

I also managed to break my digital camera. No big deal, I thought, I'd been thinking about upgrading. Well the cheapest non-sucky digital camera I could find was about $300 so I decided to put a little more effort into fixing my broken one. Upon opening the camera I found nothing obviously wrong though did spot a large capacitor. For those not in the know, capacitors store large amounts of electricity for short bursts - like for a flash. My mind told me it was still probably charged but I went poking about with metal tools regardless. Several thousand volts through my right hand later I decided to give it a rest for the day. $300 isn't really that bad.