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12/01/2005 05:28:01 PM · #1 |
Hi everyone,
I know its sounds like blasphemy ... taking apart a camera, but i fund this old broken one in the photography closet at my school, and the teacher said i could take it. So anyway here i am... and i was wondering if anyone here has done this before and if so whats the best way to go about doing this. Should be a neet little prject.
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12/01/2005 05:35:51 PM · #2 |
Is it film or digital? Film cams can be interesting, but digital cams are REALLY interesting!
I once took apart my Nikon 995 to repair the mode selector switch, which got completely torn out of the flexible circuit it was attached to, LOL. 2 years later, it's still working =)
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12/01/2005 05:36:39 PM · #3 |
Three words: Take Copious Notes...
R. |
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12/01/2005 05:39:00 PM · #4 |
Take photo's of each step u make, so u can take a look back what belongs where :-)
What camera is it ?
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12/01/2005 05:52:09 PM · #5 |
I pulled a Sony F707 apart after it was dunked in water (not by me) That was great fun and I still have it in a box somewhere in bits... great fun just as long as you never want to use it again .. if its a film camera too could get tricky, there are a lot of small parts inside and just as you take the last tiny little screw out to release the thing that holds the doodah in place, everything shoots out everywhere, springs bit of plastic and other bits.. great fun looking in the carpet for a screw the size of an atom but honestly GREAT FUN!!
ADVICE - good lighting, proper tools, some small box for the bits, a magnifier glass, a manual would help too... have fun
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12/01/2005 05:53:30 PM · #6 |
| Just wait till you get to the shutter mechanism... :) |
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12/01/2005 05:59:00 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by lowonenergy:
Take photo's of each step u make, so u can take a look back what belongs where :-) |
In a similar vein, have a longish worktable, and as you remove each part, lay it down in order. Talk to any auto mechanic for more details on this procedure : ) |
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12/01/2005 06:03:00 PM · #8 |
If it has a built in flash watch out for the capacitor. Those can be nasty. Back in my camera selling days I took alot of old, broken cameras apart (some things we slavaged for repairs, but mostly for fun). I got blasted a few times by a capacitor- Minoltas always gave the worst shocks because they seemed to hide them.
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12/01/2005 07:15:13 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by bear_music:
Three words: Take Copious Notes...
R. |
Take lots of pictures :)
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12/01/2005 08:10:31 PM · #10 |
Here is an interesting site that has done just that.
Cameras taken apart. |
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12/01/2005 08:57:30 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by faidoi:
Originally posted by bear_music:
Three words: Take Copious Notes...
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Take lots of pictures :) |
With what? He is taking the camera apart remember.... :-)
Come on, you know somebody had to say that.... |
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12/01/2005 09:06:55 PM · #12 |
its an old film camera ...
a ricoh kr-super2
the leans mount was all cracked s that was the first thing off then i took off the bottom and saw how the shutter worked some really interesting stuff... but the screws are soooo frickin small ahhhhh
im using the tip of a boby pin because i dotn have a small enough screw driver
-dan
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12/01/2005 09:09:13 PM · #13 |
| If you want to keep all the pieces, take it apart in a shoe box or some type of container so when you drop a piece you can find it. |
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12/01/2005 09:12:21 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by I Enjoy Ham:
but the screws are soooo frickin small ahhhhh
im using the tip of a boby pin because i dotn have a small enough screw driver |
Walmart's got a nice little set for 88cents (I think I paid for mine). Got the flatheads and phillip heads you'll need. |
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12/01/2005 09:30:43 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by MrEd:
Originally posted by I Enjoy Ham:
but the screws are soooo frickin small ahhhhh
im using the tip of a boby pin because i dotn have a small enough screw driver |
Walmart's got a nice little set for 88cents (I think I paid for mine). Got the flatheads and phillip heads you'll need. |
Or get a nice set at Radio Shack. Personally I love fixing electronic stuff thats been dunked in water that I get cheap. Bought a 2 week old Dell laptop that had been left out in the rain a few years back. 50 bucks, got some electronics cleaner and cleaned all the circuit board, let it all dry out on the kitchen table (ya the wife really loves when I do that) Got another keyboard, been working great since. Did the same when we got my wifes Car, a 94 Accord, insurance totalled for flood damage, picked it up dirt cheap, they mount the power train computer on the passenger side footwell. Took the computer apart, cleaned it, wife still driving that car 6 years later. But then again its in my nature to take stuff apart, I still remeber how ticked my dad was when I took our then 2 week old TI/99/4a computer apart to see how it worked, I was about 8 years old at the time. Did get it back together, and worked fine. My wife is lucky she doesn't have any phillip head screw holes:) |
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12/01/2005 09:41:39 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by lowonenergy:
Take photo's of each step u make, so u can take a look back what belongs where :-) |
In a similar vein, have a longish worktable, and as you remove each part, lay it down in order. Talk to any auto mechanic for more details on this procedure : ) |
Dude having a camera in my day job field is a great asset, not for knowing how to put stuff back together per say, but to sell a job, its great documentation, besides Customers don't often understand why it cost so much for certian jobs, after you show them with pictures they are just in awe there vehicle is back together. Let alone the selling point, the customer is at work they need a brake job, Nothing like emailing a picture of their brakes. Gone is any trust issues, or not knowing for sure.
Message edited by author 2005-12-01 21:42:37. |
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12/01/2005 10:09:04 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by I Enjoy Ham:
... taking apart a camera, ... whats the best way to go about doing this. |
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