Re: [MBZ] OT: Smoldering iron still works

[Clay Monroe via Mercedes]

Well invested and congratulations on getting the Canon back on the road.  Keep 
and eye on the Seattle Goodwill store on the bay of fleas.  There is an awful 
lot of camera gear that shows up regularly.  The intake system for goods has 
developed specialists who will divert the quality merch from the junque that 
ends up at the stores.   Shipping to Green Acres will no doubt be much less 
than to get things to ANC.



clay

> On Dec 14, 2019, at 6:42 AM, Jim Cathey via Mercedes  
> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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Re: [MBZ] OT: Smoldering iron still works

[Jim Cathey via Mercedes]

It's coming to him with a basic crap 80-200 lens on it, with the expectation
that he can/would borrow the better glass at need.  (Such as the favored
magic drain pipe 80-200/2.8, or the 300/4, the 400/5.6, the 600/8 cat,
the 20-35/2.8, 15/2.8, either of the 50mm or 100mm macros, etc.)

And if he really doesn't want it, I will adopt it in place of the 
same-resolution
Rebel that I use for a backup, which I never much cared for.  I figured
it was a no-lose situation.

Other than my $1 and the time I spent on it, in the worst case.

-- Jim


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Smoldering iron still works

[Curley McLain via Mercedes]

Waytago!    Strong work, if fiddly.    THanks for the report.


Jim Cathey via Mercedes 
December 14, 2019 at 8:42 AM
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


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Re: [MBZ] OT: Smoldering iron still works

[Max Dillon via Mercedes]

Nice work, like the new term: smoldering iron.

Max Dillon
Charleston SC

Dec 14, 2019 9:43:04 AM Jim Cathey via Mercedes :

> 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
> 
> 
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