Digital Blue Digital Movie Creator disassembly

The following is a well-documented disassembly of the Digital Blue Digital Movie Creator 2.0.

Fully assembled camera

After unscrewing a couple of screws, the case is easily pried apart with a screwdriver.

Case opened

Now we can get a good look at the actual camera unit. It turns out to be quite small. The smaller circle on top is the microphone.

Camera unit

Further disassembly reveals the CCD sensor.

Lens and CCD

Close-up CCD

Further disassembly:

Tiny microphone

Primitive speaker

Top button unit

Close-up of button

Logic board

Interestingly, the LCD is not in fact round, as demonstrated by removal of the black faceplate:

Square LCD

Disassembling some soldered aluminum casing (fun!) reveals the other side of the logic board.

Other side of logic board

Finally, a view of the fully disassembled camera.

All of the parts