Casio Exilim EX-Z850 lens assembly replacement

Remove the four screws on the side with the speaker

Remove the four screws from the bottom of the camera.

Remove the four screws on the side opposite of the speaker.

Once all screws have been removed, gently pry open bottom casing.

With tweezers, carefully remove ribbon from LCD screen.

Set bottom casing aside.

Remove ribbon from the rear casing.

Set aside rear casing.

Use tweezers or prongs to pry the LCD screen off from the opening.

Lift up the LCD screen, slowly move it to the other side.

Pry off the LCD casing which is taped on to the frame.

Flip open the connector holding the ribbon.

Pull out the LCD screen with the ribbon from the camera.

Pull apart the front casing.

Remove two screws on the side where the battery is located.

Remove the lanyard loop after the screws come off.

Slowly pull the side casing so it becomes dislocated from the top of the camera frame.

On the front of the camera near the flash flip the connector holding the ribbon.

Remove the ribbon from the connector.

Carefully remove the L shaped frame from the camera.

At the bottom of the camera the L shaped frame is being held in by two plastic bumps and a metal tab. Pop the frame off the bumps and tabs.

The blue box is the speaker box.

On the logic board next to the lens is a connector with a ribbon.

Flip the connector and remove the ribbon

Remove the frame on the back side of the camera where the LCD screen was.

Remove the two screws connecting the frame with the camera

Slowly pry off the frame from the camera

After removing the frame a plastic piece with two yellow button connections should fall off.

Note: This plastic piece is soldered to two wires a yellow and orange one.

On the back of the camera where the LCD screen was, remove 3 screws located behind the lens.

Remove the large orange ribbon previously held in by screws from the camera.

On the backside of the camera where the indicator lamp is located remove the two screws.

On the side of the indicator lamp remove a screw.

On the front side of the indicator lamp remove the a screw.

This should remove the indicator lamp from the lens.

The lens is now detached from the camera except for the ribbon soldered onto the logic board.