The display is attached to the metal shield by several fingers that apply pressure between the shield and the edge of the display.

Flip back the ZIF cable lock and remove the display.

Use an iPod opening tool to pop the speaker assembly out of the metal shield.

The speaker pumps out some pretty fresh beats when the camera is in projector mode.

Remove a few screws around the perimeter of the open back of the camera.

After some (careful) prying, the top and right covers pop right off.

Interestingly, the controls along the top of the camera are attached to a board below the top cover. The top cover just houses the button covers.

Carefully lift the protective steel panel to reveal the logic board.

Use the tip of a spudger to flip back the ZIF cable lock to disconnect the control ribbon cable before removing the panel.

Pry the upper camera cable connector straight up off the logic board.

Flip back the ZIF cable lock and remove the lens assembly.

Copper was an interesting choice for the rear cover of the lens assembly.

The camera module in all its glory.

Like most compact digital cameras with optical zoom that have no externally telescopic lenses, the S1000pj's internal zoom lenses move perpendicular to the front face.

The basic components include:

• A few movable lenses.
• CCD image sensor.
• Optical zoom motor and feedback sensor to position the lenses.
• Aperture and image stabilization modules.

Light has to travel through at least four glass lenses until it shines on the CCD sensor. What a journey.

We had to disconnect a few additional ZIF cables and remove some screws still securing the the logic board to the main chassis.

Disassembling this camera is not for the faint of heart -- Nikon definitely did not intend this device to be user serviceable.

We even had to de-solder a bunch of components including the camera cover actuator, projector LED, and flash bulb.

To remove the projector lens, first remove the flash tube.

After removing a few screws...

...The projector assembly lifts right out.

Here's an inside look at the projector assembly sans the protective cover.

Light for projecting images is supplied by a very powerful LED (shown in red) that even has its own heat sink to conduct heat to the aluminum front panel.

As light leaves the LED it passes through some filters and lenses (shown in orange).

A good deal of engineered optical reflection allows the light emitted by the LED to reflect through a tiny LCD panel (shown in yellow) and head toward the mirror.

Before bouncing off the angled mirror and exiting the camera, the projected image passes through a focusing lens (shown in blue) connected to the slider on the top panel.