Repairing Casio Exilim EX-Z350 Lens mechanics

Remove three screws on bottom and two on the side

With screwdriver remove the cover that hides more screws

Remove two additional screws.

On the picture, the previous owner hasn´t removed the screws but openend the camera nevertheless

Carefully lift rear cover with a spudger. Start with bottom side first, then top side.

Insert spudger as shown to lift camera out of case on bottom area around the tripod thread first

Once the bottom part is out, its easy to carefully pull out the camera

Parts separated so far on last picture

With fine tip screwdriver lift metal frame that holds LCD display on one corner.

Carefully continue on other corner until metal frame snaps out

To release the LCD ribbon cable lift the tiny black bar carefully with a fla blade screwdriver or spudger

Second pic shows open connector

Front shot of the camera

Remove the two screws shown in first picture

Unhook the first easy to access clip on the side of the lens body

Unhook the second more obstructed hook. Be careful not to touch the capacitor's connectors (black round thingy), it might still be charged.

If the two hooks are unhooked, the lens body can be lifted upwards.

The metal frame separates from the rest of the camera.

It´s still connected to the black plastic of the bottom part.

Rotate it counterclockwise to unhook it from the little plastic pins

Finally the metal frame is gone

As before, carefully lift the two black flaps of the camera sensor and lens connectors

Second picture shows flap up

The lens body (and sensor) are removed

Remove four phillips screws, one is hidden under a small cover

Unhook one clip

Place the lens facing down before continuing.

Carefully pry the box open as shown. The top part is the sensor, so once open do try to keep it clean.

First a picture of the sensor and the rest

Now remove two small gears as shown

Remove small axis with a pair of good pliers. The axis needs to be removed as otherwise the zoom lens will not come off easily

Last picture shows the assembly with zoom lens still on.

When lifting the zoom lens, the stabilizer lens will swing up. Remember this upon assembly, as you will have to move it back (down) again

Here´s the stabilizer lens visible

Lift the zoom lens as shown

The small gear has a notch in the housing that the nose must be fitted back in upon assembly

The stabilizer lens (or what I call it, it might be the focus after all) is kept in place with three clips.

Red arrow shows direction in which stabilizer lens must be moved upon assembly

Unhook all three and the little noses come out of their holder

Carefully pull out the inner lens body.

Lift the lens barrel out by pushing slightly from the front

Unhook the inner control ring as shown. The spudger needs almost no force and the ring springs out

The inner ring can be lifted out. It has three guides with different shape, so fitting back in is possible without a marking

Now the last two parts can be separated.

Rotate the parts carefully against each other until the three metal noses move out of their guidance rails.

Here´s a overview of all the parts we´ve got.

I really cannot work out how to correctly operate the crop tool...

Putting back together isn´t much more difficult, and would have worked in my case if not for the charged capacitor and a non-isolated screwdriver, but that´s a different story.