Ever wonder what's "under the hood"?
 

Do not try this at home!

http://www.camcorderservice.nl/sony_fx1.htm

Oh my freaking god!

What was this german guy thinking?

haha I think ive lost a screw on mine!

Wow I think I will keep mine all together

I wonder if he had parts left over when it put it back together.

dutch expedition
 

I have to inform you that it´s Dutch, not German. Its a camcorder repair and service specialist, so he needs to look inside...

Yet another reminder that I can/should remove that stupid Sony mic mount.

That guy is crazy...

Nice find, Boyd! Great pictures.

-gb-

That's amazing!

Those are excellent pictures. It's interesting trying to figure out which parts are worth the thousands of dollars...

Please don't hijack threads. I have split off the posts about do-it yourself firmware upgrades to a new thread here: http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=60360

what a nutter!
 

sure wouldn't have the guts to do that to mine!

I guess I won't have to open up my FX1 or Z1 to look inside when I get one now. Great photos!

i once was at this guys place. It was an adventure I can tell. While waiting for repair on the spot of my vx1000 ( it was a few years ago) one can watch live cameleons and other exotic animals climbing over the furniture and the camera spares.
The place is like a greenhouse/cameramuseum.
Everywhere suddenly strange animals pop up out of a corner.
Very entertaining.
The guy sure knows the inside of cams but you can see that on
his site. When leaving with my repaired camera I could get myself some free fresh flowers on the other side of the street. Very nice!

wow...just wow...

reminds me of when i was young and used to take antyhing i had apart :tvs, video game systems, cd players. it always seemed like i had parts left over at the end.. but they always worked

Kinda scary when it's something like a carburetor though. I did that a couple times as a teenager (worked fine also, amazingly).

Wow
 

Remarkable. Makes you appreciate the camera even more.

HAHAHAHA......

I decided to look at the pictures again, and realised that by Image 49, he decides to take the Lens Hood off once the entire lens frame was removed from the camera.

As mentioned before, the guy who posted this has a camcorder repair service and lives in IJmuiden, a coastal town in Holland. He replaced the screwed up chips in my PD150 last month- he is a very knowledgeable techie and at 150 euro for replacing the 3CCD he is not too greedy either. (but don't complain if everything takes a week/2 weeks longer then agreed upon... I mean, he does like to strip your machine completely ;)
This former Sony guy loves Sony machines, chameleons, dogs and cats, all of which crowd the small shop. (in addition to his wife)

If you ever need your camcorder serviced in the Netherlands- check him out!

Just had mine looked over
 

over 220 hours on my camera, finally had the tape drive poop out on me, and had it repaired. when i saw these pics, i realized my guys (Canon Camcorder Repair | Sony Camcorder Repair) earned their money! I'm not a widget guy, but i've unscrewed many cases, with about 70% reanimation rate. i decided the second i saw the pics that i would never try to look under the hood of my z1u. thanks to who posted the link to the netherlands repair guy!

This guy repaired my Sony FX 1 too. Replaced the whole tape mechanism for about 225 euro's!

Maybe i'll buy my next cam second hand anyway! The 1500 or 2500 euro's I save (EX1 for example) can be reserved for repairs. For about 2000 euro's, I can get my cam repaired at least about five times!

And that's only IF the cam fails five times in the first two years. And only IF it fails more than five times in the first two years I would have been better off buying new from sony with 2 year warranty :)

Repairman
 

This guy is not only just a repairman, it's THE repairman specilized in Sony camera's.
He has been head of repair for Sony Europe for many years.

Re: Ever wonder what's "under the hood"?
 

I like it. It appeals to my sense of tinkering.
John