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A2 EVF goes blank

Started Mar 17, 2020 | Discussions thread
SQLGuy
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Re: A2 EVF goes blank
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neilt3 wrote:

If the ribbon cables already gone , it needs replacing .

The problem is that you can't get replacement parts easily .

You would have to be very skilled with a soldering iron to do a repair of the ribbon cable .

I have done this. I am pretty good at soldering, though. It takes a good iron with a fine tip, a razor blade or X-acto knife to scrape off the plastic from one side of the ribbon (and to scrape insulation from the wire), some 30ga or so magnet or jumper wire, and a loupe or high magnification Optivisor. Liquid flux is helpful, too.

I actually have a project that requires this type of repair right now (the eye sensor in a Sony NEX detachable EVF). It's on my eventually-to-do list, since that's not my main camera by a long shot, and the EVF can still be switched with the button.

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If your used to dismantling cameras and repairing then , you can do it if you have the parts or a doner camera to salvage parts from .

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