Inexpensive digital camera recs?

[neotoma]

So, I dropped my camera yesterday after taking pictures at a falconry demonstrations (European eagle-owls looks even more startling than Great Horned Owls, because of the orange eyes) and now it takes pictures with lines of distortion across the image.

I checked around online, and this is probably a shutter problem that needs to be dealt with by a professional repair outfit.

However, the camera is about 10 years old, and repairs would cost about $95 by one the estimation of one of the repair places...

So I'm looking for an affordable point-and-shoot camera with a good shutter speed and maybe some options for manual control. I'm most taking pictures of my projects, so it's not like I need anything fancy. Small and rugged would be nice bonuses. Any recommendations?

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[spinner_atropos]

I'm very fond of my little Canon Powershot, which I've had maybe three years, though I don't think I paid what Amazon's asking for it.