Fujifilm Finepix J-10: Bought on Newegg refurbished for 70$, came with a free case and 2 gig card. Overall what I expected from a cheap camera. Best shots are in well lit outdoor areas, the white balance tends to be kinda bluish indoors and the auto-focus is a little strange sometimes. The styling & build are better than what I expected and the scene selection mode is helpful. In terms of manual controls, you can only change the ISO and white balance, there is also exposure compensation and video. It's a decent camera and good for only 70$.UPDATE: The shutter got randomly stuck on me today (or at least I think that's what happened), was just taking pictures and it all of a sudden stopped showing anything on the screen and the photos were black. I freed the little guy by setting the shooting mode on "firework" and setting a really long exposure, then when the photo was being taken it froze up and I turned the camera off. When I turned it back on it was fine again. I am not sure if this is a good reason to return it, I'll see if it happens again.
Western Digital Elements 640 GB USB 2.0: Also bought from Newegg for 70$. This hard-drive is probably the simplest you can buy, no fan and no power switch, just plug and play (it stops spinning after a little bit of idle time). I've used it a couple of times to back-up school files and so far works well, got a little hot, but that was after it was continuously working for maybe 5 minutes or more.As for Newegg, it was my first time ordering anything from them and I am satisfied. They have free shipping and everything arrived on time and uninjured.
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