This will show how to remove dust from the CCD sensor of a Panasonic Lumix ZS8, ZS10, TZ18, TZ20 and TZ22 camera. The technique should also apply to other Lumix cameras. It also shows how to remove and replace the LCD display unit.
I love working on Panasonic gear. So intuitive and very well put together. 2011 when launched, these were RRP £349.99 - with touchscreen, 16x zoom, and GPS. 2023. I just bought two prisitne but 'faulty' ones for £20 delivered.... just under 2 hours later, I have 2 almost mint, fully functional cameras to add to my collection. Sad we live in such a disposable society, but it's always a bonus for us thinking and dextrous types!
Sorry, I left my previous comment early on in your video. Have now watched it through and am very impressed with your presentation. Could not agree more with the "if it's just dust, just use a blower and don't touch it" approach - common sense for many, but worth stating! Excellent video - you have a new subscriber, thanks!
Worked like a charm. Was planning on giving up on my ZS9 but this brought it back. Proud of myself, a 67 year old stoke victim able to work with those small screws and such.
Thank you Mr Robert. This is the best most successful youtube video I've ever seen. Great video quality and every step is clearly shown. I just opened my camera and cleaned the dust from CCD. And now my DMC-TZ 20 is perfect again as a result. Thank you!
Thank you tremendously, Robert! I took my camera apart along with you in the video and I think I resolved my issue. I would NOT have attempted something like this except for your video. Thank you again!
My DMC-ZS8 is like new again. I am so thankful for the video, it saved me from either shipping it to Panasonic for about $150 to diagnos and clean or replacing it entirely. Perfect instructions and video clarity.
This is the best youtube video I have ever seen. Great video quality and every step is clearly shown. I just opened my camera and removed a bit of dust. Now my DMC-ZS8 is perfect again. Thank you!
Great video! My camera was sitting in the back of my trunk for months because it's been broken for years, and out of boredom I decided to dig into it and I'm not sure how, but my camera now works!! thank you, great video!
Your video is terrific. I have never opened a camera before, but by following your video, I was successful in cleaning some dust off my lens! Thank you!
Robert, Excellent tutorial. I was able to replace my broken LCD using this guide. A note for DMC-ZS20 users. After you open the metal frame around LCD following is done differently. 1. There are only 2 ribbon connectors (NOT 3 like video). 2. You will have to pop up the board that has 4 way button etc. on the right. This is because main ribbon wraps under it and then connects to the top of the board. This board is easy to pop-up (no screws etc.) and the connector is at the bottom where you can push it in place... Thanks, Robert
Very Helpful I have the DMC-ZS25 which is like the ZS20,the 3 screws on the CCD were more like dimples rather than philips and two of the screws had springs under the CCD unit.Dust free now.......Thanx
This is a very well-produced video, exactly what I needed to inspire me to fix my Panasonic ZS8 instead of trashing it and buying another, like I've done before. Thank you. Excellent training video...better than others with silly music instead of meaningful audio instructions.
I have to thank a lot the author of this tutorial. Any suggestion it contains is useful, included the test before a complete re-mounting. I have been able to clean the CCD sensor without any major trouble. Thanks Robert Piero
Very nice contribution. I was about to start the procedure in my camera but decided to try the vacuum cleaning altrenative before, just in case. It did work! No need to disasemble the camera, at least for now.
Thanks. I was able to clean the dust off my sensor on my TZ25. A bit different, but enough the same for it to work. I couldn't see the dust, but just hit the two surfaces with compressed air from a can and the infrared filter with a cue tip as was shown on another video.
This is the best youtube video I have ever seen. Great video quality and every step is clearly shown. I just opened my camera and removed a bit of dust. Now my DMC-ZS8 is perfect again. Thank you!
Thanks a lot for the really excellent tutorial. This saved me Money to remove the disturbances seen which especially appear at high zoom rates. I used the tutorial for my DMC-TZ22 which is exact the same procedure. The only difference was, that there was a very tine sealing between outer frame an the LCD-Display. It was split in between while lifting the outer frame. So I have to fix it before reassembling the frame with a few very tiny drops of superglue using a pointed tweezers. I also used a can of power pressed air instead of the air bellow, which I think is much more clean and works with more pressure.
Hi Hubertus. Thanks very much for the information about the TZ22. That's really good to know and that can help others out. And, you are correct that a pressurized can of air has more pressure, but it can also contain oil from the manufacturing processes, which can then get on to the lenses. That's why the hand pump is better, since it won't have any oil in it. -Bob
Excellent video, Robert - comprehensively explained and beautifully presented! I had to do this on my old TZ7 (which is still going strong in my brother's care) so I know how common a problem this is on Lumix Travel Zooms... However, they are such brilliant little cameras, it's well worth trying to fix any dust spots to extend their working life! I also have a 2nd hand TZ18 on the way which looks to be in excellent condition - but I will know right where to look if it isn't! Thanks a lot - subscribed !!
