spudnuty wrote:
Ken,
Yah I've got a C-3000, 3030 and 4000 all with bad lenses. (they're
prone to damage, plastic barrels one with that crack). All given to me
by clients as too costly to repair. My current main camera is a C-3000
that I got on eBay to use the lens to fix the first 3000. It gave a
"card error" but it turned out to have a fudge like substance on the
contacts of the card reader. Easy fix.
I find Nikons, Fujis, Sonys Toshibas and Olympus' easiest to work on in
that order. Canons more of a pain and Kodaks even more bad board in a
lot of those. Yes that flash cap is very dangerous. Here's a site on
discharging it:

The only ones I've worked on are the Nikons. I guess I got lucky.
These jam up when dropped. I got mine that way; and a simple flick of
gear train with my fingernail fixed it. After several years, it appears
still to be fine.

For the record, it came on with a 'system error', or some such, message
in the lcd and wouldn't move at all.

http://www.siliconchip.com.au/cms/A_30663/article.html
I use a 10W resistor I had laying around.
This has become a hobby of mine, fixing broken digtals up and donating
them to schools, hospitals, homeless shelters etc.

Good on you....

jak
Richard