The Superstition Mountains to the east of Phoenix, Arizona are stunningly beautiful in the spring. This is a 21 image stitch done in lightroom of 12MP files.
I am happy to give good news on this little project. I was able to separate the CCD/Sensor board from the lens module with the bad autofocus motor. I borrowed a friend's heat gun and I slowly heated the assembly up while I held it in a vice...