Nice work, like the new term: smoldering iron.
Max Dillon Charleston SC Dec 14, 2019 9:43:04 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>: > In my travels and travails I somehow managed to end up with > a Canon 10D camera that I purchased for $1. Non-functional, > of course. For an auxiliary Christmas present for my son, I decided > to see if I could fix it. He has a nice phone camera, but those cameras > are decidedly limited on the long end, and the 10D can take all the > glass our family already has. > > Canon's cameras seem to be plagued with blown fuses, which are NOT > easy to replace. An older 6MP camera is not worth the price of repair, > but it's built very nicely as befits its original $2000 price tag. This camera > has a reputation for taking nice pictures, within the limits of its resolution > of course. It's basically the nice version of the Rebel I have for a backup. > > Anyway, I decided that risking $1 in ham-handed home surgery was not > a bad thing to do. Out came the screwdriver and the smoldering iron, > and in I went. > > A couple of hours later the kitchen table was covered with screws and bits > of disassembled camera. The fuse is on the DC/DC board, which is deep > under the shutter button. You have to desolder some flex circuits in order > to remove it, once you can reach it. > > With it out, and its RFI shields unsoldered and removed, I could see that > F101 was open-circuit, as expected. I bridged it with solder. ($1, remember?) > > Reversing the process to assemble was harder, and slower, duh. I'm not sure > all the screws went back in their exact places, but nothing seemed too out of > whack. I might have been one short, I can't remember exactly. ($1!) > > Anyway, with it all together I put on the battery grip (the actual first > thrift-shop > purchase, and what sucked me into this whole mess in the first place) and > installed a CF card and a battery from my Rebel, and.... it worked! > > Of course, now it needs a basic lens to live on it, and batteries and a > charger, > and... I think I'll be in it about $100 by the time I'm done. Single biggest > expenditure is the lens, but it also will work on any of the other cameras. > This rig is aimed at taking the telephoto shots that a camera phone simply > cannot do. > > -- Jim > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
