How to strip and clean a Panasonic Lumix TZ series lens - with warnings!!!

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A video requested by several viewers as to stripping and cleaning the inner elements of a panasonic lumix Travel Zoom series camera.
Unless your camera is out of warranty and no other options exist I WOULD STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST TRYING THIS, it is a complex procedure and there is the possibility that you may cause further damage or render the camera totally useless! If you attempt this procedure I would advise you to watch the process through once and then carry out the procedure pausing the video at each step. Orientate the components so you know where they align when re-assembling them. Do not force anything, the assembly is delicate and easily damaged. If something doesn't align then you have something out of place.
For the purpose ok keeping this video as short as possible I have not shown the step removing the rear cover and lcd, this is covered in the previous video "cleaning the sensor".
I am not a Panasonic trained technician, the methods I show may not be strictly following the service procedures for this assembly, however i have stripped and rebuilt over 20 of these assemblies in the course of repairing these cameras. Most of Panasonics compact camera employ similar lens frams systems so the procedure is almost identical for the FS FX series cameras. Bo not attempt repair to the LX series lenses as they do require setup tools ( i believe)
i wish you luck if you attempt this, proceed slowly, methodically and check each stage before completing the next

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@MorganFfion 11 лет назад

I fixed it!!!! I removed the screw that was holding the focus motor and saw how it was supposed to work. I then manually rotated the plastic mover up the screw thread and noticed how it was a bit stiff to start. I lubricated the thread and moved this up and down a couple of times, then put it all back together. BINGO! I can't believe it was this all along. Thank you so much Graham, without your video I would not have attempted this fix. You have given me so much confidence. I owe you big time.

@anastassiosa 9 лет назад

I had this camera for 5 years and was very happy with it , but one day...no focus at all ! I heard all stories from smart ass "expert -repairers" here in Greece : from re-programming, to replacing lenses (70 euros) , replacing the electronics (more than 100 eur)...etc... and then I found your video here ! GOD BLESS YOU , my friend Graham , and all the rest of nice people who spend their valuable time in order to show and explain to the rest of us here how to fix it !

@mikegerrard1584 3 года назад

Thank yopu very much. You video was very precise and i could not have taken this apart and reassemble without it. You are a star!

@randomteenager934 6 лет назад

Graham, I'd just like to express my thanks for all the work you have done putting these 2 videos together! Simply playing along with the videos I have stripped my TZ10 cleaned the sensor and lens elements and solved my dust particle problem. I have no specific camera skills but I've worked on lots of PCs and I found your instructions very easy to follow. I could not have even attempted this without your help and you have saved me needing to buy a new camera prematurely. Many, many, many thanks!

@tronkel1 10 лет назад

It amazes me how the human being can even design this and build the prototype from that point, in such a way that disassembly is even possible at a later date. Modular thinking is required for that. Really terrific video Graham. Now, If I could only train my cats to do this, I could sit back and rake in a fortune as proprietor of a repair shop!

@idiosyncrazy1980 11 лет назад

Thank you, I just got a Panasonic TZ10 for free! (Someone on french Freecycle gave it to me for it no longer worked, "system error" message, apparently an issue with the autofocus, and the lens not protruding properly, I disassembled the whole thing following your instructions, cleaned the inside of the elements which seemed a little dusty, put it back together, et voilà, now it works just fine !)

@lioneldluna8947 9 лет назад

Fantastic! I have tolerated a dirty sensor and lens for a long time and now they are both absolutely clean with great pictures thanks to you. The video is very well done and explained. I discovered a triangle mark on the side of one of the lens parts that helped with re-assembly. This video is extremely helpful and saved me from buying a new camera. Thanks very much.

@billpatterson9828 7 лет назад

Thank you Graham for this great video. By following your step by step instructions, I was able to resurrect my DMC-ZS3 camera which had developed a film on the lens rendering it useless. I successfully disassembled the camera to access the inner lens frame, but unfortunately, the film was actually in between the two lens on the lens frame. Since I had nothing to lose, using a razor knife I carefully cut away the plastic holding the outer lens in place which eventually popped out. I was then able to clean the inside lens surface, and epoxy the outer lens back in place. 100% success, which I would never had been able to do without your video. Thanks again, enjoy your series and will recommend highly.

@nathanmorehouse3518 11 лет назад

Excellent narration for a very helpful tutorial. Restored complete functionality after a beach vacation. People like you restore my faith in humanity. Big thanks!

