ADemuth
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Not a terribly important post, but I'm super pumped and had to share.
About a year and a half ago, my E-P5 died - specifically, the screen failed. At the time I was living on a tiny remote island in the pacific that took 6-9 weeks to get or send anything from practically anywhere. The timing was terrible as we were preparing to leave the island on a 3 month, 13 country tour on our way back home to the States. Fortunately, the first stop was Okinawa to visit friends, so I ordered an EM5 mkii body from mainland Japan and sent it to him (somehow I made do with it
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Well, having a working camera body and getting a grip on life back in the States made the E-P5 repair take a trip to the back-back-back burner until recently. I had a feeling it was just the ribbon cable that had failed, and I found one on Aliexpress for about $20 shipped. It arrived a few weeks ago and ever since then, I've been itching for a whole day I could dedicate to this task. My wife is out of town today so today I set out on a mission to repair this camera or break it trying. There are no teardown tutorials for this camera, so I studied Lifepixel's DIY full spectrum conversion instructions for every other Olympus camera, as well as an E-P5 screen replacement how-to on iFixIt None of these really prepare you for this camera, as there are a number of screws that have hidden access points on the main body.
Sorry for the absolutely terrible cell pic - my EM5 is all set up for slide scanning, but -
3 hours, minimal swearing, and ~80 screws later:
I even dripped some deoxit into my front control wheel which made it work better (I still have one clockwise click that refuses to work).
I did end up with one spare washer. It just showed up in my hand when I turned the camera over. Oops!
I intended to make a teardown tutorial, but I realized something went wrong midway through with my documentary photos where they didn't save and some numbering went wrong (again, oops). I intend to make a new front grip now that I know how to get to it and I'll make a better tutorial when I do that. Until then, I'd be glad to help anybody out in their own repair endeavor - it's actually not too hard, and only really involves an ESD strap, a jeweler's screwdriver, a plastic spudger, and a way to catalog all those tiny screws.
About a year and a half ago, my E-P5 died - specifically, the screen failed. At the time I was living on a tiny remote island in the pacific that took 6-9 weeks to get or send anything from practically anywhere. The timing was terrible as we were preparing to leave the island on a 3 month, 13 country tour on our way back home to the States. Fortunately, the first stop was Okinawa to visit friends, so I ordered an EM5 mkii body from mainland Japan and sent it to him (somehow I made do with it
)Well, having a working camera body and getting a grip on life back in the States made the E-P5 repair take a trip to the back-back-back burner until recently. I had a feeling it was just the ribbon cable that had failed, and I found one on Aliexpress for about $20 shipped. It arrived a few weeks ago and ever since then, I've been itching for a whole day I could dedicate to this task. My wife is out of town today so today I set out on a mission to repair this camera or break it trying. There are no teardown tutorials for this camera, so I studied Lifepixel's DIY full spectrum conversion instructions for every other Olympus camera, as well as an E-P5 screen replacement how-to on iFixIt None of these really prepare you for this camera, as there are a number of screws that have hidden access points on the main body.
Sorry for the absolutely terrible cell pic - my EM5 is all set up for slide scanning, but -
3 hours, minimal swearing, and ~80 screws later:
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I even dripped some deoxit into my front control wheel which made it work better (I still have one clockwise click that refuses to work).
I did end up with one spare washer. It just showed up in my hand when I turned the camera over. Oops!
I intended to make a teardown tutorial, but I realized something went wrong midway through with my documentary photos where they didn't save and some numbering went wrong (again, oops). I intend to make a new front grip now that I know how to get to it and I'll make a better tutorial when I do that. Until then, I'd be glad to help anybody out in their own repair endeavor - it's actually not too hard, and only really involves an ESD strap, a jeweler's screwdriver, a plastic spudger, and a way to catalog all those tiny screws.
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