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Canon PowerShot A610
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technique
Title
Canon PowerShot A610 stuck shutter reactivation
Introduction
This kind of fix is not difficult, nevertheless you need some patience and care as it else may kill your lens unit finally.
If you shutter is stuck, you usually only get black pictures. In the web there are some blogs with suggested fixes, mainly by mechanically shaking/beating the camera or tryining to increase shutter voltage by interrupting power supply while recording. I tried this at about a dozen of stuck shutter Canon Powershot A610/ A620 A630/640 and unfortunately they were not successful.
So I disassembled one lens unit completely and found out there is a stepper(?) motor for aperture and a bistable solenoid for the shutter.
Fortunately, and this is the real clue of fixing here, Canon uses a very maintainance friendly flex cable to drive the lens unit.
What is needed:
- DC power supply w/ adjustable voltage
- wires to get the DC voltage from power supply to Camera flex cable
- small screwdriver (opening camera case, see other manuals)
- some patience
Good luck!
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Difficulty
Moderate
Conclusion
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Author
Robert Repair
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