@mattc2071 7 лет назад

I'd written off the old TZ10 ages ago because of dust in the lens/sensor and after watching this it's all cleaned out and working again. Thanks so much!

@TheMrPfiff 10 лет назад

Because it was the first time of disassembling my camera it took 2 hours. But now it works fine again. No black point in my picture! Thank you very much for this How-To!

@GrahamHoughton12 12 лет назад

Congratulations. It gives me great pleasure when someone attempts this repair, aided by this instructional video, and has complete success. The front shutters are easy compaired to the lens frames and often are the ones to get stuck with grit etc. Well done, pat yourself on the back on a job well done. Graham

@guusvandermeer7796 7 лет назад

One of the souvenirs I brought home from Namibia was a lot of red sand from Sossusvlei inside my camera. I followed your instructions and I am happy to tell you that my camera is working again. Thanks for your excellent video!

@andrewgallagher3262 7 лет назад

Thanks Graham - I dropped my camera in a river and the lens was spotty, having followed your video its clean and working perfectly again.

@thebood4553 10 лет назад

One of the best instructional video for lens repair on the internet. Brilliant !

@marcianzero_yt Год назад

Our trusty TZ7 needs a lens cleaning after the many years we have it. Your tutorial gives me good hope I can manage it. Thanks for taking the effort. Well appreciated!

@rhysevans7396 11 лет назад

Thanks very much for taking the time to do this video Graham. Instructions were really clear. This gave me the confidence to "give it a go". I didn't have to take the lens apart thankfully as I found a big blob of dudt on the sensor. I cleaned this, re-assembled and the camera works fantastic. As a tip, I disassembled the camera on a white tray and then when I took screws out, I wrote on the tray in pencil what they were. This worked really well.

@rdearsley 11 лет назад

That video was a life-saver -- thanks Graham! My wife's TZ10 had a misaligned/jammed lens shutter fin [from being carried around, without a case, in an overloaded bag], which prevented the lens from operating. I disassembled the lens as you showed, and removed the section at the front to access the rear of the plastic shutter fins to snap them back into correct alignment. Cleaned the IR filter too - all working fine. Would never have been able to reassemble the lens without your vid - Cheers!!

@Kingeroy 7 лет назад

Many Thanks Mr.Houghton! Very useful on my DMC FS62. The lens is now deeply cleaned. (January 2017)

@DaveSchlick 10 лет назад

Awesome video Graham. I had to clean sand from everything and had to go a little further and sort the shutters also, but your great video got me 99% of the way there. Cleaning all the way. My wife is SUPER CHUFFED !

@jordanmertes 11 лет назад

Graham, you saved my new birthday present. I turned it on and instantly noticed a black speck that became very prominent when fully zoomed. I watched your videos and after debating whether or not to send it back to England and wait for its return I just bought a blower, a set of screwdrivers and took my time. The TZ40 has the bigger touch screen. Getting this carefully flipped over and off was the tricky bit, but below is the same. Sure enough, a speck on the ccd. Works fine now. Cheers

@kevinbiggar 12 лет назад

Fantastic video. Followed it step by step and finally got the dust out of my lens. Great work with this, I really appreciate you taking the time to make it.

@Mabu1911 9 лет назад

Hello Graham, thank you very much for this really practical and helpful walkthrough. With you're help i was able to clean my TZ7 from sand, which blocked the zoom. Now my old camera works great again and my next vacation can come :) Greetings from Germany

@SmiggyG 11 лет назад

Great video! You really make some of the most detailed helpful videos I've seen. I followed you excellent ccd cleaning video before and I was elated to see you've done a video for the lens assembly. I didn't have the nerve or funds to risk trying it myself without a great tutorial like this. I with give it a try when I get a chance. Thank You!

@666cwg 9 лет назад

Just used your great guide to fix my sand filled tz10.. my 15yr old daughter joined in the disassembly and reassembly and found your video very helpful...thanks loads

@LucPionchon 9 лет назад

I cleaned my TZ7 today, your tutorial was very helpful, many thanks !

@palleschnell 11 лет назад

It is a very impressing video instruction you have made. I followed it and managed to repair a camera that could not open the zoom. It was just completely stucked. Thak you very much for the big effort you have made and for sharing it with all of us!! Kind regards Palle - Denmark

@hansr2467 9 лет назад

Thanks Graham! I just repaired the "please turn camera off and then on again" error on my DMC-FX500 using your video as a guide. It appeared to be a quite different assembly, but your video gave me enough confidence to carry on. I did not do anything else than dissassemble and reassemble the thing, which eliminated the error. So you might have saved me a couple hundred euros for a new camera.

