On my Wacom pen tablet, which got scratched after many years, I cut a piece off an A4 transparency sheet, and taped that down over the surface: works fine and can be easily replaced when worn. It also doesn't matter if I use a wet cleaner on it.
Should work just as well on an LCD screen - I'll try it on my *ist-D. HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Friday, 7 October 2011 6:16 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Clear Packing Tape on LCD From: Bipin Gupta > Someone suggested here on PDML use of good quality clear packing tape > on the LCD, like the one made by the 3M company. > CAUTION / ACHTUNG ! While removing it, considerable force is required. > Chances are you will pull the LCD screen out if not careful. The LCD > screen is stuck with double sided tape to the camera body. > That someone was me. You should be careful, but it's not inherently dangerous to your camera. No more so than applying one of the expensive LCD screen protectors you can buy from camera stores. And it lays down smoother than those commercial screen protectors. Best to leave it on until it begins to wear off by itself. The whole idea is the tape is there until it gets too scratched up to see through. The tape gets scratched up, but the LCD does not. When the protective cover is worn enough that it's time to replace it, peel it from a corner and draw the tape *across*, doubling it back on itself rather than trying to pull it straight out. At that point, very little force is required. Especially if you don't try to pull it straight up. Never try to pull it straight up. Another alternative is to clear contact acetate like we used in the Army for laminating topo maps, but the mil-spec product is very hard to find. You can use the "Contact Paper" brand clear acetate that is sold at Target, Walmart or Kmart (& who knows where else), but my experience is it's not quite as transparent as the tape is, and it's not as easy to smooth out any bubbles that might occur. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
