screen protection

[David4966]

Any feed back welcome.

I have just come off you tube where the chap doing the demo said that he always got rid of the rear protector for a number of reasons. I was actually in the throes of getting a new protector for my camera and looking for a glass one, as opposed to plastic but now I have heard this chaps opinion would anyone else have a say on whether it is best to go bare back or not?

[Manfred M]

The protector is there to protect the screen from scratches and other forms of damage. It does reduce the quality of what you see a bit, but so what.

I had the misfortune to drop my camera onto some rocks in a volcano on a trip to Iceland and it sustained some minor damage (cracked upper housing) that required it going back to Nikon after I got home. The deeply scratched protective cover needed replacing to, but not the expensive screen that sat below it.

[loosecanon]

I use a protector, as just like the protective filter on the front of a lens, it can be cleaned or replaced much easier and cheaper than if its the camera screen.

I use a plastic one made but cutting a type sold for mobile phones, called "Copter" Not easy to cut. It is supposed to be the material put on the edge of helecopter blades to protect them. It is certainly very resistant to scratches, and very clear. I find best to cut with sharp knife with the material held down with metal rulers both sides.

You apply it with a fluid, which avoids air spaces under the film, and so far they have lasted over 18 months with no damage. Visability is as good as no screen protector, though reflectance is not the same as coated glass. A real advantage is that the material works on touch screens. My EOS M seems to work just as well after adding the screen as before, but finger prints etc show up less with the screen on.

[Glenn NK]

That plastic surface on the back of your camera IS the LCD protector. The ones on some bodies can be peeled off and replaced with a new one (this in particular applies to Canon bodies).

Does the protector need another one? Of course the guy that sells them thinks so.

OTOH, the front lens element DOES NOT come with a protector.

Glenn

[Adrian]

I do not use protectors at all. My cameras prefer to be used in the nude

It depends how risk averse / clumsy you are. To me a camera is a tool and although I look after them, they are there for function. Selling protectors for phones, cameras and so on is big business that in my mind preys on a very small risk.