@thomaseberhart7304 3 года назад

Many years later, I would like to thank you so much for your tutorial. I was able to get my beloved little power zoom cam back to life. Big Kodos for you!

@GrahamHoughton12 3 года назад

I'm glad this old video helped. Thank you.

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

Many thanks for the response to the video, now over 120 people have managed to fix their camera by watching the video. Great work and well done.

@GrahamHoughton12 11 лет назад

Congratulations on attempting, and succeeding with this complex procedure. It must be very satisfying knowing you have accomplished this. I hope you returned the refurbed lens as faulty

@chrisprocter9177 10 лет назад

Thanks a bunch! Bought a ZS7 used and I got rid of the annoying dust specks the same evening with your help.

@terryvideo1 8 лет назад

Excellent video. Always nice to have something like this if only for re-assurance and you have presented this tutorial beautifully so absolutely 10/10 but just 9/10 for sound quality. Just very slightly muffled for a pair of elderly ears. Thanks Graham.

@johnlamb6191 10 лет назад

I just repaired the front shutter mechanism using this video . Excellent instruction throughout. Thanks Graham

@deepskyler 11 лет назад

Hey Graham, your page helped me to solve my dustproblem on the lenses and on the surface of my chip. with your video it was very easy to strip and clean my Lumix TZ7 and after the work i was glad to see that everything works perfect and my dustspot disappeared. thanks for this usefull video!

@THOMMGB 11 лет назад

Graham, I did buy the DMC-ZS3/DMC-TZ7 sand-damaged camera. Got it yesterday. I don't think this heavily used camera ever saw a protective case in its life as it was quite sandy and dirty. I followed your video closely and dissembled the lens, cleaned all the grunge and sand out then reassembled it.I turned it on."Focus system error" & "turn camera off then on" warnings. Wouldn't focus. After playing with camera for awhile, everything settled down and it now works perfectly! Thanks so much, Tom It's now January, 2018 and my camera is still working. I've since upgraded to a newer Lumix, but I occasionally still use my old camera. Still works just like it should. The only thing I would add to this is to have some kind of protective case to keep the camera in when you're carrying it with you. A case should help to keep the camera from collecting dirt and dust, which, in turn, keeps the lens and sensor from getting dirty. My theory is that the movement of the lens going in and out sucks in dirt specs and dust which ends of getting inside the lens and on the sensor. For what that's worth....

@Dominik-vn6lo 9 лет назад

Thanks for this video! I dropped my camera in a pool last year, and all attempts of getting it dry failed because a little wet spot was left in the lense. That left a blurry spot in the middle of all photos. Then I found your video and it really helped me disassamble the lense, dry it, and reassamble it - which was everything but easy, but without your help I wouldn't have been able to fix it!

@ianpalmer6668 10 лет назад

Hi Graham. Many thanks for your video. Following this I was able to strip and clean the lens and CCD elements of my TZ10. I was amazed how much grime and even sand was in there ! Good as new now.

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

thanks, I appreciate the response, well done.

@user-gh2er1oo5g 3 года назад

Bro, thanks!! It was best family evening ever and lumix now works!!!)))

@GrahamHoughton12 11 лет назад

Thanks Ross I'm glad the video was really helpful to you and it is good to know so many people are being inspired with confidence to have a go themselves,well done.

@jgrimesphoto 10 лет назад

My camera was making crunchy noises as the lens assembly zoomed in and out and I thought it might be time for a new one, but I followed the video and got all the parts cleaned up, there was definitely some sand in there, and now it works great. I used his sensor cleaning video too and got the spot on my pics to go away. I definitely wouldn't try this if you are impatient, as it takes a bit of time to get everything lined up and back together. Great instruction and thanks for the videos!

@chrisboy1993 10 лет назад

Excellent tutorial from start to finish. My TZ7 had a stuck zoom and was repeatedly showing the zoom error. By following this video I was successfully able to dismantle the lens and it turned out to be sand preventing it from operating properly. The camera is all back to normal now - thanks for your help!

