Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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Curious about what lies beneath the black (and maybe silver) panels of your Fujifilm X100T? Wonder no more, as iFixit has just published a disassembly guide. With nary more than a Phillips #00 screwdriver, tweezers and a heavy-duty spudger you’ll be well on your way to unlocking the mysteries of Fujifilm’s beloved mirrorless model. See some of the highlights here, and be sure to check out the full guide at iFixit.
Take a look at the Fujifilm X100T Disassembly Guide at iFixit
Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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An easy but important first step – removing the camera battery to ensure you make it through the disassembly process unscathed, whether or not your camera does.
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Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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A nylon spudger is recommended to nudge the edge of the leather skin up, so that you don’t scratch the surface of the camera. From there, it can be carefully peeled back by hand.
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Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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Starting on the bottom, you’ll put the screwdriver to work removing the screws securing the cameras side and bottom plates.
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Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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After removing many tiny screws, the back panel can be pulled back from the camera body, revealing a scene that looks like this. The LCD and back panel can both be removed by gently pulling on the ribbons that connect them to the camera body.
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Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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With a couple more screws removed, a silver frame covering the guts of the camera can be pulled back. You’ll use a plastic opening tool to pry the orange ribbon connecting this component the main part of the camera.
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Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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After removing even more screws, the top panel can be lifted from the camera body, and detached using a plastic opening tool.
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Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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Before long, you’ll find something that looks like this. You’re looking at the back side of the sensor and its associated circuitry, beyond which lies the lens.
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Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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With the sensor out of the way, the next step is to remove the covering on the back of the lens.
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Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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With that removed, you’ll remove some more screws to reveal a coiled spring. We were a bit puzzled by this one, but our friend Roger Cicala over at LensRentals had some insight, as usual. The X100T’s focus motor only drives the focusing element in one direction, so the spring works to push the element back the other way. Using this kind of system probably saves a bit of battery life and reduces size. You learn something new every day, right?
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Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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Here’s the X100T’s motherboard, freed from the body of the camera. iFixit recommends metal tweezers to pull the orange ribbon from the component and detach it.
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Fujifilm X100T iFixit disassembly guide
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If all goes well, your disassembly will result in something like this. Don’t worry, you can put the whole thing back together again by following the directions in reverse.
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