Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 Viewfinder Replacement

Written By: Kristen Gismondi
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX85 Viewfinder Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

10

Time Required

30 minutes

Introduction

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    • Remove the plastic hot shoe cover by sliding it towards the rear of the camera.

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    • Using a spudger, gently lift the forward end of the shoe spring to disengage its locking mechanism.

    • While holding the forward end of the shoe spring up, push from its lifted end to remove the shoe spring.

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    • Remove the two 6.0mm silver Phillips #0 screws closest to the display screen.

    • Do not remove the two forward-most silver screws.

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    • Turn the camera so the side with the jack cover is facing you.

    • Near the camera's top end, remove the 4.0mm black Phillips #0 screw on the bottom in this orientation.

    • Open the jack cover and remove the 4.0mm black Phillips #0 screw inside.

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    • Flip the camera upside down so the bottom of the camera is facing you.

    • Remove the two center 2.5mm black Phillips #0 screws.

    • Remove the outer 4.5mm black Phillips #0 screw.

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    • Turn the camera so the display screen is facing you.

    • Rotate the top of the screen away from the camera body to access and remove the 4.5mm black Phillips #0 screw.

    • Remove the rear camera cover by gently pulling from the top side.

    • When removing the rear cover, pull apart slowly to prevent damaging the ribbon cable connecting the display screen and the Sub PCB.

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    • Turn the camera so the lens is facing down with the rear cover pulled back.

    • Disconnect the ribbon cable from the camera by pulling up on the black locking tab with an iFixit opening tool.

    • Pull the ribbon cable from the connector. The rear cover is now completely detached from the camera.

    • Do not bend the ribbon cable excessively and take care not to damage the ribbon cable.

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    • Remove the 4.5mm black Phillips #0 screw under the viewfinder.

    • Gently pull the viewfinder cover from the camera.

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    • Remove the 2.5mm silver Phillips #0 screw located below the viewfinder.

    • Remove the ribbon cable from the underside of the camera by unlatching the black locking tab with an iFixit opening tool then pulling the ribbon away from the connector.

    • Do not bend the ribbon cable excessively and take care not to damage the ribbon cable.

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    • Remove the small ribbon cable by gently pulling it away from the camera with ESD safe tweezers.

    • Remove the viewfinder from the camera body.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Kristen Gismondi

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One comment

Is it possible to just remove the viewfinder cover seen on step 8 without anything else? (Provided that I have a screwdriver with a flexible end that can fit in there without messing the screen up). Thanks.

Daniel Ristic -