(Credit: Sony)

I’m fairly certain the world didn’t need another photo-sharing site, but Sony disagrees. Its newish Digital Darkroom Web site is, however, a little more than just another Flickr with marketing for Sony’s cameras.

Digital Darkroom (not to be confused with the other site by the same name and no relation to 1988’s Beyond Photography: The Digital Darkroom book or 2007’s The Creative Digital Darkroom book) is part of Sony’s Backstage 101 online learning center and features online photography tutorials along with a way to share and view pictures.

There are public galleries and “assignment” galleries, the latter displaying examples of photography concepts such as depth of field, contrast, and rule of thirds, and members can vote on their favorite shots.

Becoming a member–which doesn’t require much more than an e-mail–also enters you into a sweepstakes to win a $500, $300, or $200 Sony Style gift card. And every time you post to either gallery gets you another entry to the random drawings that will happen in October and November. There’s also a photo contest on the site with a chance to win a grand prize of $1,000 gift card.

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