Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/10/24

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Subject: [Leica] LCD Protector for M9
From: shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:26:23 -0400
References: <COL119-W2778C9A9BFEDACB77B548A82BC0@phx.gbl> <BLU0-SMTP91C8BE53E84B5C98843A438CBB0@phx.gbl> <36172e5a0910241822u28ad6b04yda764757657c86e8@mail.gmail.com>

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
>>>
>>>       
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In reply to: Message from gregj_lorenzo at hotmail.com (Greg Lorenzo) ([Leica] LCD Protector for M9)
Message from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] LCD Protector for M9)
Message from hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson) ([Leica] LCD Protector for M9)