@lyndonsandie 11 лет назад

Absolutely fantastic video. I followed it and cleaned the sensor, UV filter, and zoom barrel lenses front and back and got rid of all the annoying pieces of dust that blighted my photographs and videos of late! Thank you very much for posting this! :-)

@slottybadfast8826 10 лет назад

Thanks very much for this! My ZS7 had been dropped on sand, and the zoom and focus were malfunctioning, along with a sticking lens. I had about given up, when I saw your video and decided to try it. The camera now works perfectly, after getting the tiny grains of sand out of the lens mechanism. Your precautions are very well-advised, and made me extra-cautious, and it paid off. One I can stress is TAKE PHOTOS as you go; one lens part got blown over, and the photo saved a lot of grief.

@Foxpest 6 лет назад

Without a doubt Graham, yours is one of the best on line tutorials available. clear, precise no frills just to the point. I have a chance to buy a TZ30 in red for the wife, it has dirty lens internals. I am now completely confident, that I can successfully bring this camera back to A1 condition. Thank you or your time.

@willy765890 10 лет назад

Just battled against a TZ20. It takes some patience and couldn't have done it without your help. Successful outcome! Thanks Graham, great video!

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

Well done it's a pretty hard lens to get back properly without losing aptience or breaking a ribbon cable.

@Oetti 10 лет назад

Hey Graham, I succeeded! I only needed to clean the CCD sensor and infrared filter. All the dust specks are gone and the pictures are once again super clear! luckily I had all the tools you did; small screwdrivers (Phillips for screwing, flat-head for opening/closing the friction locks), needle-nosed tweezers, anti-lint cloth, etc; I do believe the equipment is also a crucial part. Thanks again, my trusty camera no longer needs replacing or further repair! Cheers from the San Francisco Bay Area

@fa497007 4 года назад

A big thanks for this excellent detailed instruction video. I managed to clean my Lumix TZ7, that fell into water last summer. I also followed your instruction video on how to clean the CCD assembly. Unbelievable, but everything is clean and fully functional again !! Now I will surely follow your other guidelines to take better pictures and how to use this kind of camera.

@fawadrazaqzada6420 11 лет назад

Thank you so much for this great tutorial Graham! I followed your instructions and managed to fix my camera. You saved me possibly £100!

@MrFenderjammer 9 лет назад

Many thanks for an excellent tutorial. With your help I just successfully cleaned the dust from inside the lens on my TZ7.

@morrieD 8 лет назад

I have a TZ7 with focus errors, & after looking at prices of new Lumix TZs (O.O), I decided to to strip & clean my TZ myself. Graham's video is the best because he gives you great step by step tips. I bought a can of compressed air & a Philips head size 00 screwdriver, & a kilo of calm. About an hour & quite a few pause-&-rewinds later, I have a functiong TZ7! Thank you very much Mr Houghton! My tip: don't spare the compressed air, & give everything else a clean while you're in there.

@LeaCrust 3 года назад

Hi Graham, I realise that my camera (Lumix DMC TZ 60) will be different to the one worked on in this video but, I think it is beyond my scope to sort out my sticking lens. You video is first class and I'm sure lots of camera users will find this very useful. Thank you.

@jrwerther 11 лет назад

Graham, Great video. Having sand in my tz10 lens, I was asked 250€ for the repair (the new tz30 can be found at 280€...) So I decided to do it myself, and my first try I didn't dare disassemble the lens. Then I found your video and retried successfully. It helps being a micro / hand surgeon with magnifying glasses available thought. Thanks again.

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

Well done, fantastic result and another success to add to the list!

@kurtzobrist5183 10 лет назад

Dieses Video ist Genial. Ohne dieses hätte ich es nie gewagt eine Kamera aufzutun. Geliebäugelt habe ich schon lange. Vielen Dank.

@AstonishingGlasgow 11 лет назад

Thank you very much for posting this video. I had suffered from dust in my lense and had already cleaned the sensor with no success. I purchased a refurbished lense unit from ebay and swapped them over but the refurbished unit would not focus at anything beyond a 5x zoom so I decided to go for broke and follow your video to clean the original unit from my camera. All seems to be working fine and better than the refurbished replacement so again, thank you. Dave.

@krulli 10 лет назад

Hi Graham, you saved my life, or better my cameras life :-) I disassambled my lenses and was lost getting it together again. But with your perfect explanation everything is fine now and it works like the veryfirst day! Thanks so much!!!

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

Excellent news, thanks for sharing.

@LilBlighter 10 лет назад

It took quite a few attempts, but I finally got the lens back together and all clean on my TZ10. Not even a screw left over. Thanks very much.

@markiew6355 4 года назад

Excellent. clear concise video, well done, I may need to do this in the future, This video will be ideal to follow.

