Canon

Digital Camera Repair Canon A560 Point-and-shoot Camera
Main Log Introduction Canon A560 Camera A550/A560 Lens Assembly

I bought a two month old Canon A560 camera from ebay with a broken batter tabs which hold the door down. After registering the camera, Canon customer the phone number of Canon's parts sales department. I was really surprised h were (almost half the price of OEM parts). Canon customer support were reall my explanation, suggested that I needed to replace the front of the plastic ou battery box, and the battery door. Including shipping, that was coming to $40 said that they will not be able to give me repair/ service manual.

Further research indicated that there wasn't much difference between A550 parts. From different photographs that I saw on internet, I figured that apar there wasn't much difference, at least from the outside. So I took the chance broken A550 from ebay for $20, including shipping.

I did the project quite late at night, so couldn't be bothered to use a tripod to shake. Some of the photographs are a little blurry. However, you should get t how to open the camera.

The following picture shows the A550 camera how I got it from ebay. From th explanation, and the physical appearance, it seemed that the lens assembly wa

NOTE 1: Be very very careful. The camera has components (for flash) which s If you're not careful, the shock that you might get is not powerful enough to definitely remember it for a long time. Despite being warned by many people o

got the shock anyway, but I thought that I'll still warn you anyway. My writin proof enough that it's not strong enough to kill you.

NOTE 2: I took these photographs just as sort of breadcrumbs to guide me b the camera if needed. I have tried to capture every detail, but if I've missed sure that these notes give you enough information that you'll figure out what take it apart.

My aim was to salvage the battery box, the front plastic casing, and the batte battery door