Removing Cat Hair from Canon SD770IS Internal Lens

03/04/2010
I got kitty hairs in my kitty picture and video camera... And unfortunately, you can't just get to the lens from outside... You have to take the whole camera apart. So this is exactly what I did. It's a blast, but it takes a long time, and there's so much that can go wrong...

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Canon
• Powershot
• SD770IS
• SD770
• IS
• digital
• camera
• picture
• video
• cat
• hair
• lens
• removal
• take
• apart
• remove
• open
• together
• internal
• focus
• zoom
• gear
• flash
• optical
• CCD
• bad
• pixel
• screen
• camcorder
• button
• switch
• fix
• replace
• tool
• ribbon
• cable

[Laughin9M4N]

Hey do you know why a camera won't turn on after reassembly? Are there fuses to look out for? I took apart my sony dsc-100w and it won't turn on anymore. Appreciate any advice

[AK49BWL]

@Laughin9M4N Those ribbon cables are pretty fragile... Check them and their connections. I know there are fuses but I'm not sure what they look like or where to find them.

[jayishi]

thnx..is it posssible touching the internal lens?.. i think i have the same problem as yours.. but the issue of may cam is not a cat hair but a fungus... when i focus the lens there are sort of dark spots.. is there any agent i can use to remove it?

another one is that im using a canon powershot SD790 IS.. do you think they have the same way of dismantling? thnx thnx

[AK49BWL]

@jayishi That camera is pretty similar to mine so I would assume the disassembly process is similar if not identical.. As for touching and cleaning the internal lenses, I'm really not sure what should or shouldn't be done.... I just used tweezers to pull the hair, no cleaners or anything like that. I would think that a good glass cleaning towel could be used, like the ones made for cleaning eye-glasses... Wouldn't chance any chemicals in my camera tho.

[ThePersonudunno]

How did you take the body off? i really need it.. :( the lens wont open

[AK49BWL]

@ThePersonudunno There are six screws on the side edges, then the front and rear should come straight off. If not, then pull the rear cover upwards from the bottom, and you should be able to get it apart from that point.

[ThePersonudunno]

@AK49BWL thanks.. but it really dosent work.. :( Thanks anyways

[AK49BWL]

@zerkon888 Hahaha :p

[zerkon888]

i was going to watch another video from u but i just saw like a million cats XD

[JASONE1986]

2:44 Oo