@APW0405 7 лет назад

Excellent video. Very clear and helpful. Without it I would have ended up with a box of bits! Lens now cleaned and blurred mark in the middle of every photo gone. Thank you.

@soundknight 11 лет назад

Thank you very much, this was my first disassembly too, I opened up the lens mount to get a better clean on the main lens but the little specs appearing on the inside of the lens would not go away, I even used 6000 grit aircraft window cleaning paper and it came up nice but the damn spots wont go away, so I put it back together and will give it away as a gift and upgrade. Thanks for your help the instructions were perfectly guided and well timed.

@simonparks2965 8 лет назад

Thankyou very much for the time and effort you put in to make this!! I found this video extremely helpful; and now, thanks in part to you, my camera is back to taking good quality images :)

@brucebauer3330 5 лет назад

Hi Graham, Thanks for your great video. I found it very useful.

@nvoloj 12 лет назад

Hi Graham, Thank you for this video. I have a DMC-TZ8 and I had quite a lot dust on the lens… I fist followed the instructions to clean the sensor on the TZ6 but it didn’t get better. I finally saw your video and followed the instructions that are quite the same for the TZ8 and it went fine. Great and accurate video!!

@dolomitiforever 11 лет назад

Dear Sir, thanks to your perfect tutorial, I was able to clean the lenses from Namibia sand. You did an immense job and should be rewarded for this. Thank you again

@joshrichards7847 9 лет назад

fantastic! cheers Geoff, on the road at the moment & had some nasty dust marks showing up on all my photos :-( after begging a 00 phillips head screwdriver from a mobile phone repair shop, I spent an afternoon sat in a cheap hostel room in Turkey stripping & cleaning my camera, following your video of course, & managed to sort the problem. Can happily continue on the road knowing my photos will be looking lovely again.

@emmrichard 10 лет назад

Thank you very much for this video. It helped me to fix the lens cap shutters that couldn't open any more on my TZ10. Another video of yours also helped me to clean the CCD captor.

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

Well done, not any easy task on the TZ10.

@jean-sebastienbridoux4407 7 лет назад

Very good video, I followed it and applied it to clean my lens camera. Thank you for this video!

@K91110607 4 года назад

Amazing videos. Detailed explanation & precautions given with every steps.

@GrahamHoughton12 4 года назад

thank you for the comment. Appreciated.

@barry2718 10 лет назад

Great video - very clear instructions and indications of the many elements that need to be aligned when assembly. Excellent help for do it yourselves.

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

Thank you, it is a complex task and you need to know some of the "tips" to get the lens frames back in alignment

@tigercake558 8 лет назад

thanks big G! This helped me out. I cleaned my camera out and it works just fine now, no spots on the lens. you just saved me £150+! Cheers.

@willmiller7794 8 лет назад

Top flight tutorial, appreciate the care and explanations that you included in your video. Not quite sure when I'll tackle the lens cleaning job but the distortion in my photos is sufficient to drive me to consider this option or purchase of a new camera.

@stretnik1 11 лет назад

Thanks Graham, this and the previous Video were done with such class and calm.... really helpful. Kev.

@nohpubb191 11 лет назад

Hello !! You allowed me to disassamble my first photo camera, a Lumix TZ 18, full of dust after 1 and a half year in dusty pockets and bags, without any protection except an old sock... I almost made it without destroying anything: only one small plastic pin in the ultimate piece of the lens block (which is a bit more complicated than this one), but it still works ! now, it is correct, so thank you very much!! keep explaining how to fix our stuff, cause in a shop they told me it wasn't possible

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

Well done Chris and a big thank you for commenting on the video for me, really appreciated

@pattyofurniture100 11 лет назад

i gave your service manual a try, sadly the text was incredibly difficult to follow, but using the pictures along with it i was able to trudge through and break my lens down all the way so i could clean all the dirt out. i put it all back together and everything is working perfectly now! thank you so much, i really love this camera and was dreading the thought of having to replace it! as hard as it was i dont think i will be making a video unless i have to tear it down again haha

@firsttimejonny 9 лет назад

Graham - many thanks for taking the time to produce this video. I have a TZ10 and a TZ30 both of which work fine but are unusable because of dirt inside the lens array. Thanks to you my TZ30 is now fine - just the TZ10 to clean now!

@damonb1979 11 лет назад

Wow, Impressive skills on the most complicated part of any camera. Aligning each section using the internal pins is tough enough, but you are smart in laying out the 12 O'clock position and keeping your part/screws in a sectionalized box. That's just plain smart in any disassembly job.

