A couple of months ago, I wrote about a great deal on the perfect, throw-in-the-bag camera from Canon. The price was right and the reviews were decent. Well, now you have a chance of getting that same camera – the Canon Powershot A4000 –  for free via this giveaway!
Sure, you can use your smartphone to take pictures, but being able to have a standalone camera has its benefits. One of them is that this camera costs a lot less than a high-end smartphone so you don’t have to worry about something happening to it as much. Second, this camera has an 8x optical zoom which is much better than smartphone cameras. Third – you have the chance to win this one today! 🙂
The cheapest you can find this camera for is $120 (this one is a refurb, but not used), so this is a pretty decent deal. To participate in this giveaway, you just need to leave a comment about anything – it can be about your favorite race, your upcoming race, your favorite trip, some way I could improve the blog, anything! Just make sure that you keep it family friendly.
Here are the rules:
- The giveaway will end at 11:59PM EST Monday (September 29)
- You may enter once per person per day
- Your comment can be about anything but must be family friendly
- You must live in the US
- The winner will be randomly drawn, courtesy of Random.org
- I will post on Tuesday who the winner was and the winner must respond to my e-mail within 48 hours to claim the prize
- Results are final and all decisions are made by me alone – I purchased this camera and Canon has no involvement with this giveaway
- Have fun!
I like turtles!
I can use this in three weeks when I go to Budapest, Vienna and Salzburg- selfie while I yodel
Is it better to do 1/2 Triathlons or Full Marathons?
Turtles??? Turtles are too slow, I prefer rabbits 🙂
This camera can come in handy on my next trip… Great giveaway, great blog!
Your article did make me think about getting this camera. Thinking of all the pictures I can take of my little daughter on our family trips.
Awesome giveaway!
I wish I had this in Jamaica last week!!
sunrise pics in Maui are always fun to take
Can’t wait to go on vacation!
Wish I could try the PH Vienna
I like standalone cameras and like Canon’s product. While it’s convenient to take pics on phone I use my phone’s memory far too quickly since I take tons of pictures and videos.
I also feel like the pictures from camera comes out better (but to be fair the specs on my camera are better than that on my camera phone)
My favorite trip was to Peru!
Great giveaway, I am in the market for a camera!
Reading this made me remember my first pocket camera, a Fuji (I forgot the type). It used 35mm film rolls, and I have to wind a dial on the camera to move the next film into position.
Thank you for the giveaway, cannot wait to take more pics on my next vacation!
Hmm… I’ve always been a bit wary about compacts from Canon. After all, it’s most famous for its D-SLRs. Would be interesting to try one.
So far I have used my Samsung galaxy 3 for all my travel photos for the sake of convenience but now I think it is time to upgrade and this camera will be a perfect start
Would love a Canon for better vacation pics
That’s a nice camera!
I just ran my first 5k in 35:59 and plan to run again on Halloween in hopes of getting it under 30mins
This camera can come in handy on my next trip!
Me me me…
I still think that cameras take better pictures than smart phones, if you want to enlarge to poster size.
my camera broken 3 weeks ago and I’ve been looking for a new one.
Would be useful on my next trip.
i am so excited to check out a dueling piano bar tonight for my sister in laws birthday .
which part of that sentence is a lie?
BOTH
This camera would make up for it 🙂
Just ran my first 5k and was very surprised it was under 40 mins (35:59). I just signed up for a Halloween run in hopes of finishing under 30 mins!
Nice
Would love a new camera for my next vacation!
Really enjoy your blog. I am new to the miles and points game, still learning. Currently, I am trying to find 2 award tickets to Taiwan for next summer.
I would love the camera for an upcoming trip to Myanmar (Burma). Thanks for a great blog and, of course, the fantastic giveaway!
This would make a great gift for my non-techie wife when we travel to the Cinque Terre in April (suggestions, anyone?).
Enjoy your blog, thanks for the chance!
I’m taking my nieces to Chicago this would come in handy I know they would use it!
I’d love to win!
Generous giveaway. Keep running.
Well, sure, I’d love to win.
Thought for today – life is what you live while you are planning for the future. Enjoy every day.
Boston Marathon has always been my favorite race
Love to Run!!!
What a great giveaway
Would love this for my upcoming mini-moon (and for the TBD honeymoon trip)!!
Thanks for the opportunity!
Awesome!
I could really use this! I took my husband’s camera to Washington DC over the summer, and dropped it in the pool at the WWII monument on my first day there. Ugh!
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Love to take pics of my kids with this Canon camera!
Getting ready to run the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Run
We want a pitcher, not a belly itcher.
I would like to use this on my next trip to tokyo!
