In 2004 we bought a Sony CyberShot Prosumer type camera. It was pretty awesome. Not an SLR, but as close as you can get without the size. In November of 2005 I took a trip back to NY and dropped it in the airport. (And by dropped I mean flung it a few meters across the baggage claim area.) The LCD shattered, but we were still able to use it... we just couldn't see the pictures we had taken. It went from a "prosumer" camera to a "point-and-shoot" camera. SONY wanted $300 to fix it.
Here's a close up of the cracked LCD and the good one in back:
We got another lame little camera to tide us over until we felt like we wanted a new "good" camera. (Nikon Coolpix - don't go there.) Recently we decided we ought to buy a new camera but still didn't want to spend the $$ for an SLR or have to deal with the size and weight increase. AJ had this great idea that we ought to try and fix the Sony camera. I bought an "as-is" camera on eBay and took it apart. I figured out what piece I needed to replace and removed it from the camera and replaced them in mine. KAZAM! We had our old camera back! It cost me $30 for the as-is camera and $15 for the special tweezers to use on tiny electrical equipment.
Take it SONY!
JASE + tweezers for the win!
3 comments:
Wow! that's using your noggin'! great job and you got your camera back! sounds like what we do around here to get the most for our dollar!
Not to be a Monday quarterback or anything... but I thought I mentioned replacing the LCD a couple of times... I did it with Grace's cell phone after Bryan flung it around a few times...
So it's alive again?! Good times.
Did you?
Well maybe AJ listens to you but I hardly ever do. :)
What's a Monday quarterback? Like, making calls after the Sunday game?
LOL
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