Olympus D590 Lens Replacement

Step 1 Face Plate

• Remove five baseplate screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
Step 2

• Press and slide the battery cover retainer clip to the left. Use tweezers to lift the battery cover away.
Step 3
• Remove the single screw from the battery housing using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
Step 4
• Using tweezers, lift the rubber plate to expose the ports.
Step 5
• Remove two screws from the ports using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
Step 6
• Use a spudger to pry the faceplate away from the rest of the camera.
Step 7
• To avoid disconnection of the connector line to the motherboard, use caution when pulling faceplate away from camera case.
• Damage to the connector line will prevent the on/off power switch's operational function.
Step 8 Backplate
• Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove three screws fastened to the camera backplate edge.
Step 9
• Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the two camera flash screws secured to either side of bulb housing component.
Step 10
• Using an iFixit opening tool, pry the backplate from the camera internal housing component.
Step 11
• Pull the backplate away from the camera internal housing component.
Step 12 LCD Screen
• Remove one screw Phillips #00 from the right side of the LCD screen camera internal housing component.
Step 13
• To check that all screws are removed from the exterior side panel, gradually slide and lift no more than 3cm away from the camera internal component body.
Step 14
• View the front of the camera internal housing component.
• Using tweezers, detach the gray connector and blue wiring tape.
• Be cautious to gently wiggle and pull blue wiring tape and gray wire connector during detachment.
Step 15
• View the top of the camera internal housing component.
• Using tweezers, gently lift the black tape exposing all connector wires.
Step 16
• View the bottom of the camera internal housing component.
• Caution: Keep yellow taped wire attached to the LCD screen.
• Use tweezers to gently wiggle, pull, and detach tape from the surface of the camera internal housing component.
Step 17
• View the front of the camera internal housing component.
• Using tweezers, gently lift the speaker, cautiously maneuvering the wire away from the side of the internal housing component toward the front of the camera internal housing component.
Step 18
• Gently lift the LCD screen away from the camera internal housing component hinging the thick yellow wiring tape attached to the camera internal housing component.
• Use a forefinger and thumb to gently pull the thick yellow wiring tape out of the camera internal housing component.
Step 19 Lens
• Flip camera so you are looking at the back.
• Remove the 3 screws from the rear of the camera behind the lens.
Step 20
• Flip camera so the front lens is facing up.
• Unplug lens from logic board.
Step 21
• Flip camera over so the lens is facing down and the back of the camera is facing you.
• Gently pull back on the wire that connects logic board to lens assembly so it is no longer connected.
Step 22
• Flip camera so the front is facing you.
• Carefully lift lens assembly out of camera.

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