Good day my friends on CR4!
I recently purchased a digital camera that had a zoom problem. I thought the problem was more complicated than it was, and took the lens assembly apart.
If anyone is familiar with the read lens on a CD player, this optical assembly is very similar. It has a voice coil motor like assembly, where current is induced in several coils to position the focus lens.
In trying to clean the lens, I took it apart and did not note the polarity of the magnets when I cleaned it.
The Camera is a Sony DSC-H1.
It would be a great help to me personally if anyone can offer me advice on the proper orientation of the magnets. Each magnet has a red mark on the side of the longest portion near a corner. It would make aligning the magnets easy-if one knew how to align the marks.
Please see the pictures below:
Here is the assembly, magnet side:
Here is the assembly, other side:
Here is the magnet side assembly, with the cover removed:
And finally, here is the magnet against a keeper plate, with the red stripe (Thicker piece, mark on top) visible:

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