Now put the case back together, leaving out all the guts. Fill it full of gravel or something to give it some heft and leave it in a public place. Take a movie to show how long someone pockets it.
When doing teardowns I always wonder when I reached the “point of no return”. At least clipping a flex connector is a dead giveaway .
I “converted” an old digicam to IR by replacing it’s filter to block daylight. Was much easier than it would have been with this camera though, because the filter wasn’t glued to the sensor but somewhere before in the optical path. Did I see correctly that there still was another glass on the sensor underneath? (so it’d still be dust proof if converted)
LOL @ cap discharge time It’s ok you can laugh back though Mike… Got a huge shock myself yesterday from a flyback cap… Up one arm, right across my chest and down the other arm Didn’t even think the thing had a cap in it. I disabled the ZVS circuit to do some checks and..yep.. The flyback was still producing around 30 pulsing 4mm arcs from it’s earth terminal when disconnected
Next time I’m asked “are you any good at fixing digital cameras?” I’ll show them this video before telling them to bugger off to Argos* and buy a new one!
*other high street electronics retailers are available.
@robot797 Remember that ADSL is designed for high speed download, low speed upload. 448Kbit for 8Mbit ADSL, 1.4Mbit for 24Mbit ADSL2+. Cable TV areas will be faster if you’re lucky enough to live in a cabled area, fibre will be faster but ridiculously expensive in the UK.
Do you know what processor was in that camera? I couldn’t make out the markings from the video. I’ve seen some really weird stuff like “micro SPARC” that seem to only be used in very special and rad sensitive applications in simple point and click cameras.
I have a similar camera (Lumix DMC-LS2) and I’m pretty sure those things are gyros to detect which way you’re holding the camera. This gets stored in the file as EXIF rotation data and software that’s aware of it can use it. My new point and shoot lacks this, which is annoying me.
I’m disappointed that you didn’t max out the shutter until it went completely whack. And the audio desync is annoying. You hear a screw drop and see it a second later.
January 19th, 2012 - 10:31
@CxC2007
Yeah, it has Leica optics.
January 19th, 2012 - 11:16
Now put the case back together, leaving out all the guts. Fill it full of gravel or something to give it some heft and leave it in a public place. Take a movie to show how long someone pockets it.
January 19th, 2012 - 11:48
It’s hard to believe they can build all that stuff for the price they do. They must not be unionized.
January 19th, 2012 - 11:53
It´s amazing the amount of components of this cameras. the optical mechanics are a masterpiece.
and they are so cheap now.
January 19th, 2012 - 12:46
love these videos
January 19th, 2012 - 12:46
The filter in the aperture is a Neutral Density filter that probably reduces the light level by an f-stop or so.
January 19th, 2012 - 13:09
When doing teardowns I always wonder when I reached the “point of no return”. At least clipping a flex connector is a dead giveaway
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I “converted” an old digicam to IR by replacing it’s filter to block daylight. Was much easier than it would have been with this camera though, because the filter wasn’t glued to the sensor but somewhere before in the optical path. Did I see correctly that there still was another glass on the sensor underneath? (so it’d still be dust proof if converted)
January 19th, 2012 - 13:52
Those are Murata Gyro’s, ENC-03 or similar
January 19th, 2012 - 13:59
@mikeselectricstuff it is 30:30 long, but at my house it takes like 5 min to upload a video of about 3-7min long.
January 19th, 2012 - 14:02
Thanks detailed rip-apart teardown; show some of the engineering that goes in to things like this
Some people use the Flash circut for shocking, (pun), things.
January 19th, 2012 - 15:00
LOL @ cap discharge time
It’s ok you can laugh back though Mike… Got a huge shock myself yesterday from a flyback cap… Up one arm, right across my chest and down the other arm 
Didn’t even think the thing had a cap in it. I disabled the ZVS circuit to do some checks and..yep.. The flyback was still producing around 30 pulsing 4mm arcs from it’s earth terminal when disconnected 
Great vid as always.
January 19th, 2012 - 15:41
Next time I’m asked “are you any good at fixing digital cameras?” I’ll show them this video before telling them to bugger off to Argos* and buy a new one!
*other high street electronics retailers are available.
January 19th, 2012 - 16:09
Ive been shocked by one of them caps before lol
January 19th, 2012 - 16:39
@robot797 Remember that ADSL is designed for high speed download, low speed upload. 448Kbit for 8Mbit ADSL, 1.4Mbit for 24Mbit ADSL2+. Cable TV areas will be faster if you’re lucky enough to live in a cabled area, fibre will be faster but ridiculously expensive in the UK.
January 19th, 2012 - 17:34
@robot797 it’d take much longer than that to upload 30 mins at 720p on my internet the joys of british adsl….
January 19th, 2012 - 18:11
Great video. I’ve enjoyed it. The funky stuff at the end that concentrates the light is a fresnel lens.
January 19th, 2012 - 18:12
Do you know what processor was in that camera? I couldn’t make out the markings from the video. I’ve seen some really weird stuff like “micro SPARC” that seem to only be used in very special and rad sensitive applications in simple point and click cameras.
January 19th, 2012 - 19:07
@mikeselectricstuff 8 hour for 30 min
wow you have slow internet
January 19th, 2012 - 19:35
@robot797 Not sure what’s happenning there – Sync looks OK in the editor.
Not serious enough to justify another 8 hours upload time!
January 19th, 2012 - 20:26
the audi gets desinced around 12:00-13:19 just after a video jump
January 19th, 2012 - 20:28
I have a similar camera (Lumix DMC-LS2) and I’m pretty sure those things are gyros to detect which way you’re holding the camera. This gets stored in the file as EXIF rotation data and software that’s aware of it can use it. My new point and shoot lacks this, which is annoying me.
I’m disappointed that you didn’t max out the shutter until it went completely whack. And the audio desync is annoying. You hear a screw drop and see it a second later.
January 19th, 2012 - 20:52
@batteryhead15 That would really hurt, but you’d have to be sitting on the camera to get a zap in your -end-
January 19th, 2012 - 21:04
That cap always gets you in the end.