Digital Camera

Canon SD880 - Remove Waterdamage

2009-11-02T22:03:50Z

Before you begin

Read this website's Legal Guidelines and make sure you understand the risks of this repair. Place your Canon SD880 on a clean flat and soft surface, such as a rubber mat or a piece of soft cloth and get the required opening tools.

Danger - Risk of electrical shock - Do not touch the flash capacitor.

Turn your Canon SD880 on its back.

Step 2

Remove the battery door and the battery.

Step 3

Remove the screws on the side of the camera.

Step 4

Remove the screws on other side of the camera.

Step 5

There is a screw next to the 5pin USB connector that needs to removed.

Step 6

Carefully remove the back cover away from the lcd of the camera untill it is completely detached.

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After the back casing is removed you can then remove the front casing. After it is fully removed the front of the camera will look like this.

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This camera was affected by water damage as you can see here by the cable connector.

Use a small firm brush to remove the corrosion visible in the image. Shave off remaining corrosion from contacts to establish proper electrical contact. Reconnect ribbon cable and test camera before reassembly.

Sony DSC-W70 Screen Replacement

2009-11-11T12:04:16Z

Before you begin

Read this website's Legal Guidelines and make sure you understand the risks of this repair. Place your Sony DSC-W70 on a clean flat and soft surface, such as a rubber mat or a piece of soft cloth and get the required opening tools.

Danger - Risk of electrical shock - Do not touch the flash capacitor.

Step 1

This is the back of the dsc-w70 showing you the LCD display.

Step 2

There are 3 philips head screws on the bottom left had corner that need to be removed.

Step 3

There are also 2 philips head screws on the right side panel that need to be removed.

Step 4

This is the left side of the camera it will look like this after Step 5 once you remove the silver plastic edge piece.

Step 5

The other side panel also has a screw that needs to come out.

Step 6

Both Side panels are now removed (left and right).

Step 7

Now with the side panels off and all the screws removed we can gently life the backplate off the camera. You want to do this from the bottom because it hinges at the top of the device which is released last.

Step 8

This is what it looks like after you life the front casing all the way up.

Step 9

Here are all teh seperate parts at this step in the repair.

Step 10

To remove The lcd you need to free it from the latches that are holding it into the frame on the camera. The best way to do this is use a flathead to create space and then twist the flathead so that it will pop out of the hinges holding it in.

Step 11

Once the camera is free of the frame it can be folded over to the side exposing the 2 ribbon cables. One that connects the LCD the other that connects the backlight.

Step 13

The Backlight ribbon cable is smaller and off the side. This can be removed by gentle pressure pulling it away from the camera. The LCD ribbon cable is the larger one and can be detached using the same method.

Step 12

You can now put in the new LCD for the camera and do steps in reverse for re-assembly.

Nikon Coolpix VR - Get Access to Lens

2009-11-11T12:24:06Z

Before you begin

Read this website's Legal Guidelines and make sure you understand the risks of this repair. Place your Nikon Coolpix VR on a clean flat and soft surface, such as a rubber mat or a piece of soft cloth and get the required opening tools

Step 1

This what the camera looks like on its side.

Step 2

There are two philips head screws directly above the camera that need to be removed.

Step 3

There are 2 philips head screws below the lens that need to be removed.

Step 4

There is also a screws on the camera when you pivot the LCD view finder that needs to be removed.

Step 5

Once all those screws are remove you can create some space between the top pieces.

Step 6

You can now create some space between the top lens.

Step 7

There is another screw below the lens that you can remove.

Step 8

Creating a little bit of space you can partially see the lens assembly.

Step 9

Try and air gun to clean any debri that could potentially fix the lens.

Step 10

More steps to do other repairs for this device coming soon.

Panasonic DMZ-TZ5 Repair (Re-Assembly)

2010-01-02T16:19:16Z

Before you begin

Read the legal information section and make sure you are qualified to attempt this repair. Place your Panasonic DMZ-TZ5 on a clean flat and soft surface, such as a rubber mat or a piece of soft cloth and get the required opening tools.

This is the Panasonic DMZ-TZ5 fully disassembled.

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