Extreme teardown - Lumix digital camera - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: vtl
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 11:21:03 am
content: Nice little shock you got from the flash capacitor. I replayed that bit a few times for amusement

author: almoehi
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 02:24:05 pm
content: Cool! This was extremely interesting. Thank you very much Mike.

author: Greg J
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 03:31:47 pm
content: Makes you appreciate the amount of thought and engineering that goes into these things.There's not much on the electronics side of things, but a lot around software and mechanics.Few days back, I actually got shocked by the camera (LCD was white all the time, connector was bust - but I've fixed it).About the audio offset, what sort of editor you use ? I found in the past that most windows editors can cause issues like that. Especially around wmv containers/formats.Safest is to have an editor that renders to mp4 or something like that. But of course, most windows ones won't allow you to do it unless you pay more.

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 04:12:17 pm
content: dismantling digital camera is the last thing i want to do. i have one of it lying around in pieces which i cannot reassemble.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 04:38:46 pm
content: Quote from: Greg J on January 08, 2012, 03:31:47 pmSony Vegas - I like it as the UI is good and it's never crashed. Dislikes are slow render times and can only speed up to 4x

author: Greg J
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 04:50:03 pm
content: This is why, back when I had a small video/audio studio - I moved over exclusively to Apple stuff.Made my life easier, and no surprises. Yes, bit more expensive - but life is too short to fiddle with windows stuff.

author: flolic
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 08:10:30 pm
content: Quote from: Mechatrommer on January 08, 2012, 04:12:17 pmYes, that is especially true if you start to mess with lenses and super fine and precise optics and mechanics. But other than that, it's not that hard once you gain some experience.I can now disassemble and reassemble various Canon DSLR-s almost blindfolded

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 08:41:11 pm
content: i was not messing the optic yet, it's still intact, and its a small point and shoot digital camera. luckily it's a damaged camera a friend sent to me to fix. guess it will take eternity for the repair.

author: IanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 09:10:35 pm
content: Those microscopic screws are often a problem. It can be a real pain to get them back in the proper hole after you have removed them.I remember this problem vividly from when I took a watch apart to replace the battery. The battery retaining clip had one of those nano-scale screws holding it in place and I had the devil's own job putting it back together again after I loosened it too much and it came free.

author: RCMR
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 08, 2012, 10:42:51 pm
content: Quote from: IanB on January 08, 2012, 09:10:35 pmI suspect you were probably using the wrong-sized hammer

author: im_a_human
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2012, 03:30:09 pm
content: Excellent! that high speed shutter could come in really handy for a project some time