Compact cameras: Difference between revisions
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** Fully charged battery | ** Fully charged battery | ||
** Gently pull/push as switched on | ** Gently pull/push/waggle/knock against cupped hand as switched on | ||
** Vacuum cleaner treatment - angle the nozzle correctly, avoid lens cover | ** Vacuum cleaner treatment - angle the nozzle correctly, avoid lens cover | ||
** Paper treatment good quality paper, change as soon as dog-eared | ** Paper treatment good quality paper, change as soon as dog-eared | ||
** Feeler gauge 1.5thou - care! | ** Feeler gauge 1.5thou - care! | ||
** Gas duster - care, avoid lens | ** Gas duster - care, avoid lens | ||
** What else did online sources suggest? | ** Sewing m/c oil? | ||
** What else did online sources suggest? See http://camerarepair.blogspot.co.uk/2007/12/fixing-lens-error-on-digital-camera.html | |||
** Lens repair - may be possible but advanced | |||
** Replacement lens assy | ** Replacement lens assy | ||
* Disassembly - watch out for flash cap, note which screws came from where (egg box) | * Disassembly - watch out for flash cap, note which screws came from where (egg box), dealing with ribbon cables | ||
** Broken/faulty screen | ** Broken/faulty screen | ||
** Jumpy controls | ** Jumpy controls | ||
Revision as of 22:11, 3 August 2014
Fixing digital compact cameras.
Summary
(For the moment, this is just a bucket for points to cover.)
Main section
- Sticky lens cover
- Stuck lens:
- Fully charged battery
- Gently pull/push/waggle/knock against cupped hand as switched on
- Vacuum cleaner treatment - angle the nozzle correctly, avoid lens cover
- Paper treatment good quality paper, change as soon as dog-eared
- Feeler gauge 1.5thou - care!
- Gas duster - care, avoid lens
- Sewing m/c oil?
- What else did online sources suggest? See http://camerarepair.blogspot.co.uk/2007/12/fixing-lens-error-on-digital-camera.html
- Lens repair - may be possible but advanced
- Replacement lens assy
- Disassembly - watch out for flash cap, note which screws came from where (egg box), dealing with ribbon cables
- Broken/faulty screen
- Jumpy controls
Safety
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References
External links
- External links as bullet points