Pentax K-01 Installation instructions

Pentax K-01 Disassembly Instructions

Klaus Wolter 6-15-2015

The Pentax K-01 is a pretty simple camera to take apart, provided one has good mechanical skills,

the proper tools and good soldering skills. The trick is finding the right screws to remove in order to

open it up. All of the screws are JIS cross style, very similar to philips, so that’s the only screwdriver

one needs. I also use a plastic guitar pick to pry things apart when needed, a stick with a magnet on

one end to pull screws out with and a camera to document the process.

The K-01 uses two different diameters of screws, two different thread styles, two different colors and

several different lengths so it’s important to keep track of what goes where. I use the following format

to identify the screws for reassembly. Color (B=Black, S=Silver) Thread type (P=Plastic, M=Machine)

then the overall length (In inches, divide by 0.039 for millimeters). So BP.15 = Black screw with

course thread for going into Plastic that’s 0.15” (3.8mm) long. I add the word “Small” if the thread

diameter is smaller than the others.

Let’s get started. Turn the camera on and open the flash. There are two screws under the flash

cover that will need to be removed later. Remove the battery, SD card and camera strap. The

bottom of the camera will be removed first.

Remove the Indicated screws.

Open the battery compartment and remove the following screws. The two screws in the bottom of the

battery tray do not need to be removed to remove the bottom but they will need to come out to

remove the top.

Now the bottom can be removed.

Now carefully peel off the rubber covers on both sides of the camera to reveal the screws

underneath. Place the covers somewhere where the adhesive won’t pick up dirt and debris and don’t

lose the red filter that becomes free. Remove the indicated screw too.

Now to remove the top of the camera. Remove the following screws on the sides of the camera.

Slide the black protector off of the flash shoe and then unclip and remove the spring clip underneath

to expose the four screws. Only three of these small screws need to be removed. If you remove the

4th screw you get to play with several really tiny gold plated metal springs that you most likely don't

want to play with. Also remove the two screws forward of the pop-up flash.

At this point you should be able to pop the top off, with a little help from a plastic guitar pick or the

like. Avoid using something conductive though.

Wow! Now all that’s holding things together are a flex cable and several wires soldered to a small PC

board. The flex cable just slides out with a gentle pull.

WARNING!!

The wires soldered to the little PC board are for the flash. Not only are the wires soldered to this

board but so is the photoflash capacitor and it gets charged to several hundred volts! Bleed off the

charge before you try to unsolder the wires! Then unsolder the wires, noting the colors and where

they go.

From this point on It's pretty obvious how to remove the back of the camera so I'll stop here.

Reassembly Is pretty much the reverse procedure. Take you time, be careful and enjoy the innards

of your camera!

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