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Sony A7III DIY CONVERSION TUTORIAL
Introduction
DIY tutorial of the Sony A7III.
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Step 1
- Remove all 9 screws on the bottom of the camera and take off the plate, the silver plate underneath, and remove the battery door
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Step 2
- Remove the screw in the battery compartment.
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Step 3
- Open the card slot door and remove the 2 screws in there.
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Step 4
- Open the port covers and remove the 4 screws underneath
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Step 5
- Tilt-back the LCD and remove the 1 screw in the top left of the back
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Step 6
- Remove the 4 screws around the EVF and the 1 in the diopter
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Step 7
- Peel off the leathers on the handgrip, and remove the 2 silver screws towards the back.
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Step 8
- Start pull the back panel separate from the body, but don’t completely pull it off yet.
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Step 9
- With the camera face down, lift the back panel off and disconnect the ribbon that is connecting it to the board.
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Step 10
- Disconnect the ribbon connected to the EVF, then pull the EVF out.
- There is some adhesive thermal padding at the back, which is holding it back. Wiggle the EVF to loosen it, and then carefully pull on it to remove it.
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Step 11
- Next remove the top. To do so, remove the 2 screws that were behind the EVF. Then remove the screw in the top left, deep in the camera and by the “A7III” label, and the screw in the top-right, by the strap loop mount.
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Step 12
- Remove the 2 screws on the sides of the handgrip, next to the front dial.
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Step 13
- Disconnect the two ribbons connected to the top
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Step 14
- Pull off the top piece of the camera, as well as the port panel.
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Step 15
- Begin removing the tape and disconnecting the ribbons. Also remove the screw holding the headphone jack.
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Step 16
- Peel the heat tape all the way back to reveal to ribbons by the card readers
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Step 17
- Remove the 5 screws holding the board
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Step 18
- There are 2 ribbon on the underside of the motherboard, located at the top on the right-side, above the card reader.
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Step 19
- There’s another ribbon on the underside of the board, in the lower left corner.
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Step 20
- Once everything is disconnected, take out the board
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Step 21
- Remove the screws holding the metal heat shielding, and take it off.
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Step 22
- Peel back the heat tape from the top and bottom. Be careful peeling it, the tape may pull apart.
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Step 23
- Peel off the tape in the lower left corner revealing a screw. Then remove the 3 senor screws.
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Step 24
- Take out the sensor.
- Be careful when removing the sensor. This camera uses shims to calibrate the sensor, which are very thin metal leaves. If a shim falls out of place or is damaged, your camera will not be able to focus properly.
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Step 25
- End
