Dismantling schematics for Canon 1200D?

:eek: OOOoookay ... that looks like more than a short afternoon's work! But might explain why the "have a look" fee is so expensive.

In both videos, though, they're working at the opposite end of the camera to where I need to go (under the flash for me), so I'm not entirely sure whether I'd need to do all that deconstruction first ...?

GBX wrote: »

Few other bits on here ..
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Canon_EOS_Rebel_T5

Getting closer with that one, thanks. A couple of the tutorials have the top coming off as step 12. An awful lot of ribbon cables to disconnect and re-connect though. Don't mind doing that on a computer where there's room to manoeuvre inside the case and I have a box full of scavenged spare parts; not sure I want to go down that road in the confined space of a camera body, though, when the camera is otherwise doing what it's asked.

For context: the (only) problem is that I can no longer see a nice sharp red dot on the focusing screen after something happened during an on-the-go cleaning of the mirror a couple of years ago. I've since been working through various possible explanations (and picking the brains of service centre personnel if I happen to be passing during opening hours). In the meantime, I've adopted the old fashioned technique of letting the camera use a fixed centre point for focusing and exposure calculations, and reframing the picture with a half-pressed shutter release button ... not a huge inconvenience, but it is mildly annoying!