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Do-It-Yourself Digital Camera Repair
Last year the command dial on my Fujifilm S602 digital camera began functioning erratically just a few weeks before going abroad. I called Fujifilm's factory repair facility in British Columbia. A camera repair technician assured me this was a common failure, the replacement part cost less than $5, the labor less than $50. I express mailed my camera to Canada. In less than ten days it was back in my hands, working like new. At my request, Fuji enclosed the bad part and introduced me to today's plug-and-replace camera repair. All three dials on the top right of the S602 were actually one plastic / metal electronic circuit assembly. Unplug the failed part, plug in the replacement, put the camera shell back on.
CameraShed: Projects for Your Fuji Digital Camera
Primarily a collection of do-it-yourself accessory projects for the Fuji Finepix 4900z, 6900z, s602, s5000 and s7000, M Arnold demonstrates how to disassemble a Fuji 6900z to remove dust from the CCD sensor, and how to disassemble the Fuji 4900z and 6900z viewfinder and LCD screens for dust removal. A useful project for any digital camera using SmartMedia memory is a guide to making your own SmartMedia card slot cleaning card, this DIY project is adaptable for cleaning a memory card slot on other digital cameras. One forum is entitled "Deep Surgery" for posting questions about going inside your camera body.
Even the latest wave of Digital SLRs (D-SLRs) with their nifty ultrasonic self-cleaning image sensors require periodic CCD/CMOS sensor cleaning. Step-by-step instructions written by professional camera repairman Curt Fargo and technical repair author Larry Lyalls teach you how to clean your sensor safely.
Web tutorial for limited self-repair of specific Canon and Casio digital cameras. Repair tutorials mostly deal with the replacement of broken or cracked LCD screens. Readers are warned that following the procedures will result in voiding your digital camera warranty and an increased risk of further damage to your camera. Tutorial cautions readers to avoid static electricity damage and follow a system for keeping track of camera parts and identifying where they came from before you begin disassembly.
Camcorder &
Camera Repair
Digital camera repair blog started by Joseph Manchor "dedicated to the home repair of digital cameras." Feedback, questions and answers encouraged.
Modest "collection of free do-it-yourself take apart instructions, disassembly pictures, upgrade and repair manuals, as well as modding and cleaning tutorials for cameras."
Actual questions asked by camera repair techs to a company which sells diagnostic test equipment to electronic repair technicians. If you completely understand these questions and answers, then possibly you could repair your camcorder but only IF you have the schematic for the equipment. If you don't understand, please have your camcorder repaired professionally. Editors Note: While doing research before buying a miniDV digital camcorder in 2007, the owner of a nationally-known camcorder repair facility advised me that virtually all consumer grade camcorders will require expensive repairs within eight months to three years after purchase. When I bought my Panasonic camcorder, for the first time ever, I bought a 3 year extended warranty.
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