Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I've got a Giotto on my M8, and it can and has been taken off non-destructively (with respect to both screen and camera). -rei Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > Vick my Giottos definitely only attaches by a narrow edge (~1mm) of 3M > double sided tape around the periphery. I have never tried to take it off. > I've read reports of people trying to remove protectors with heat too and > one where the actual LCD cover came off in that circumstance. Very possibly > that original is bonded with a UV cured glue? > By the way I just found (and ordered) these again from a seller on the Bay. > The Giottos one costs more than the GGS one however it is of twelve layers > instead of four and has a claimed light transmission of 98% vs. ~90% for > the > other. > I think that there was more than one version of protector marketed under > the > Giottos brand (a 'pro' design and a cheaper one) > > 2009/10/25 Vick Ko <vick.ko at sympatico.ca> > > >> Greg, >> >> I did use a Giotto screen, as recommended to you and was quite happy with >> it, on my first M8. But I sold that M8. The Giotto sticks to the entire >> surface of the LCD, and reportedly needs heat to remove. >> >> On my second M8, I had trouble finding the Giotto screen, so I got the >> cheap LCD protector sheets that you get at Shopper's Drug Mart, or Black's >> Camera, and carefully cut the rectangle out, and stuck it on my M8. The >> first one wasn't perfect, and the corner kept lifting. I put on a second >> sheet, and it's been perfect since, even after months of usage. >> >> I did buy the ZAGG LCD protector ( >> http://www.zagg.com/invisibleshield/camera/leica) buy haven't installed >> it, since the el-cheapo screen is working just fine. >> >> ....Vick >> >> >> >> >> >> Greg Lorenzo wrote: >> >> >>> Can someone recommend a LCD protector for the M9? >>> >>> >>> I would prefer one that attaches just along the outer edge of the LCD. >>> >>> >>> TIA. >>> >>> >>> Greg Lorenzo >>> >>> Calgary, Canada >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> > > > >