I completed this very repair a week ago, on my younger sister's camera, and I'm happy to say she is using the camera as I write taking pictures on a cruise in Jamaica. Few tips:
-If you have any kind of voltmeter, measuring the voltage on the flash capacitor gradually drains it, takes about 5-10 minutes(this can also be done with a large resistor, however you have no way of knowing when the cap is fully discharged). I zapped myself real good with it the first time.
-Make sure the lens is clean BEFORE you put it back together. It's a simple thing, but a complete pain if you put it all back together and you have a fingerprint inside.
-When all was said an done, the picture was still blurry, zooming in and out several times, and pushing on the lens mechanism while focus helped the autofocus to work again.
Other than that, i lost a few screws(i'm not the best at documenting my work....and I didn't have a camera to take pictures as I disassembled), and I broke a couple soldering joints as I removed the circuit board. But after resetting the gears, resoldering, unsoldering, cleaning the lens, resoldering again, and putting back together....it worked. Which is good for me because I promised her I'd buy her a new camera if I couldn't fix it.
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I completed this very repair a week ago, on my younger sister's camera, and I'm happy to say she is using the camera as I write taking pictures on a cruise in Jamaica. Few tips:
-If you have any kind of voltmeter, measuring the voltage on the flash capacitor gradually drains it, takes about 5-10 minutes(this can also be done with a large resistor, however you have no way of knowing when the cap is fully discharged). I zapped myself real good with it the first time.
-Make sure the lens is clean BEFORE you put it back together. It's a simple thing, but a complete pain if you put it all back together and you have a fingerprint inside.
-When all was said an done, the picture was still blurry, zooming in and out several times, and pushing on the lens mechanism while focus helped the autofocus to work again.
Other than that, i lost a few screws(i'm not the best at documenting my work....and I didn't have a camera to take pictures as I disassembled), and I broke a couple soldering joints as I removed the circuit board. But after resetting the gears, resoldering, unsoldering, cleaning the lens, resoldering again, and putting back together....it worked. Which is good for me because I promised her I'd buy her a new camera if I couldn't fix it.
--John