This is an excellent video, although it is not the LCD I have to replace on my TZ18 I'm using this for guidance,. Its the top panel I have to replace as the shutter button/zoom has snapped so trying to get an idea of the internal areas from this. Thanks for your very clear instructions!
Hi Robert, This is a very informative video. I am hoping that the guts of my DMC-ZS8 are pretty well the same. All I need to do now is get me the proper screwdriver and one of those air blowers. Oh yeah, and perhaps some white gloves.
Thanks so much, very well made and instructional video! Liked and subscribed. Got any videos on the Nikon Coolpix 2100? I know is old but I am into vintage Digital cameras. Tx again!
Great video, very clear and easy to follow. I need to change the battery cover on my ZS10...do you happen to have a video that shows how that would be done? I looked through your videos, but I didn't see one. Thank you!
Hi Kerry. I don't have a video that shows removing the door, but if you send me an email address I can send you some pictures that show how to do it. You will also need to follow the instructions on tearing the camera down up to the point of the time of 4:30. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pRhD0Yc9BH0.html From there the photos will show you what you need to do. You can send your email address to mine at hiking@thebobfactor.com. -Bob
I know I'm a little late to this game, but is there anything you would recommend to prevent this dust from reoccurring? Perhaps some kind of lint free barrier or similar?
You have one of the clearest video I have seen. Good clear info! I am about to tear down a DMC-ZS8 that I am getting from ebay. I will test the unit first, but then I am going to make it a full spectrum unit by removing the IR filter to be used for astrophotography. I saw in your video that it is over the CCD and not part of the lens, so I was wondering if it looks as easy as taking it out of the rubber holder? Any issues with focusing after the glass is removed? Thanks, Joe
Joe, thanks very much. I hope the video helps out when you tear down your zs8. As far as the focusing goes, I don't think you will see any changes at all. I don't know for sure, but I believe that the filter is not a lens at all. Which means you shouldn't have any focusing issues. I'm going to be doing the same thing to my Canon 60D for my astrophotography too, and everything I've read on that particular camera is that it won't effect the focus at all either. Please let me know how you make out on your zs8! -Bob
Thanks Robert, so I assume i should be just the rubber holding the filter. I have a Canon T6S I am using now, but I did not want to tear into that one. If the ZS8 works out well, I may look for a 60D/70D or T3i. I will send you an update when I have done my trials!
Ok. Thanks Joe. And if you do end up getting a Canon 60D, I just started a video series on completely breaking it down and putting it back together that may be useful to you on removing the IR filter on it.
So I have removed the IR Filter. Removing it was pretty easy, the glass is glued to the black rubber around the CCD and getting a finger nail or fine/flat screw driver (care with the metal driver as you may crack the glass) in the gets it loose. Work around the edges a little at a time. I took some shots after the removal and I had focus issues. Today I fired up the camera and focus seems fine, so I will retest tonight with the stars (assuming it is clear). I did need to remove the cable for the CCD as it was too tight and bending it to remove the filter may have damaged it. I do need to go back in and really clean the CCD as I have a few spots on it that I did not notice before.
Thanks for making this video. I use videos like this to see if the infrared filter is easily removable from a camera, from this video it looks like it's only held in place with some adhesive at the corners, and could be removed by popping it off with a thin blade or something. You held the camera yourself, would you agree that the filter over the CCD would be easy to remove? Also, I've just seen you have many other camera disassembly videos on your channel. Are there any specific manufacturers that tend to make the filters easy to remove?
Hi Callen. I have never removed the IR filter on any of my Lumix cameras, so I'm not sure how easy it would be. As far as cameras where I have seen others remove the IR filter for astro-photography, both the Canon 60D and the Canon 6D are excellent for that. I'm sure there are other brands such as Nixon which are equally as good, but I am really only familiar with the Cannon cameras.
Really good video and i followed it step by step but when I put dispay back and tested it wouldn't work i was worried that i not pushed wires back far enough. Anyway ive reassembled it to look at another day but now aswell the camera lens doesnt come out or zoom when switched on. It makes a noise but on come out a little bit and the shutters don't open fully. Any ideas.
Hi Lee. Were you having these problems before tearing it down? If not, I would certainly check the flat ribbon cable connections again. That is very odd.
Robert Hosea no only problem i had was a spec of dust on the sencer which i sorted. I thought i was doing a pretty good job untill it came to putting it back together. Ill have another go when i get a spare few hours 😀 thanks.
