Digital Camera LCD Screen Care
Digital Camera LCD Screen Care
Digital cameras are delicate items and it is important that you take good care of them. Warranties last for either one or two years, but it is very easy to damage a camera and then find it is no longer covered for repair under warranty. With the most basic of repairs costing over £100 it is very easy to write off a digital camera. The LCD screen remains one of the most vulnerable areas of a digital camera. With many digital cameras no longer having a viewfinder the role of the LCD screen has become even more significant. Recently a case where a screen had stopped working was reported to me. The camera was within warranty and was sent to a repair centre. There engineers discovered the camera had been squashed at some point causing a tiny chip to the corner of the screen. This was barely visible to the naked eye, but was the reason why the screen no longer worked. Although the damage was accidental it was considered that it had been caused by misuse and the camera had not simply broken down. Because of the way the damage had been caused the camera could not be repaired under warranty. To have the screen repaired outside of the warranty would have cost £130. This is almost exactly what the camera would cost to replace new. On top of this you also have the expense of sending the camera off to the repair centre in the first place. Therefore the camera was really a write off. Although in most cases like this you can lodge a claim on your home insurance this is not really a route you would like to go down unless you have to. When I asked the engineers about the problem I was told that although not a common problem it was one they had seen on a number of occasions. Although they could not be sure how the damage had been caused they said it was consistent with the camera being squeezed between other items in a packed suitcase or that someone had put the camera in a back pocket and sat on it. Therefore you can see just how easy it is to damage the screen. There is very little I can recommend to help you overcome this sort of problem. All you can really do is take as much care of your camera as possible. You could consider buying a camera case though. The downside of this is that it may make it difficult to fit a camera in a pocket. Cases are relatively inexpensive. For a pocket sized digital camera you can pick one up for around £7 - £8 or even cheaper. These will offer some extra protection. For me the best place to pick up a camera case is from your local camera shop. A decent size shop should have two or three to choose from. Although the addition of a case doesn’t mean you can be reckless with a camera it does offer a degree of protection and could save you from writing off your camera.
Article taken from Cameras.co.uk
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