I had a panasonic hand held camera. a few months ago, some coke fell
into it and it has stopped working since.

the repair shop said that the mother board had 'gone'. and it wad cost
almost as much as buying a new one.

i was wondering ...that since the mother board was gone. maybe i could
use the lens for some other purpose....say a sort of a binoculor. also
the lcd screen and the viewfinder. is there any way i could do this?

i need the pin configurations of all these parts. where can i find
these?

thanks,

Sachin

You need to search for the camera service manual, by the camera model
number.
A good place to start is this: http://www.eserviceinfo.com/

Good luck.

JMK

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"Sachin" wrote in message
om...
I had a panasonic hand held camera. a few months ago, some coke fell
into it and it has stopped working since.

the repair shop said that the mother board had 'gone'. and it wad cost
almost as much as buying a new one.

i was wondering ...that since the mother board was gone. maybe i could
use the lens for some other purpose....say a sort of a binoculor. also
the lcd screen and the viewfinder. is there any way i could do this?

i need the pin configurations of all these parts. where can i find
these?

thanks,

Sachin

"Sachin" wrote in message
om...
I had a panasonic hand held camera. a few months ago, some coke fell
into it and it has stopped working since.

the repair shop said that the mother board had 'gone'. and it wad cost
almost as much as buying a new one.

i was wondering ...that since the mother board was gone. maybe i could
use the lens for some other purpose....say a sort of a binoculor. also
the lcd screen and the viewfinder. is there any way i could do this?

i need the pin configurations of all these parts. where can i find
these?

thanks,

Sachin

Look for a similar camera on ebay that's been dropped or has a busted LCD or
jammed focus mechanism and swap parts around.

Sachin wrote:
I had a panasonic hand held camera. a few months ago, some coke fell
into it and it has stopped working since.

the repair shop said that the mother board had 'gone'. and it wad cost
almost as much as buying a new one.

i was wondering ...that since the mother board was gone. maybe i could
use the lens for some other purpose....say a sort of a binoculor. also
the lcd screen and the viewfinder. is there any way i could do this?

i need the pin configurations of all these parts. where can i find
these?

thanks,

Sachin
In Much older analog cameras the viewfinder could be used for other fun
projects because it was just like a little video monitor - Voltage in,
ground, video in, etc.
Most modern cameras with LCD monitors use digital signals and digital
controls that you can not easily duplicate or use to make the parts
useful without the camera. Your best bet is to find an identical camera
as a parts donor or use yours as a parts donor.

One word of warning - there can be different versions of the exact same
camera with the same exact model number. A main board of a different
version may not work with a model that was made a year later.

"Sachin" wrote in message
om...
I had a panasonic hand held camera. a few months ago, some coke fell
into it and it has stopped working since.

the repair shop said that the mother board had 'gone'. and it wad cost
almost as much as buying a new one.

i was wondering ...that since the mother board was gone. maybe i could
use the lens for some other purpose....say a sort of a binoculor. also
the lcd screen and the viewfinder. is there any way i could do this?

i need the pin configurations of all these parts. where can i find
these?

Wash it out with some CLEAN water with baking soda dissolved in it, then
rinse with CLEAN water. Let dry for a couple of weeks and try again. At this
point you can't do much more damage.
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Jumpster Jiver wrote:
Sachin wrote:
I had a panasonic hand held camera. a few months ago, some coke
fell
into it and it has stopped working since.

the repair shop said that the mother board had 'gone'. and it wad
cost
almost as much as buying a new one.

i was wondering ...that since the mother board was gone. maybe i
could
use the lens for some other purpose....say a sort of a binoculor.
also
the lcd screen and the viewfinder. is there any way i could do
this?

i need the pin configurations of all these parts. where can i find
these?

thanks,

Sachin
In Much older analog cameras the viewfinder could be used for other
fun
projects because it was just like a little video monitor - Voltage
in,
ground, video in, etc.
Most modern cameras with LCD monitors use digital signals and digital

controls that you can not easily duplicate or use to make the parts
useful without the camera. Your best bet is to find an identical
camera
as a parts donor or use yours as a parts donor.

One word of warning - there can be different versions of the exact
same
camera with the same exact model number. A main board of a different

version may not work with a model that was made a year later.