologically advanced camera, Sony is asking you to submit dynamic, original images which encapsulate one of three key themes: style, colour and action. The best entry in each of the three categories will win a Sony T77, as well as the chance to see their pictures in print in Weekend magazine.
To enter your images send them by email by clicking on the link below*, including your full name, address, contact telephone number and a short description of your image including what category you are entering it into. You can enter as many times as you like but must submit a different image with each entry.
Images should be hi-res, preferably 300dpi and able to print at high quality on at least A4 size. Images should be jpeg or TIF file format.
Closing date for entries is 23.59 on November 19. Good luck.
**The closing date for entries has now passed**
Terms and Conditions
Entering the Competition
1. The Sony Cybershot T77 Photography Competition (the "Competition") is open those living in the UK aged over eighteen years old ("You").
2. Employees or agencies of Guardian News & Media Limited ("GNM", "We"), or Sony Cybershot, their group companies or their family members, or anyone else connected with the Competition may not enter the Competition.
3. To enter the Competition, email your picture to sony.cybershot.t77.competition@guardian.co.uk, with a jpeg/ tif image of printing quality; preferably 300dpi, stating the theme for which you are entering the photo: style, colour or action.
4. By entering the Competition you are accepting these terms and conditions.
5. When sending in your Competition entry, You must provide your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address (if You have one). We will only use this information in relation to the Competition (including checking your eligibility to enter it and announcing the winners) and will not use it for any other purposes whatsoever. We will not keep this information for longer than is necessary for the operation of the Competition.
6. You may enter the Competition as many times as you like but you must submit a different photograph with each entry.
7. Your photograph must be your own work and must not be copied. If We have reason to believe your image is not your own work, then We may not consider it.
8. We must receive your entry to the Competition by 11:59 pm on November 19 2008.
Picking the winner
9. A team of GNM picture editors will select finalists from each category. Photographer, Mark Read, will chose one winning entry from each of the three themes.
10. When choosing the winner of each theme, the judge will be looking for the image that has best captured the spirit of each theme. He will be looking for photographs which are creative, original or display the best photographic talent.
11. The judge's decision will be made on or before November 21 2008. The decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Publishing the winning entry
12. The winning entry and the finalists for each theme will be shown in Weekend magazine on 6 December 2008 or (if GNM needs to delay this publication for any reason) at a later date.
13. You own the copyright to your Competition entry as its author. You represent and warrant that you have (and will continue to have during the duration of the Competition) all necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions which are required to enable GNM to use your Competition entry and that the entry is Your own original work, that it is not defamatory and that it does not infringe any third party rights including, without limitation, privacy. You will provide evidence of such on our reasonable request.
14. By submitting an entry to the Competition, You give GNM:
a. permission for your entry to be printed in Weekend magazine and grant GNM a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to republish your Competition entry in print and electronic format for purposes connected with the Competition; and
b. the right to use your name and town or city of residence for the sole purpose of identifying You as the author of your entry.
The Prizes
15. The winner of each theme will receive one Sony Cybershot T77. The winners will be notified either by telephone or email on or before 24 November 2008.
16. The prize will be delivered no later than 22 Dec 2008.
17. The prize cannot be exchanged or transferred by You and cannot be redeemed by You for cash or any other prize. You must pay all other costs associated with the prize and not specifically included in the prize.
18. We will substitute the prize with another prize of similar value in the event that the original prize offered is not available.
Some other rules
19. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed.
20. We take no responsibility for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt.
21. Your entry will not be returned to You.
22. Details of the winners can be obtained by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the following address: Sony Cybershot T77 photography competition, Guardian News & Media Limited, 119 Farringdon Road, London EC1R 3ER.
23. The winners may be required for promotional activity.
24. The Promoter of the Competition is Guardian News & Media Limited whose address is 119 Farringdon Road, London, EC1R 3ER.
25. Nothing in these Terms and Conditions shall exclude the liability of GNM for death, personal injury, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation as a result of its negligence.
26. GNM accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by You as a result of entering the Competition or accepting the prize. GNM further disclaims liability for any injury or damage to You or any other person's computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with the Competition.
27. GNM reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this Competition with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud). The decision of GNM in all matters under its control is final and binding.
28. GNM shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control. Such circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, weather conditions, fire, flood, hurricane, strike, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, supervening legislation or any other circumstances amounting to force majeure.
29. The Competition will be governed by English law.
