I can’t top the 1D MK IV giveaway, but I’ve looked at the numbers of retweets for all the contests I’ve run and the second most popular prize I’ve offered (behind the 1D MK IV) is the Canon 5D MK II - so here we go again. This is a BRAND NEW CONTEST. It starts today. The winner will be announced on September 15, 2010, before Midnight PST.

I know it’s crazy but it’s official. I am doing it again, with the help of @scancafe.

Here are the basics but PLEASE read all the rules.

1. You must be 18 years or older to enter
2. You must be following me http://www.twitter.com/scottbourne
3. You must be following ScanCafe http://www.twitter.com/scancafe
4. You must send out the following tweet EXACTLY as it appears – failure to do so will disqualify you – do NOT put @ sign in front of scottbourne anywhere in the Tweet
5. The prize will be awarded on September 15, 2010
6. If you live outside the US you are responsible for any taxes, custom duties and shipping in the event you win. We will only ship the camera to a US address so foreign winners will be responsible to provide us with a US shipping address and for shipping from there outside the USA.

Here’s the tweet you should send…

Win a new Canon 5D MK II or $2500 of photo scans from @scancafe & Scott Bourne. Pls RT. Info at: http://bit.ly/9FxEUA

We keep a record of each tweet in a database and then a random number generator picks the winner. Due to the volume of requests we receive, we cannot and will not answer ANY questions about the contest on Twitter or via e-mail. The information you need is all right here.

Our sponsor is ScanCafe. ScanCafe.com is the place to go if you’re interested in having your slides, prints or negatives scanned professionally, by hand, quickly and affordably.

Here’s some of the fine print – PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.

If you’d like to enter to win, first, go to Twitter and if you don’t already have an account there, set one up. It’s free. Then follow me – Scott Bourne and ScanCafe. Go to http://www.twitter.com/scottbourne and click on the Follow button that appears under my profile. Do the same for ScanCafe.

That’s it. Just follow me on Twitter. (http://www.twitter.com/scottbourne) Follow ScanCafe on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/scancafe) Send out the tweet listed above – and you’re done.

But this is important – only do this ONE TIME! It does not in any way improve your odds if you Tweet this message more than once. You will not be penalized if you do it more than once, but it won’t help. If you do send it more than once, you’ll just make your followers mad and you WILL NOT increase your odds. PLEASE don’t ask me to check if you’ve already entered or if your entry qualifies. I get tens of thousands of entries.

If you are already following me on Twitter – you don’t need to un-follow and then re-follow. In fact, if you follow and un-follow me more than twice, you will be blocked. People who follow me just for the contests and who drop in and out will be blocked from my Twitter account.

You must be at least 18 years old to win. All taxes are the responsibility of the winner. The decision of the judges is final. The winner will be announced on Twitter.com, scottbourne.com and Photofocus.com, September 15, 2010, sometime before Midnight, PST.

This contest is void where prohibited by law. The contest is open to anyone, world wide as long as you live in a country where contests such as this one are legal. If you live in Quebec Canada for instance, you may not participate since contests like this one are illegal there without payment of a bond. It’s your responsibility to ensure that contests like this one are not prohibited by your local law. Actual prize awards will only happen after your execution of an affidavit of eligibility.

You may choose between the new Canon 5D MK II  (body only) still in the box or a free $2500 gift certificate from ScanCafe. *NOTE: If we have a winner located outside the US, they will pay shipping of either the camera or the goods they purchase using the gift certificate.

We reserve the right to substitute a different camera body in the event that the 5D MK II is discontinued or we feel a higher quality body is available which is similarly priced, i.e., we may or may not elect to offer a newer version of the camera should Canon announce same before the end of the giveaway. Nothing here shall obligate us to give away a newer camera.

In the event of an international winner, neither Bourne Media Group or ScanCafe will be responsible for delays in prize delivery caused by Customs clearing.

We check the ScottBourne and ScanCafe Twitter accounts for a list of followers. We verify the aforementioned re-tweet. We throw all that information at a random number generator and pick a winner.

You will not be able to enter as long as your tweets are private.

We will not answer questions about the contest other than to point you to these rules.

If any part of this makes you uncomfortable, or if you don’t like the fact that I do these giveaways, please don’t participate.

For the rest of you – I promise to (as in the past) make sure that you get plenty of good content from me here and on Twitter in between the giveaways.

Thanks for your support.