Win this!
I picked up a handful of digital cameras in the SkyMall promotion a couple of weeks ago, which I intended to resell at a modest loss. However, ever since two Canon PowerShot D10 Digital Cameras
I haven’t had a chance to put this camera through its paces and I can’t provide a review, but the marketing has me sold: Waterproof! Freezeproof! Shockproof! Yes, please. I keep imagining how great it would be to actually own this thing and take it on a few trips I’ve been dreaming of. I can’t help but imagine that many of my readers might feel the same way about this nifty little device. So, I’ve decided to keep one for myself and give the other away to one lucky reader.
Blogging has been a ton of fun for me and much of it has to do with the readers. Taking the time to write and manage the blog can be wearisome, but hearing stories of other people’s successes and travel adventures makes it all worth it. I’ve learned as much as anyone by writing this blog and the best part has been helping people turn realize that the possibilities are greater than they ever imagined. So, this contest will encourage people to share their travel aspirations and let loose with their imagination a bit.
The contest begins now and will end at 11:59pm (Central) on December 31, 2011. If you want to be considered for the drawing, here’s what you need to do:
- Post a comment at the end of this blog entry with a brief description of a great destination where this camera would really come in handy. It can be an ordinary destination or somewhere remote, exotic, and only achievable through diligent mile collecting efforts.
Terms and conditions are as follows:
- The winner will be chosen through a random drawing on Jan 1st, 2012.
- Participants must enter an email address with their response in order to confirm the identity of the winner. Email addresses will not be sold, published, traded, or shared.
- Participants may enter more than once, but only one entry per email address will be accepted.
- The Man of a Thousand Places will have sole discretion in interpreting the rules of the game and determining the winner.
Get the adventurous neurons in your brain firing and let us know where you’ve always wanted to go! Creative answers won’t improve your odds of winning, but everyone else is sure to appreciate reading them!
Thanks to everyone and good luck!
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This camera sure would have come in handy when we visited the Ice Bar onboard the Norwegian Epic. Our camera did freeze up. If we ever decide to make the trek to the famous Ice Hotel a camera like this would be invaluable.
I love the snow and ine place I’m planning on going to is Alaska. I will be traveling with a dog sled and sleeping outside for few days.
Iceland, including a visit to its more rugged rural areas along with viewing of the Northern Lights.
Thanks for the contest! Would love to take this camera on my upcoming trip to Peru and Machu Picchu, which I booked using BA miles before the Avios conversion. Happy holidays!
I think this would be handy for a honeymoon trip to Tahiti!
Shockproof you say? Well, it would work wonders for my trip to Pamplona, Spain next year for Fiesta de San Fermin! (Running of the Bulls)
We are going to visit several castles in Europe this coming May and the camera would be great for some shots from the top of a turret. Thanks! Happy travels to all!
Not so exotic, but an easy to use camera when my kids and I go to the local play park.
Well, this could be useful for a one-week expedition in Svalbard in October 2012, photographying the nothern lights from one of the world’s most remote and coldest places!
The camera would do a great job of capturing my girlfriend’s expression when I surprise her with a trip in a few weeks to a secluded beach resort to propose. Only possible thanks to miles and points! Happy travels!
Taking pictures while snorkeling at the Great Barrier Reef
I would use it in Phuket on our upcoming trip in Jan 2012. Would be awesome. I could share some pics here!
Offshore Place of Refuge, Big Island; if the dophins don’t want to say cheese, I’ll photograph the fish or the corals!
This camera would be very useful in my upcoming trip to the Dominican Republic for sightseeing and taking underwater pictures.
Would use it to take pictures in Mumbai India on our trip to go back next year to India. Last time we went, I only had a camera phone and the pictures turned out horrible.
After reading the description of how versatile the camera is, I couldn’t help but think the perfect test would be at a Kansas City Chiefs game in Arrowhead stadium, outside in December with the possibility of snow, ha!
Anywhere I travel… I have a habit of dropping things.
This camera will come in very handy on our trip to the Bahamas in June. We will be going for a friends wedding and most likely that will be my son’s first time (he is 5 months now) on a beach and in the water. I am sure the pictures we will be able to take will be outstanding with this camera!