I have another issue on my ZS8 here and I would prefer not to open camera totally, thing is that dust is located on the front side of the lens and not on the inner side. Dust is literally under the first protective glass on the very first ring once the camera goes out. I see that on the first ring where protective glass is, there is a small kind of a button but I am not totally sure if that first ring is detachable. If so I would prefer maybe to get out that ring and then clean dust but I would like your advise on it. It is the last ring where you have lens info (Leica DC Vario...)
Unfortunately the only way to get to the inner side of the lens that you are talking about, is to totally disassemble the lens. There isn't any way to remove it from the outside of the lens unit. I do have a video showing the complex disassembly and assembly of a ZS7 lens, but I don't have one for the ZS8 or ZS10 lens units. The lens on a ZS8 and ZS10 is even harder to disassemble then the lens on the ZS7. Something that you can try though, is to remove the CCD, and then use a squeezable air bulb and blow air through the opening where the CCD was. You may be able to get enough air going through the lens that it will blow the dust off of the inner side of that lens. Don't use compressed air at all though. Compressed air, such as air cans, will have a small amount of oil and that could make things even worse if you get oil on the lenses. Here is the link to the lens disassembly video for the ZS7, just to show how complex those lens units are: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zDGVqY2N0PM.html
@@Thebobfactor Hey, thank you for the answer. I eventually find out video called "Panasonic Lumix Travel Zoom - Sticking Lens Shutter Repair" which is the same one as I have and I saw that the guy at disassembly part actually took out that first front part with a kind of razer just in order to later return it. What do you think about it? I might tried but I am afraid not to broke this point. In any case I understand that could be tricky.
@@rogyn8484 I've never seen it done that way before, but it sure looks like a great method, He has been working on cameras for quite some time, and so he knows what he's doing. I don't think there will be much chance of you damaging your camera using that method, and it would be worth trying for sure. Good luck with it, and let me know how you make out on it.
@@Thebobfactor I already done this, dissembled everything until the shutter and I removed bunch of dust including the one on the front side of the first glass, however now I see that the main dust I wish to take out is behind this first layer. It is like circle glued with something around but I am afraid if I try to cut this with razer that something will went wrong, what you suggest? This first layer is visible in his video at Reassembly part (you will notice circle glass at the top in front of lens. Do you think it is worth to try and take it out?
One more thing, I was thinking that a pair of tweezers that are soft on the inside (don't know if these exist) would be helpful when pushing those flat orange cables back into position.
I have used tweezers in the past that have a rubber coating on the ends, and it was kind of hit and miss for me. Sometimes they worked well and other times they did not. In some cases it would simply come down to how much room there was to work with. And sometimes the added thickness of the rubber (or plastic) coated tips would place the flat ribbon cable at too great of an angle to be inserted into the connector if the connector sits low on the circuit board. And on some tweezers the coating was too smooth and the flat ribbon cable would slip through. But, I think having them is a good idea.
i tried this with my tz18 but the screws are too tight and im afraid i’ll damage them if i try to take it apart harder, what do i do :( i have the ph00
Thank you for your terrific guidance in cleaning the dust from inside my camera. Bravo! First, I searched everywhere for the proper Philips screwdriver. Your video called for a 00 Philips screwdriver. I brought a few 00 and 000 Philips screwdrivers that did not fit. After being told there was no such thing as a smaller Philips screwdriver... even from a Camera store, I found a "0000 Philips screwdriver". Question. When I removed the camera back cover, there is a gasket on the back camera cover. When I took off the back cover, the gasket came apart. I decided to leave what gasket still adhered to the camera and cut off the bad small piece. Will this be a problem? Should I replace this gasket and strip and where should I get it? Thanks! P.S. I magnetized my screwdriver and this was a great help.
That's interesting, I've never seen one of these Lumix cameras that had a gasket on the back cover at all. Was it around the entire cover, or just around the opening for the main LCD display? I generally buy replacement parts for these cameras on eBay, but I don't see any gaskets on there at all. It would most likely be used for keeping dust out, and I'm sure it will be fine without it, or part of it. Regarding the screwdriver, almost all other Lumix cameras that I've worked on, other then this ZS10, needed a #0000 Philips head screw. I'm not sure why this particular camera series uses screws that required a #00 Philips head screwdriver.
@@Thebobfactor Thank you for your reply and expert comment on the gasket to keep the dust-out. Your RU-vid mentioned a double or 00 Philip screwdriver. My camera needed a 0000 Philips. The gasket was just on the underside edge of the cover that frames the camera LCD. Thanks, again! P.S. Where shall I get a replacement black battery cover (Part #VYK4T91) for this camera?
