My flip video has a broken lens. Where can I get this repaired?

Sure... sorry took so long to get back. Had to upload the images from my camera. Basically, here's the steps:



1. With a VERY slender blade, slide it underneath the little ring that covers the glass lens. Be VERY VERY careful not to bend it because it's very fragile. If you bend it, it's going to look like **** when you stick it back on at the end. No, I haven't shown you the end result. Just go to hobby lobby or somewhere to get a clear plastic piece and cut it to the proper size.



Anyway... here goes. Step by step...



Here's what it looks like before doing anything to it. Look at it closely and you'll see the place where the cover joins the camera. There's a bit of sticky stuff that holds it on, so just be prepared to pull GENTLY to get it off without bending it.


















Now... take a blade that you can work up underneath the cover...








And keep working the blace around the outside of it. Do not just pull the cover off after you have the start of it otherwise you'll bend the cover.












After you've worked the blade completely around the cover, you can gently pull the cover off. Again, be very careful to not bend it!










Here, you can see the sticky stuff that's been holding the cover on. The glass lens will stay in its cradle still. That's okay. Just keep pulling it off gently.








This is what it looks like after you get the cover off. Note that the glass lens is still in the camera. Gently peel the stick stuff off of the cover. You can see in this picture below that I've already taken the sticky stuff off.








Now... we'll start picking the glass shards out of the camera unit. Be very careful not to scratch the lining that the glass sits in. It's okay to let the glass fall down into the unit. You'll just have to either get canned air to blow it out, or very gently shake it out. Your choice.








Keep picking the pieces out of the camera, and make sure you clean all of it off the edges. In the following picture, you can see that I've cleaned out the glass from around the edge, and am just finishing up getting it all out.










Finally, here's the finished result with the cover off, the glass taken out, and the rim of the camera that I've cleaned out all the glass shards. You're now ready to get whatever you have access to (glass or plastic) to put back in the unit. Take note here of how thick the glass is and take a small piece of it with you so you can get the proper thickness at the store (or jeweler as another poster has said). You'll just have to cut it to size, stick it back in and either user plastic cement or rubber cement to stick the cover back on.



There you have it! Wish you the best!



Patrick Sure... sorry took so long to get back. Had to upload the images from my camera. Basically, here's the steps:

1. With a VERY slender blade, slide it underneath the little ring that covers the glass lens. Be VERY VERY careful not to bend it because it's very fragile. If you bend it, it's going to look like **** when you stick it back on at the end. No, I haven't shown you the end result. Just go to hobby lobby or somewhere to get a clear plastic piece and cut it to the proper size.

Anyway... here goes. Step by step...

Here's what it looks like before doing anything to it. Look at it closely and you'll see the place where the cover joins the camera. There's a bit of sticky stuff that holds it on, so just be prepared to pull GENTLY to get it off without bending it.








Now... take a blade that you can work up underneath the cover...



And keep working the blace around the outside of it. Do not just pull the cover off after you have the start of it otherwise you'll bend the cover.





After you've worked the blade completely around the cover, you can gently pull the cover off. Again, be very careful to not bend it!




Here, you can see the sticky stuff that's been holding the cover on. The glass lens will stay in its cradle still. That's okay. Just keep pulling it off gently.



This is what it looks like after you get the cover off. Note that the glass lens is still in the camera. Gently peel the stick stuff off of the cover. You can see in this picture below that I've already taken the sticky stuff off.



Now... we'll start picking the glass shards out of the camera unit. Be very careful not to scratch the lining that the glass sits in. It's okay to let the glass fall down into the unit. You'll just have to either get canned air to blow it out, or very gently shake it out. Your choice.



Keep picking the pieces out of the camera, and make sure you clean all of it off the edges. In the following picture, you can see that I've cleaned out the glass from around the edge, and am just finishing up getting it all out.




Finally, here's the finished result with the cover off, the glass taken out, and the rim of the camera that I've cleaned out all the glass shards. You're now ready to get whatever you have access to (glass or plastic) to put back in the unit. Take note here of how thick the glass is and take a small piece of it with you so you can get the proper thickness at the store (or jeweler as another poster has said). You'll just have to cut it to size, stick it back in and either user plastic cement or rubber cement to stick the cover back on.

There you have it! Wish you the best!

Patrick

Amazon has them for $15 and so does eBay. It is the repair kit. Go with this one. The glass is specifically made for the Flip cameras. It is not just mineral watch glass that others are selling for $10 bucks. Amazon has them for $15 and so does eBay. It is the repair kit. Go with this one. The glass is specifically made for the Flip cameras. It is not just mineral watch glass that others are selling for $10 bucks.

Hello, can you post the link to buy it, thank you, I tried to search but I could not. Hello, can you post the link to buy it, thank you, I tried to search but I could not.