Yesterday was spent repairing digital cameras. The two models that I mainly work on are the Casio Exilim series and the Olympus FE-280 series. Most issues are lens issues from people either dropping them or bumping them pretty hard. The lenses have pins that slide in grooves. A little motor will turn the lens frame one direction or the other to extend or retract the lens. If the pins jump out of the grooves the lens will jam and you will get a plethora of errors when turning on the camera. These "thin" bodied cameras seem to be easy to work on. I always tend to destroy the 1st ones I ever work on just so that I can familiarize myself with how they work. So far, so good. I am able to fix about 95% of the camera's I buy. Now to throw a few on ebay....
Sunday, December 7, 2008
Camera Day
Yesterday was spent repairing digital cameras. The two models that I mainly work on are the Casio Exilim series and the Olympus FE-280 series. Most issues are lens issues from people either dropping them or bumping them pretty hard. The lenses have pins that slide in grooves. A little motor will turn the lens frame one direction or the other to extend or retract the lens. If the pins jump out of the grooves the lens will jam and you will get a plethora of errors when turning on the camera. These "thin" bodied cameras seem to be easy to work on. I always tend to destroy the 1st ones I ever work on just so that I can familiarize myself with how they work. So far, so good. I am able to fix about 95% of the camera's I buy. Now to throw a few on ebay....
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