anyone know how to open up a Canon A700 lens housing?

[lozina]

My Canon A700 camera has one of those automatic lens covers that slide open and shut when you turn the camera on/off.

They wont shut by themselves anymore, or actually one side wont. It gets jammed up and I have to use my fingernail to sort of flick an edge of it and then it slides into place.

I am convinced if I could just open up this lens housing I could brush it off or clean it up a bit and it will work like normal again. Probably just some sand or other gunk that is causing a problem.

But I am not sure how to remove this housing around the lens. The only intuitive part is removing this trim, a plastic ring which wraps around everything that you push a button to release. But beyond that I am not sure how to proceed.

What comes out next and how? Is there some instruction manual on removing this lens ?

Or would you say it's just too delicate or complicated that it's better to take it to some camera repair shop?

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[yhelothar]

I tried taking apart my SD200 once after the lens cover got jammed from dropping it. The lens housing is mostly stuck together by glue and tiny plastic hinges snapping many small pieces into place. It's a biatch to deal with.
You could try it, but A700 sounds pretty dated now and you could probably easily buy a new cam that's as good for what it'd cost to take it to the shop.