It would be nice to have that for my upcoming TESOL training either at Phuket Thailand, Ho CHi Minh City Vietnam or Surabaya Indonesia. All of which has got something to do with nature. It would be the perfect gadget to record my will-be-teaching-and-learning-experiences there, in addition to the priceless memories it will capture. After this training I would have to go to Malaysia and have my 2nd meeting with my sweetheart there, in which i believe the camera will be reallllly handy. We are in a long distance relationship, so every snapshot and video will really be priceless. I hope I can acquire this camera soon
Thanks a lot Ben. Hope your future travels will be as fun as always 
My wife is just taking up scuba, so lots of shallow water dives will be in her near future….I can’t think of a better way to get her into the sport (trust me I’ve been trying for years), than being able to take some pics while in shallow water.
Besides her generally klutzy nature leads me to believe this type of camera is exactly what she needs.
Anyways even if this entry isn’t chosen, best of luck to all others who have entered.
Cheers!
I would use it for my upcoming family trip to San Diego/ Sea World that I booked completely with the bonus from my Chase Saphire card!
This would be great on my diving trip to the Virgin Islands. I am also in the early planning stages of a trip to Capetown, Mauritius and the Seychelles. Could you Imagine the images I would be capturing there with this awesome camera!
Thanks
-JM
…but is it ant-proof? I had ants build a nest inside my camera in Ivory Coast–completely destroyed the thing. I’ll need something to keep the little buggers out before making a trip like that again!
Oh, and this would be great for our Disney World trip in Feb. Never know what’s going to happen when you’re holding your camera at arms length on the teacups!
Shhhh! The girls don’t know we’re taking them yet so keep it a secret.
This camera would capture beautiful pictures of this summer’s long-awaited trip to Aruba — my husband has never been to the islands, so the pictures will show his VERY BIG SMILE.
Sounds like a great camera and it would be great on my trip to Paris may 15th – might help with my butterfingers and general clumsiness so I actually end up with a working camera.
Bangkok and Chiang Mai!
Shock-proof?! I’d love to take it along for “the Goofy” at Disney World in January. And then to Huntington Beach for another marathon in February. I’m sure there are more great races to take it on in March, April, May…
Freezeproof and shockproof? I’ll gladly take it snowboarding to test those claims. I’ve had problems with other cameras not making it off the mountain.
camera is useful when skinny dipping in the tropics muahahha!
I’d love to have some cool pictures of the kids when we take them to Australia, Malasia, Thailand, Canada, and Argentina next year. With so many trips we’ll need a good camera to capture all the moments.
I would take it to Florida with me and take it every where I go like the beach and the parks.
I would love to use this in the Florida Keys snorkling at Sombrero Lighthouse. Thanks for the opportunity and Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
This camera would be ideal for the incredible undersea life of the Raja Empat in Indonesia. We spent some time there in an idyllic hut over the water. Huge fish and lots of them, turtles, sea snakes, and everything in rainbow colors. Get there if you can, with or without camera!
That camera looks great…I’ve used the disposable waterproof ones in the past, but their quality is sorely lacking. I would take this one with me up in the mountains when I go skiing this winter. Oh yes. (and on every tropical vacation for the rest of my life.)
Headed to NorthWest. one can never have too many camera’s.
Carolyn
I have an excursion planned to Ice, a fantastic local display that is set at a rather frigid 9 degrees. You are told to keep your camera under your coat, take it out for a quick picture, then promptly return it to its warmer home so as not to freeze and ruin your camera. I think this would be a nice test of the freeze proof capabilities. Since I don’t actually get to travel, and am terrible at remembering to take out my camera, having something I didn’t have to worry about freezing and ruining might actually get me to take a photographic record! I know y’all want to see giant Shrek ice sculptures on my blog, right?
My wife and I have been mile/point collecting this year for a trip after she completes her grad school in April 2013 – we’re planning on a 6 week round-the-world trip to Madrid, Rome, Amman, Delhi, Bangkok, Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo, Sydney, Auckland, Santiago, Lima, and LA. What a great opportunity to use a camera that works great underwater and on land! Especially great for using during that unexpected rain while out on a day trip!
