Win A Canon Digital Camera!

The only thing that my son in the Marine Corps has asked for Christmas besides bus tickets to come home for the holidays is a digital camera. That would be a pretty nice gift for him and amazingly enough Neil Duckett is holding a competition to win his Canon IXY Digital 1000 camera. It's a pretty sweet deal. The IXY Digital 1000 is a 10 megapixel and with the charger, software and cables runs at around $450. Pretty sweet contest if you ask me!

There are several different ways that you can win the contest, subscribe by email to his blog, purchase advertising space on the site, or write a post about the contest on your blog (like this one).

For a brief second (maybe longer) I thought about NOT providing you with the link since I want to win the contest, but that wouldn't be too fair now would it. You can find more information and contest details at the link.

Want pertinent information about the camera itself? Here is more than you could ever want:

Sensor

• 1/1.8 " Type CCD
• 10.0 million effective pixels

Image sizes
• 3648 x 2736
• 3648 x 2048
• 2816 x 2112
• 2272 x 1704
• 1600 x 1200
• 640 x 480

Movie clips
• 1024 x 768 @ 15fps
• 640 x 480 @ 30 / 15fps
• 320 x 240 @ 30 / 15fps
• 160 x 120 @ 15fps

File formats
• JPEG Exif 2.2
• DCF
• DPOF
• AVI Motion JPEG with WAVE monaural

Lens
• 37-111mm (35mm equiv)
• F2.8-4.9
• 3x optical zoom

Image stabilization
No

Conversion lenses
No

Digital zoom
up to 4x

Focus
TTL

AF area modes
• AiAF (Face Dectection / 9-point)
• 1-point AF (fixed center)

AF assist lamp
Yes

Focus distance
Closest 5cm

Metering
• Evaluative
• Center-weighted average
• Spot

ISO sensitivity
• Auto
• ISO 80
• ISO 100
• ISO 200
• ISO 400
• ISO 800
• ISO 1600

Exposure compensation
+/- 2EV in 1/3 stop increments

Shuttter speed
15-1/2000 sec

Aperture
F2.8-4.9

Modes
• Auto
• Manual
• Digital Macro
• Color Accent
• Color Swap
• Stitch Assist
• Movie
• Special Scene

Scene modes
• Portrait
• Night Snapshot
• Kids & Pets
• Indoor
• Foliage
• Snow
• Beach
• Fireworks
• Aquarium
• Underwater
• ISO 3200

White balance
• Auto
• Daylight
• Cloudy
• Tungsten
• Fluorescent
• Fluorescent H
• Custom

Self timer
Yes

Continuous shooting
approx 2.1fps

Image parameters
My Colors (My Colors Off, Vivid, Neutral, Sepia, B&W, Positive Film, Lighter Skin Tone, Darker Skin Tone, Vivid Blue, Vivid Green, Vivid Red, Custom Color)

Flash
• Auto, Manual Flash On / Off, Slow Sync, Red-eye reduction
• Range: 30cm - 5.1m (wide) / 3.1m (tele)

Viewfinder
Real-image zoom

LCD monitor
• 2.5-inch P-Si TFT
• 230,000 pixels

Connectivity
• USB 2.0 Hi-speed
• AV out

Print compliance
• PictBridge
• Canon Selphy / Pixma

Storage
• SD / SDHC / MMC card compatible
• 32 MB card supplied

Power
• Rechargeable Li-ion battery NB-5L
• Charger included
• Optional AC adapter kit

Weight (no batt)
165 g

Dimensions
91.2 x 59.6 x 28.2 mm

Don't forget to stop by his site and check out the contest!