DIY p&s screen change
May 19, 2013 15:27:57 #
steve7cat
Loc: Swindon uk
I broke the screen on my olympus vg 120 I find it a nice little camera that I can carry anywhere.
I stumbled on a youtube video it is in German but just watching what the technician did was enough to carry out the same repair myself. I bought a second hand spares or repair one on ebay (it had a stuck lens) for £10 If you have a small Philips screwdriver and and good eyesight to see the little screws, it is a very simple repair. I am glad I did not just bin it when I broke it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML86NSr1vjU
I stumbled on a youtube video it is in German but just watching what the technician did was enough to carry out the same repair myself. I bought a second hand spares or repair one on ebay (it had a stuck lens) for £10 If you have a small Philips screwdriver and and good eyesight to see the little screws, it is a very simple repair. I am glad I did not just bin it when I broke it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML86NSr1vjU
May 19, 2013 19:12:46 #
You're not really missing anything by not understanding the narrator. She's just giving general information about the company's services -the distribution of replacement parts for cameras, their policy, etc.; she's not giving instructions to the specific repair taking place in the video.
May 19, 2013 21:37:49 #
I've found that LCDs are probably the easiest part to get to in a point and shoot or bridge camera. As long as you don't tear the flex interconnect circuit, it's easy.
The lens assembly? Fuhgeddaboudit!
The lens assembly? Fuhgeddaboudit!
May 19, 2013 22:55:58 #
steve7cat wrote:
I broke the screen on my olympus vg 120 I find it ... (show quote)
For future reference, screws used on many Japanese products require a different kind of screwdriver - not Phillips. It looks like a Phillips, but it is slightly different. I bought two sets on eBay. I was taking a lens apart, and the Phillips was not gripping very well. Someone on here told me about the different type of screwdriver.
May 20, 2013 05:49:11 #
thanks jerryc41, I googled "japanese phillips like screw drivers" and found references. Also Amazon;
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&node=553336&keywords=japanese+phillips+screwdriver&tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=3708603531&hvpos=1t2&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=111627632334900117&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_62czcy46v1_b
If that does not work just go Amazon and use japanese phillips screwdrivers in the search.
http://www.amazon.com/s/?ie=UTF8&node=553336&keywords=japanese+phillips+screwdriver&tag=googhydr-20&hvadid=3708603531&hvpos=1t2&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=111627632334900117&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_62czcy46v1_b
If that does not work just go Amazon and use japanese phillips screwdrivers in the search.
May 20, 2013 06:47:20 #
dpullum wrote:
thanks jerryc41, I googled "japanese phillips like screw drivers" and found references.
Amazon has a limited selection. Google provides more choices. I got mine from Moody Tools.
May 20, 2013 07:14:33 #
I carry JIS screwdrivers in my camera bag
Never know when you need on of them
Never know when you need on of them
May 20, 2013 07:18:30 #
mborn wrote:
I carry JIS screwdrivers in my camera bag
Never know when you need on of them
Never know when you need on of them
"JIS" in case, right? :D
May 20, 2013 07:30:10 #
May 21, 2013 10:08:50 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
Also, remove and keep the screws in sequence- they may not be the same length. It' be important to get the right ones back in their correct holes.
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