@GrahamHoughton12 11 лет назад

Thank you for taking the time to respond, much appreciated.

@FabioMiSud 10 лет назад

Thanks for your help, my TZ7 can shot for many other season. Very easy to follow your steps Best regards from Italy

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

Excellent and yet another success story, well done

@AnolePatrol 11 лет назад

Perfect! I was able to get the camera back in working order after cleaning the focus screw/motor. Thank you again for your help and replies!

@DonaldBarnett2014 10 лет назад

Thanks for uploading this, it has been very helpful in cleaning a very dirty lens assembly

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

Thank you, glad you found the video useful

@paolopetroni 10 лет назад

Great video! i was able to remove a huge speckle of dust from my sensor ... i would have never dared to open up my TZ7 without your directions! it now works impeccably! thanks again ...

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

Thanks for posting your result, I'm pleased it worked for you.

@philkfoto Год назад

Graham to my rescue yet again, many thanks. My TZ18 for a second time had a curly minute hair at top left of image. So I had to watch it again some 7 years later because this time the hair was not on the sensor but trapped between the focusing panel. Yes a very fiddly job this time. Now completed and hair gone but now spots remain.

@RAZala-cg5tv 11 лет назад

Outstanding tutorial. It makes such repairs relatively easy.

@BaldyIT 10 лет назад

Hi Graham, Thanks for your comprehensive video guide. Fixed my parents camera with a spot in the center of the image. Taken apart the complete lens and cleaned it thoroughly. In my case however, the spot in the image was not due to dust in the lens but a stain or dust on the small glass window between the CCD and the lens itself. This can be cleaned by removing the CCD itself (three screws) and removing the rubber insert. The small rectangular piece of glass can then be taken out and cleaned

@udoneysters5688 9 лет назад

Vielen Dank für das tolle Video. Mit Hilfe dieser Anleitung konnte ich meine Kamera wieder reparieren.

@manmaas 11 лет назад

I got this issue the first time I reassembled and suspected the thin cable. It needs a bit of teasing to sit firmly in the slot. All good now. Saved me a fair amount of cash for an otherwise great little camera which suffered a major scratch to the front lens. The shutter door system is cute but has the potential for trapping lens damaging grit, so I'd recommend a case as well as the zip lock bag others have mentioned to avoid dust getting past the zoom. Thanks again Graham.

@HansenRagnar 9 лет назад

This was a great lesson in patines. I will try to clean my camera next week. Thanks for this. I have two of the same cameras in the family with the same problem I will let you know how it goes.Once again Thanks!!

@un65tube 11 лет назад

Hello Graham, thank you for this fantastic instruction Video. Very professional! I had some disturbing dust in my camera lens and was able to clean it myself following your instructions. You saved my holidays! Thumbs up! Greeting Form Germany. Udo

@1nicolaus 11 лет назад

Thanks again Graham! After successfully cleaning the sensor following the instructions in your other video I gained the confidence to attempt this one too. There where still some blurry areas on the pictures and, living in the tropics, I attributed them to fungus on the inside lense surface. After dismanteling the lense assembly I discovered that they were unfortunately due to some scratches on the lense. As you said, it is easy to lose the orientation and it took me quiet a while to reassemble

@osk204 2 года назад

Thank you. Successfully demounted , cleaned and remounted a TZ10 camera. Günter

@snowtek72 11 лет назад

well thanks Graham I've followed your video and cant thank you enough I took my camera to pieces and checked the focus motor and cleaned everything and wow I've fixed the camera at last cheers regards Graham B.

@didiercherbonnel4698 10 лет назад

Hi from France. Great video. I could not have done without it. (My son used the camera on the beach and it was full of sand) Merci Didier

@GrahamHoughton12 10 лет назад

thank you, and well done on achieving this.

@GrahamHoughton12 11 лет назад

That's another success for the video, thanks for posting.

@MusicazoidBox 11 лет назад

Thank you so much! I did exactly what you said and it worked just great!! No more dust inside.

@pcphriek 8 лет назад

Excellent video and very clear.

@rdelfrateYO 9 лет назад

Thank you for your help. My camera hasn't worked in about three years and I relied on my phone, but this takes much better pictures. Grit got blown into the lens assembly when filming a helicopter lift of a subject with a broken femur on a rescue that I was on. Tomorrow, or today at this point, I was invited to go out on my friend's catamaran sailboat and there should be whales out where we are going and I wanted to make sure that I could capture the moment if possible. Thanks again!