300D disassembly instructions

stuart38 · 8 Jul 2006 at 18:05

Does anyone know how to remove the front of a 300d?

My camera's shutter broke last year and I refuse to pay canon £150 to repair it, luckily I now know how to repair the fault myself (a broken pin see http://www.abo.fi/~jskata/300Drepair/) but I don't know how to get the front off the camera. I have removed the back fine using these instructions http://ghonis2.ho8.com/rebelmod2.html but that doesnt really help me.

Anyone have any experience at this or know of any helpful resources other than http://www.syeager.org/300d/uploads/300D_service_manual.pdf

Thanks in advance

Stuart

stuart38 · 8 Jul 2006 at 21:51

Fstop11 said:
Dunno but this guilde will get you to the rear of the shutter via the back

http://www.lifepixel.com/ir-tutorials/canon-rebel-300d-digital-infrared-conversion-instructions.htm

I can already get the rear off, its the front I need to get at

stuart38 · 9 Jul 2006 at 10:23

Fstop11 said:
Is it not just as easy as unscrewing screws and removing data cables..

You might find you will have to de solder something.

There are certainly some components that require de-soldering to get to the back of the shutter but i dont need to remove those.... I need to get to the front which should just be screws and clips

stuart38 · 9 Jul 2006 at 17:42

well I eventually got the front off and managed to put in a new pin, however the camera now will not autofocus, meter properly or fire the flash (err 99) - even when i manual focus the camera the pictures are way way out of focus.
So I fixed one problem and caused another two!

anyone have any ideas, asside from sending it to canon along with a big wedge of pound notes?

stuart38 · 9 Jul 2006 at 18:29

This is my old camera that broke when I went on honeymoon last year and has been sat in a box for 6 months doing nothing - so I figured I didnt have a lot to lose, and could gain a backup/second body.

The sensor hasnt been moved, only the mirror and the flap on the back of it (and all the associated case, cabling etc), I have fixed the original problem where I was only able to get half exposed pictures but I suspect I underestimated the sensitivity of the internal workings of the camera. The flash capacitor discharged on me at one point with a bit of a flash bang so I'm almost surprised its even working at all.

I think I might have to play with it some more - though it would be good to understand how the mirror alignment works