No, it is not possible. To get inside the lens, you have to disassemble nearly everything. You can do it, I have disassembled my HX400V for another issue, but also cleaned the lenses with success. You can may have a look into my Teardown of the HX400V, which has very similar optical parts. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX400V Teardown Also this video is maybe helpful for disassemble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ru55zJWH...
I don’t think so. The baseplate, which covers the battery case, is sandwiched between the mainboard and the rest of the camera. Additionally there are many ribbon cables from the mainboard to the rest. I can’t imagine a disassembly procedure to remove the battery case without removing the mainboard and baseplate.
May put something between the battery and the battery case lid to hold the battery in place?
My pleasure, it is really nice to see, that this guide helps others.
Since the image stabilizer was not the failing part in my camera, I haven’t disassembled it further. It would be very cool, if you could take photos of the interior of the image stabilizer and add these to the teardown (even if some parts are missing, it is a teardown ;) ).
The image stabilizer is moving while zooming (it has a nib, see step 19, which is gliding in one of the three inner grooves, see step 17, last image) and therefore also it’s ribbon cable.
Hi, I have not disassembled the image stabilizer during my teardown. I also reassembled the camera and gave it to a friend. I have added Step 19 with all my images, I had from the teardown. But this is all I can provide, I hope you will find a solution