Turtles
If I get it I’ll definitely use it on my next trip!
Hope I get this to replace my 7 year old digital camera
More about Dubai!
Can always use another camera
you can never have too many cameras
I would love to win this for my next trip!
Jason just ran a 100 miles in Colorado this weekend and broke the 30 hour mark.
I don’t own a camera and sure wished I had one for every time I see the grandkids. I would love to have pictures as memory keepers.
Keep the posts coming! Have really learned a lot following your blog and have taken advantage of some great offers. Have a question re: adding my wife as an authorized user on my accounts and her on mine. How will that affect our credit scores? Not concerned about the payment aspect, we pay each card in full each month. But what about accounts opened, credit pulls, etc. affect on the score. What, if any affect will those things have when we go to apply for new accounts?
As long as you keep paying your cards on time and keeping up with them, it will only help the authorized user’s score. There are no hard credit pulls for adding an authorized user to the account. For the authorized user, it does not show up on the credit report as an account holder, what helps the person is the age of the account and the payment history/credit lines. Again, as long as you stay up on it (which you say you do), it will only be a positive for the authorized user.
I could use this camera. My point and shoot is 4 yrs old!
16 mega-pixels are nice with an 8x zoom. Goes good together. Like strawberries and chocolate.
My digital camera is getting a little long in the tooth, so I’d love to try this as an upgrade.
Tired of using my cell phone for taking pictures!
I hope I win. Every canon I’ve had took very nice pics. Unfortunately I broke my last one…
I love Canon Powershots. I have an S100 that’s on it’s last legs. I prefer cameras to smartphones as they can usually take better pictures in low-light as well you get a lot more battery life out of them. I can take 300 pictures with my S100. The downside is, the features are baked in… It doesn’t do those nice panorama shots that you can do on phones these days.
I love Running With Miles
I’d love to go back to the coast of Maine with a better camera.
My wife can use it on of our upcoming trips.
Life is nothing more than a series of decisions……
I deffo need the new camera! <3 this blog.
Love taking pics in the middle of races. I’ve done it in foreign countries, and bystanders have been awesome!
Thanks
Love your Blog
could really use one for our upcoming family of 5 trip to Hawaii.
Thanks for all your posts!!!
I’m a huge Canon fan. I married into a family of photographers, and I am the stand-alone Canon fan. But I hold my ground because I truly love their products. I hope I win! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sweet giveaway! I could really use this for work
Thanks!
Wonderful giveaway! Would get great use out of this!
This would be perfect to bring on my honeymoon!
Very nice of you! Thanks!
I would love this camera!
The giveaway is appreciated.
I like dogs, but turtles aren’t bad either.
I used to be a runner….long ago. Enjoy your blog. Need a new camera and I’ve seen many fantastic photos taken with Canon. Would love to have this one! Thanks.
This giveaway is just in time for me to take some new photos of the harvest in our garden. Staycation material.
Cruises are relaxing.
Love your posts, thanks for the giveaway
Is it blue or silver?
Silver
When upgrading to a newer camera give the older camera to your kids no matter how old they are and this will give them the ability to learn to take there own pictures. Then with your new camera have your kid take their “new” and two of you take pictures at the same time and then compare the pictures and you will see a different respective on the same subject.
I got that camera because of your post! Thanks.
This would be a great camera to own.
Thanks for the giveaway!
i need a camera this wud be handy!
This mosquito is really annoying.
I also like turtles! They are a bit slow though
thanks for te chance…everyone can use another camera
been looking at getting a powershot, so maybe I can just win one instead
would like to take pictures better than kodak family moments!
would love to win this thanks for the chance
My camera is broken! Could use another one. 🙂
What a great giveaway!
My friend is a marathoner and created a new fuel for endurance athletes called Fuel 100 Electro-Bites – not sure if you’ve tried them yet
I would love to own a Canon Powershot Camera to make lasting memories of my family and grandkids. This would be so awesome to have.
I would like to go to Hawaii
What could be bad about FREE!
I want to fly first class to Europe some day!
Great giveaway!
This would be perfect to take to Mexico!
Thanks .. I enjoy your smart articles!
And I really need a new point and shoot. Mine is over 10years old and literally falling apart.
What an awesome giveaway!
Generous giveaway.
It would be nice to upgrade from smart phone to a proper camera
Thanks for your newsletter!
My son has been asking for a camera
I want to travel the world on points!
I sure wished I had a camera today when some woman hit my car and tried to drive away as I was chasing her. I would hope that this camera has a video player.
I just got my first smart phone, and though I love having it for photos, I really would still prefer a camera. Hoping I win!