Bora Bora. Imagine the pictures you could get of the fish!
Looks like a great camera to take to Norway to me.
Would have been a great addition for our kayak trip across Mendenhall Lake in Alaska to visit the glacier!
Waterproof? Sounds perfect for a Greek islands sailing adventure!
Would be great on Koh Phi Phi
I would love the chance to win this camera! I love to go snorkeling on my vacations to the caribbean and this would definitely come in handy to capture the beauty of the sea on my trips! Thank you.
I would love to use this camera in stingray city in the Grand Cayman!
My mom and dad’s 50th anniv. is next September. Their dream trip is going to Hawaii. I would give the camera to them so they could use it in Hawaii to take lots of cool pics while touring the islands!
I’d love to take this camera to Bora Bora! The beaches look fantastic, and it would be great opportunity to try out the camera in a sandy, salty, and wet environment!
Would love to go to Bora Bora and use this underwater.
I think the perfect place to use this camera would be on a climbing/BASE jumping trip to The Eiger in Austria!
I would have said scuba diving in Palau next February…but that was before a certain airline cancelled my ticket =(
So I’ll have to go with my Europe cruise next year…I can just see my sister trapping her shoe in some cobblestone in Rome and dropping her camera. Shockproof would work wonders!
This camera would sure come in handy for my upcoming trips. Hawaii in January and Norway in June!
I’d have a blast using this camera on my trip to London-Paris-Rome in 2012 but more importantly I would love to use this camera to record myself learning how to swim. Pics of me in the pool conquering my fear would delight my sister!
Cayman Baby!!!
I would use this to take fun pictures of my kids learning to swim. Capturing their little faces under the water would be priceless.
Would come in handy when we visit India ( which I am planning during Feb 2012)
water, freeze AND shockproof? My wife says I’m the ultimate durability test so this would have to be the camera for me.
Hong Kong and Paris, back-to-back.
That camera would come in very handy while scuba diving with my brother in California. Thanks for running the contest!
I was going to need a new camera and this one looks amazing! Would be perfect for the trip I have booked later next year to Hong Kong and Bali….perfect for underwater pics in the beautiful water .. fingers crossed : )
Dead Sea, Israel
Wonder how it would hold up with the salt water if it got wet
I will be traveling to Bora Bora this upcoming year. All six nights at the IC Thalasso and Moana are almost free with the Priority Club points. The flight was well worth the 75K AA miles it takes to get PPT. I would love to use this camera for scuba diving in the South pacific!
Thanks in advance!
I’d love to take pictures of my granddaughter swimming!
Would love a camera for my honeymoon and April! We’re headed to England, Slovenia, and Croatia, with day trips to Bosnia and Montenegro. All thanks to AA and BA miles, else we’d never be able to afford it!
I would love this camera for diving with sharks near Cape Town, South Africa. I went last June and it was AMAZING! However, I had no waterproof camera. Duh.
I have my eye out for cheap fares to SA to go for a short 3 day weekend JUST to go shark diving with a waterproof camera.
Would be perfect for the beach in Mexico. Take it by the water and don’ have to worry. Plus I gave my older camera to my daughter, so this would be a perfect replacement. Thanks.
I would love this camera for a trip to Cancun! Would love a camera like this. Awesome that you would offer to give one away.
I would love this camera for a trip to the Grand Canyon in Arizona. Thanks.
Planning a canoe trip in the Adirondacks. This camera would be great for capturing memories.
I’d love to visit Barra, Scotland, whose airport uses a beach as a runway. Scheduled flights operate only during low tide.
I am going on a bike / canal trip in Belgium and France next year and shock proof is a must when you tether your camera to your handlebars while riding.
Fort Lauderdale. I am going there for my open water dive liscense. This camera will be awsome.
New York City. The camera has the perfect size to fit in my purse. I will use it to record my daily life in NYC, what I do, what I see, what I wear, …
Underwater camera sounds nice
I’m trying to win a contest for a trip to a resort in the Bahamas. It would be nice to have a camera like this to take with me for some pictures underwater!
Bahamas, baby!
