fifthplace

My first camera, my Nikon Coolpix 3700 died a few months back after a friend shoved it into his pocket with the lens open, and the lens would not open, so I put it aside for awhile...until yesterday. I was bored, and while looking for an allen wrench in a drawer, I saw it. I had nothing better to do, so I took it apart thinking I could give it a new body, maybe save it. Luckly, what I thought was a a much more serious issue, was actully quite a simple fix. The lens is telescoping, and shoots out of the camera when it is turned on. I figured the gears that would open the lens where stripped, just guessing from the ghastly noise it makes. Af