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Moderate

Steps

10

Time Required

                          5 minutes            

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Flash               
  • Turn over the camera so the screen is facing up.
  • Remove the four 5 mm Phillips #000 screws that secure the outer cover.

Turn over the camera so the screen is facing up.

Remove the four 5 mm Phillips #000 screws that secure the outer cover.

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Step 2

  • Flip over the camera so the bottom is facing up.
  • Remove the single Phillips #000 screw.
  • Remove the cover.

Flip over the camera so the bottom is facing up.

Remove the single Phillips #000 screw.

Remove the cover.

Step 3

  • Remove the eight 5 mm Phillips #000 screws holding the circuitry together.

Remove the eight 5 mm Phillips #000 screws holding the circuitry together.

Step 4

  • Carefully remove the circuitry.

Carefully remove the circuitry.

Step 5

  • Upon removing the flash, there is a 2 mm screw that needs to be removed.

Upon removing the flash, there is a 2 mm screw that needs to be removed.

Step 6

  • Remove the ribbon cable that attaches the flash from the circuitry.

Remove the ribbon cable that attaches the flash from the circuitry.

Step 7

  • Remove the three 2 mm Phillips #000 screws from the left side of the circuitry.
  • These screws attach the circuit board to the shell of the camera.
  • Remove the circuitry from the front side of the camera

Remove the three 2 mm Phillips #000 screws from the left side of the circuitry.

These screws attach the circuit board to the shell of the camera.

Remove the circuitry from the front side of the camera

Step 8

  • Find and remove the camera battery.

Find and remove the camera battery.

Step 9

  • Remove the final two 2 mm Phillips #000 screws from the front side of the circuitry.

Remove the final two 2 mm Phillips #000 screws from the front side of the circuitry.

Step 10

  • Pull the black front panel away from the circuitry.
  • The black panel is attached to the flash and is now ready to be removed and replaced.
  • The sensor is enclosed in the white case.

Pull the black front panel away from the circuitry.

The black panel is attached to the flash and is now ready to be removed and replaced.

The sensor is enclosed in the white case.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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