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Replacing the EX1 LCD. Here you will see the replacement of a EX1 LCD

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Updated: 4 months ago

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All Production Elements: Steve Cahill Rating: 4.75

Tags: Repair

Equipment: Sony PMW-EX1 HD

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Replacing the Sony EX1 LCD

Steve, Very Brave. My EX1 LCD has several white specs on bottom edge, will keep an eye on it for now. I appreciate your blog and fine work.

Regards,

Ron.

Great job, Steve.
One question: Wouldn't it have been an in-warranty repair to have this fixed by Sony? The camera's barely been on the market a few months and one would think that this sort of failure was an impurity or lost seal on the LCD crystal itself.
Also, how in the world did you manage to obtain a service manual? Sony covets those things to the ends of the earth. Are you associated with an authorized shop that could loan the manual?
One procedure I might have added is the wearing of surgical gloves to prevent finger and palm prints on the new LCD. But it's great to see that some parts are easy to service.

Steve,

I thought this "Tutorial" was very well done. There were times when the camera angle should have changed but I can appreciate what it takes to do this kind of thing with only one camera and one "helper".

You took the viewer through each of the steps without missing any of the "must dos" and "don't dos" that would be associated with this kind of delicate surgery. I'd honestly be surprised if anyone that needs to change their LCD would not be able to, after seeing this tutorial.

Good job!

The service manual is available to anyone, @ a cost of $50.00 US dollars from Sony Parts center. Gloves are not needed as the LCD screen is self enclosed and does not sit under another protective plastic or glass in the bezel.

The Tutorial was done as a one shot quick how to get it in one take and edit and post quickly. If is was for sale commercially I would of spent more time with it, and re-shot the scenes where my hands blocked the view of the camera.

Probably was covered by warranty, but 10 working days at Sony service would of taken the camera out of service. Right now I have the broken LCD and leaving it in the car today in the heat to see if I can force additional failure with heat,to see if this is the issue. Also I have a tutorial on line for all to see.

The most important part of taking this apart is getting the screws off. Solvent must be used and a proper philips screw driver must be used or you will strip the head of the screws, then you will wish you would of sent it back to Sony for service,

Replacing a Sony EX1 LCD

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