tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post4006755903777941560..comments2023-04-17T08:17:01.928-04:00Comments on Random Usefulness: Disassembling the Canon Powershot A650 Digital CameraUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-29524826388477972072014-10-14T07:25:16.542-04:002014-10-14T07:25:16.542-04:00i have change full lens block on to canon powersho...i have change full lens block on to canon powershot a650. Now can't focus on infinity. How can solve this problem?Павелhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055275467123092351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-62103045387326856442010-09-29T12:00:26.241-04:002010-09-29T12:00:26.241-04:00Wow, thank you Heliodor for the extreme detail in ...Wow, thank you Heliodor for the extreme detail in explanation and pictures. I have a A650 and have a small hair and dust behind the first lens. I have tried to clear it with canned air and the hair does seem to move but appears to be stuck. Is there any way I can remove the lens assembly to clean off the hair and dust, I believe it is labeled 5 in one of the pictures, without disassembling the entire camera? Thank you again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-21177409586184460182010-03-06T13:13:27.597-05:002010-03-06T13:13:27.597-05:00Thank you very much for the pictures. They were s...Thank you very much for the pictures. They were so helpful to me in fixing my a630!<br />You are a very determined man, congratulations!<br />Yours truly,<br />MSTUTORAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-88692004195254363052009-09-09T03:26:55.622-04:002009-09-09T03:26:55.622-04:00Hello! Nice guide. I'm from Romania and I want...Hello! Nice guide. I'm from Romania and I want to ask you if you have some time...My PS A610 is death. After 6 or 7 weeks unused (from june 2009), when I try to take pictures (august 2009), I got black pics. I look at lens and I see the shutter stuck closed. This occurs in all modes of the camera photo settings. Also I try to hear and seems the device (motor) is trying to open-close the shutter, but it remains stuck. Now the questions: have you a picture of the shutter mechanism? How it works? what may be broke? And is hard to fix it by myself? ThanksDaniel Chireahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15390652823093527941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-44880169876537976192009-06-04T00:45:11.672-04:002009-06-04T00:45:11.672-04:00Heliodor, Is the front cover in excellent conditio...Heliodor, Is the front cover in excellent condition and still available? I did not see the condition in the pictures. Mine got dented right above the flash. My email is kwb1959@yahoo.com. Thank you, KenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-40059375266307328372009-05-22T01:07:18.281-04:002009-05-22T01:07:18.281-04:00great guide, but I have an A620 that I am trying t...great guide, but I have an A620 that I am trying to replace the lens cover. any comment to this lady's question? "Do you have any photos of the 4 pieces that make up the lens cover? Is there any way to get to those without removing the lens assembly?<br /><br />November 7, 2008 5:54 PM"<br /><br />I would imagine (perhaps a mistake on my part) that the process would be similar between an A620 and an A650?<br /><br />please advise.bigbob9696https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342515733976021365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-79025659083891762402008-12-03T11:43:00.000-05:002008-12-03T11:43:00.000-05:00oh, do you still have parts? also, i'd like a bit ...oh, do you still have parts? also, i'd like a bit more dissassembly information. i'm modifying my a650 so i can automate it. i'd really appreciate it if you'd drop me an email at mwk206@nyu.edu.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14377377165370117367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-17940622423026165262008-11-18T13:34:00.000-05:002008-11-18T13:34:00.000-05:00If the lens cable breaks you have to solder a new ...If the lens cable breaks you have to solder a new one in place. The camera side end of the cable looks a lot easier to solder than the lens side end of the cable.Heliodor Jalbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393933932982436816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-87920274466217705802008-11-18T06:08:00.000-05:002008-11-18T06:08:00.000-05:00Good morning Heliodor,Completely coinsidental I bo...Good morning Heliodor,<BR/>Completely coinsidental I bought an a650 yesterday at the fleamarket here in Amsterdam (Waterloosquare/Waterlooplein) for 20 euro, complete in box, booklets, cd etc. Sadly it suffered the same fate as yours, including the broken tiny flatcable, zoombarel tilted and stuck. First thing I did when I got home was get out the little phillipshead and got unscrewing, simmilar to your procedure. After a while I concluded I had to find a new lens unit and got to googeling, didn't find any but came across your story (effort and energy you put into it is much apreciated). Now for my question; didn't you try to find a new or used but complete lens unit? You probably did, but with the same result as I got. So if you got any tips finding one????<BR/>Thanks and greetings from Holland.<BR/> RobertAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-80134580325520663022008-11-07T17:54:00.000-05:002008-11-07T17:54:00.000-05:00Do you have any photos of the 4 pieces that make u...Do you have any photos of the 4 pieces that make up the lens cover? Is there any way to get to those without removing the lens assembly?Janinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14047490474591949631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-32464653067669907342008-08-12T10:54:00.000-04:002008-08-12T10:54:00.000-04:00Nice guide!Do you know what ribbon cable sends sig...Nice guide!<BR/>Do you know what ribbon cable sends signal (or gives power) to shutter mechanics placed in lens group?<BR/>I have a problem with another camera - Pentax Optio 50 - it don't open "the eye" in lens group - i.e. if you take a look in depth of lenses (camera is "on", lens group moves OK) from camera front side you'll see that it's closed and never open even if you press shutter button. You get just black pictures, because there is no light to CCD - the way for light is always closed. Normal camera have this "eye" open and make "blink" while taking a picture (it was checked with the same working camera) and while camera is "on" the light goes to CCD through lenses and you can see the resulting picture on LCD screen (and viewfinder).<BR/>My camera just stop working without some special reason, except maybe it was 10-15 minutes under the sun in its case and in a plastic bag - when I took it to make some pictures it was warm and all the pictures I've got was just black (previous pictures looked fine in playback mode on LCD screen). And when camera is "on" LCD screen also black but I can make zoom and see that it works in viewfinder (lens group moves).<BR/>It seems like everything works except this shutter mechanics - maybe just some cable breaks or disconnect and there is no power for this thing?<BR/>You disassembled your camera completely and probably you can make an advise for this kind of problem (though my camera is different, but I think almost all of them have similar architecture solutions).<BR/>Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-1122406542309013272008-06-25T09:47:00.000-04:002008-06-25T09:47:00.000-04:00No, you can't take out the lens at the beginning. ...No, you can't take out the lens at the beginning. The lens is the last part that comes off. It is missing in the pictures because I took the pictures after I took the camera apart and I didn't have the patience to put it back in before taking the pictures.Heliodor Jalbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393933932982436816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7762089592863273495.post-73421615001585419832008-06-15T16:01:00.000-04:002008-06-15T16:01:00.000-04:00Hi Heliodor, Great guide!Question: from the first ...Hi Heliodor, <BR/><BR/>Great guide!<BR/><BR/>Question: from the first pictures here I see that the lens are off at very beginning. Is there a way to remove the lens before taking apart the camera itself?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com