I know it is risky, but I'd like to try to disassemble my casio elixim lens to try to free a stuck-open shutter (I've tried the remedies in http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/.... but to no avail). My question, can anyone give me some tips before I dig in? Especially, once the lens is out of the camera, how to access the shutter within the lens unit? The success of junctions ( http://www.fixya.com/support/t556671-overexposed_photos_in_otherwise_normal) has inspired me! Thanks!
Jim, I really wouldn't recommend this. It requires extreme patience and meticulous parts tracking. Note that junctions stated: "It's really hard to take apart,", and he ain't kidding.
Really recommend that you return to the remedies that you had been trying. Sometimes it requires many repeated tries to free the gunk from the shutter. I've found that for the smaller pocket cameras that the most effective solution seems to be extending the lens and tapping around the lens barrel with a pen/pencil. Then alternately opening the battery door with the camera turned on (no need to play with shutter modes). Then just alternate with tapping, battery door, tapping, battery door, and keep doing this until the shutter opens/closes. Once this happens, set the camera to continuous shutter mode and snap off about 100 pictures to final lubricate the shutter.Good Luck,t00nz aka CR
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