How to Clean, Upgrade, Repair, Mod, Disassemble a Ricoh Camera

Do you want to personalize or repair your camera made by Ricoh?

Here is a collection of free do-it-yourself take apart instructions, disassembly pictures, upgrade and repair manuals, as well as modding and cleaning tutorials for Ixus, Ixy, PowerShot cameras. If you have written a guide yourself (or if you know of tips and tricks not mentioned here), please submit a new entry.

Ricoh GX100Remove the internal hot mirror filter and recalibrate the auto focus of the camera. By doing this, you don’t need to have long exposure and bring a tripod for infrared picture shootings.
Ricoh Super ShotRight underneath the lens nameplate and accessible through holes in the next ring are — count them — four variable resistors for adjusting the sensitivity of the AE system.
Ricoh Super ShotAn illustrated take apart guide (in Japanese).
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