@@cskysurfer1, when I look on eBay for a replacement battery door for a ZS10, I see a couple of ways that you could get one. One way is to buy just a used door for $38 + free shipping, and the other way is to buy a used black ZS10 camera (with accessories) for $39 + $8 shipping. Supposedly this camera works too, which is a bonus. It's possible that this camera would also have the gasket that was torn on your camera as well. Plus, you would have many other extra parts going this route. Here is a link for just a black ZS10 door: www.ebay.com/itm/282432438096?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160811114145%26meid%3Df7b474a8850d4cb6b59d0aeb052c3c70%26pid%3D100667%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D8%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D283535386686%26itm%3D282432438096%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2334524%26brand%3DPanasonic&_trksid=p2334524.c100667.m2042 Here is the link for the black used camera: www.ebay.com/itm/114769486020?hash=item1ab8cb60c4:g:eooAAOSwPaJgeeKx
Hi I watched your video on removing dust from the TZ20 lumix. Everything went well until I turned the camera back on and now the LCD screen will not display anything. I can take pictures and they write to the SD card. When I view them on my lap top the dust has gone, which is great! Any suggestions about why the LCD screen won't come on? I have tried putting the third connector in again a few times. Do you think I have damaged the connectors?
Hi Mark. Unless you pulled hard on the flat ribbon cables, or bent them, I doubt they are damaged. I have run into the same problem before where everything worked fine except for the LCD. The problem was that the LCD's back light flat ribbon cable was in the connector crooked. I believe on this camera that the small cable on the bottom is for the back light for the LCD, and the other small one is for the touch screen. Make sure that both of them are 100% straight in the connector. It doesn't take much of an angle to make them not connect properly. Hopefully that will fix the problem for you. Let me know how you make out on this Mark.
Working now! The cables were all in place correctly but the screen hadn't been put in the right position. There seemed to be a metal clasp on the underside and once it was in the right place and the screen reattached it turned on! Dust gone as well!! Thanks for the great video and the reply! Happy i have my camera back!!
Hi, I've translated your comment, but I'm not able to determine what your question may be. Can your reword it slightly and then maybe the translator can do a better job. Thanks!
@@user-jd4zw3dv7l I looked through my videos, and I don't see a video for a ZS8 or ZS10, which shows disassembling it to get the top control panel off. Sorry. Possibly I can make one in the near future.
Hi, Man! I have the same camera as you have. This cam just got stucked to our storage room, and now im trying to open it and i losed the original charger and I'm now using a universal charger. when i put the battery to the camera, It doesn't turn on. is the battery the problem or the camera? can i contact u in private? plss help meee thanksss❤️❤️
Hi Suzuku. It would be impossible to say what the problem is right now, until we can verify that the battery is in fact getting charged. You will need to either try a different battery, or try the battery that you have in another camera. Once we have eliminated the battery as the problem, then we can move on to the next step.
@@Thebobfactor Hi, thanks for replying. I tried charging the battery using the universal charger, but turns out it doesn't work. But when I try it to other batteries (other camera), it does work. I think the prob here is the battery.?
@@dyo_han yes, it does sound like there may be a problem with the battery. Were you able to use a battery from another camera in the camera that was not working (the camera that was in storage)?
@@Thebobfactor I cannot cause it's a different camera. should i buy a new battery? im not sure if the cam is working too, cuz I haven't been using it for like 3 yrs.. If u think i should buy a new battery, do u know where to buy online? The model is Lumix Tz20. Thanks man, I appreciate your response. i subscribed!
@@dyo_han, getting a new battery may be the cheapest and quickest way to determine if that is the problem. Again, knowing if the battery is good will help determine if it's the battery or the camera. I usually get most of my camera parts on eBay. Here is a link to a battery for the TZ20. I hope it fixes the problem for you! www.ebay.com/itm/254223413858?hash=item3b30e57262:g:MmsAAOSwXIRc0ZcV&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA4KlmX2WjVaFpmm%2B2gzGag4l8PiMuKO%2BvrXvgLKW1VWJ82%2BWlml%2FmeXN0ct%2FR3FXceM81qbnTx0SGxZpFrzVDgGxnhrckG4MPjEDlnCY7qBRLgrz7pZDXQOaygkl1tgD18R1fMtvKNOo43LMG0kWI%2Bz9Jo7qNcj8OR%2BPW6vLKCLpqv7rGV%2Bt8vaUPxQkxKHoGnREqxlPyohBgDQ8h8ZTDJpYNIP%2FvRuxaDm9Ru4Rt2piBCNDfFyqwEVhm0aV0H%2FktpBt9GNtUGyDY1uu3Fxt0G6U%2FVlNxiRfyxYqXpCFtpsRh%7Ctkp%3ABFBMqouWwcJg
