My heart nearly stopped when I came in from the backyard yesterday to see this on the kitchen table —
David had decided that since the US$125 camera repair bill was only a few dollars less than a new camera would cost, he would just see if he could fix it himself.
So he found a few websites — one in Russian, but apparently it was still helpful — and started in. Perhaps a closer view will convey some of the full horror —
The two sheets of white paper hold the various screws with notations as to their placement. He was fairly methodical about it, although got a bit enthusiastic the further in he went and stopped writing everything down, but when it was down to the bare bones — circuit boards flapping pitifully — he said, "A-ha!" and the lens retracted smoothly once again. He did get it all back together and then found the lens gasket left behind on the table, so he had to disassemble it again and redo it with the gasket — but in fact he finished before dinner time.
"You could blog this," he said modestly.
Does it work? Well —
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