I would love to take some free diving pictures
This camera would be a great replacement for the Olympus waterproof we had. Looks great for snorkeling with manatees in FL!
I’m going surfing in Oahu in February with my 2 friends Scott and Matt. We’re all over 50 years old so the long boarding isn’t pretty to say the least. Would love a water proof camera to document the wipeouts that we’ll be enjoying off the coast of the Diamond Head lighthouse.
Tge camera would be great in Iceland… Which I hope to get back to next year
Next years South East Asia tour would live to have some nice pictures taken during it
*Fingers crossed*
Have two tros scheduled next year. Europe for 6 weeks and SA for three weeks.
It would be be nice to have a smaller camera.
Carolyn
On my trip to NY city
This would be great for our trip to Tampa in a few weeks! It will be our “babymoon” and also the honeymoon we never had. My camera recently broke and with a baby on the way, I need to get one, and soon!
taznjade at gmail dot com
San Diego beach photos.
I’d love to visit the beaches of Australia, and also go kitesurfing or scuba diving.
Bali and Lombock.
Camera would be perfect for my upcoming trip to Playa Del Carmen
I am planning a trip to Hawaii for my entire family in 2012 and would love to take the camera with me. Thanks for the giveaway!
Snorkeling in Hawaii!!!Thanks.
South Korea.
Perth and up the coast to the Ningaloo marine park.
Melbourne & Adelaide.
Munich and greater Bavaria.
The camera would be of great use taking in the scenery around Emerald Lake in Yoho National Park in BC, Canada. It’s just gorgeous.
Thanks for the opportunity. Would love to have this camera for a ski trip in Smugglers Notch VT.
This would be perfect for Patagonia/Antarctica trip!
This camera would be an amazing asset when visiting the islands of The Bahamas. Every island is filled with fun activities like snorkeling, jet skiing, visiting coral reefs, and swimming with sharks and sting rays. Beautiful scenery like historical slave homes, beautiful pink sands and beaches would also provide gorgeous images to capture. I would love to win this great giveaway to do all of these amazing things. Thank you so much!
I would take it sledding in the winter when its really cold and it would be snowing really really hard.
I would take it sledding in the winter when its really cold and it would be snowing really really hard.
I would like to take it with me to fly-fishing in Bristol Bay.
It will be great to have this camera when I take diving class in a swimming pool next semester.
Going to Hawaii in 2012 on miles and appreciate the opportunity for a chance thanks!!
The Great Barrier Reef!
It will be great to have a camera that I do not have to worry if it’s raining or snowing not in nyc.
Great camera to bring with me when i take the WILDERNESS SKILLS course in New Jersey woods area in March.
Would be really nice to have a camera for an upcoming trip to Japan, bought on miles.
Would be great for our trip to Key West.
Thanks for the opportunity.
I have always wanted to ride a camel. The waterproof feature will come in handy in case one spits…
This camera would have taken great pictures on my snowy ski day. Would love to have it for my next adventure.
This would be perfect for my trip around the world (using miles!)
This would be perfect for my (hopefully) upcoming trip to Tahiti!
this would be an awesome camera to bring on a trip to thailand, especially off one of the remote islands off phuket, like ko phi phi! thanks for the contest!
this would be perfect for the ultimate spring break hiking mt Kilimanjaro
If I am lucky enough to owe this camera, i will use it for taking underwater video in Hawaii!!
I would love to win a Canon camera to replace my old one which has a super small screen.
I know I will definitely use on my trip to Asia.
Well it would certainly have come in handy on our incredible viewing from Michaelmas Cay in the Great Barrier Reef. The current camera is an oldie and will thanks to this posting reminding me to start looking for a new camera. Hopefully not if I am fortunate enough to win the camera. Might give it a shot at taking some film for sport events, which are the focus of our preliminary plans for next year.
It would be mine and I would not let me husband break, err, borrow mine. I’ll use it in Vegas when we go back. Night shots of the strip!
I would use it to take pictures of the house I’m building.
Not a trip, you say? Try 90 feet straight up! It’s a trip. And a blast!
I would use it on the water rides at Disney when we take our grandchildren (6,8,9,11) for spring break!
Only a Canon camera can do the Grand Canal in Venice justice.
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