#1 Camera Repair Problem - Damaged LCD Screen

Here we've got some details about things i believe to become the #1 camera repair problem: damaged LCD screens.

We reside in a throw-away society, it is a inescapable fact. You purchase that completely new fancy camera with the features for 0, as well as in 6 several weeks to at least one year it's worth maybe half that, and so the unthinkable happens: you drop it also it breaks. The LCD is cracked, or even the lens is jammed where do you turn? You mind to the shop together with your poor little camera and also the guy behind the counter (discussion nothing about cameras aside from what's written around the box, as well as less about camera repair) informs you it isn't worthwhile to repair it and you ought to toss it within the trash. You are feeling scammed and mad in the camera manufacturer and also you toss it and purchase a replacement produced by someone else.

You will find options, you will find ALWAYS options to each problem. Honest! Yes, it costs 0 to repair the digital camera, company you can purchase that camera within the bubble pack in stock at W**l M**t (they do not pay my bills... I do not advertise their title, sorry) for under 0, but what type of quality would you honestly expect from the 0 camera? Not so top quality I really hope, because you are not getting it.

#1 - Damaged/cracked LCD screen.

It had been hard that i can choose from a jammed lens along with a damaged LCD screen however i tied to LCD for #1 because it's all too easy to interrupt your LCD you don't even need to touch your camera to get it done!

The LCD (Liquid Crystal) may be the view screen on the rear of your camera that allows the thing is menus, playback pictures etc. The LCD is extremely thin, very fragile, as well as on several cameras completely Unguaranteed! Look at the rear of the digital camera, may be the screen recessed slightly or perhaps is the rear of your camera flat and smooth? Whether it's flat you've got a protective 'window' or 'glass' within the LCD to assist prevent damage and breakage. When not flat, you've got nothing safeguarding your LCD and really should put a high quality LCD screen protector around the camera and never individuals thin, flimsy 'saran wrap' plastic film screen suppressors, they're useless.

- Don't leave the digital camera inside your vehicle in summer time or winter. Extreme warmth may cause growth of the liquid within the LCD and make it 'crack', and on the other hand of products extreme cold can make it freeze!

- Don't put anything facing the LCD inside your camera bag, it'll bang from the LCD and crack it (yes, even when it features a window regarding this, it'll break!)

- Don't place your camera inside your back pocket after which sit lower!

- Don't place your camera inside your front pocket after which rollover onto it.

-... Just don't place your camera inside your jean pocket please. =)

Ok, therefore it is damaged, where do you turn now?

- The maker will just site impact damage and can refuse the repair even when your camera wasn't dropped etc. You can test, and If only you luck, however they most likely will not repair it.

- Search for a defective camera on e**y (hey they do not pay me to market on their behalf...) making one good camera in the two if you're handy.

- Search for a real camera repair business and never somebody who will be sending it towards the manufacturer and let you know it's 0 and 4-6 days to correct. (When they let you know this, they aren't fixing your camera for you personally, they're delivering it towards the manufacturer, guaranteed)

Many LCD screens are extremely simple to install and you may do-it-yourself and you just need a little screwdriver. Other LCD's are tough to install, as well as professionals tend not to do them! I can not let you know Brand.... is the greatest and Brand... may be the worst, almost all like this. Certain Number of cameras have one or two models which are hard to focus on, the relaxation seem to be fairly easy. You have to decide upon yourself if you wish to open the digital camera and check out the repair yourself or otherwise.

How's an LCD changed?

With many Canon camera LCD screens for instance (with them because the example simply because they possess the biggest share of the market) whatever you do is disconnect the ribbon cable for that LCD and also the backlight (the sunshine that stands out with the LCD and enables you to view what's on screen) after which install the brand new LCD. Some include the backlight attached, some don't. Some backlights have to be soldered towards the mainboard from the camera, some don't.

- Make sure not play with the expensive capacitor contacts! You'll zap yourself should you choose, and it'll HURT a little. You'll most likely throw the digital camera over the room if this happens. (Yeah, I have tried it, I have been repairing cameras for five years so....) We've 'flash capacitor dischargers' and employ them each time we open a camera.

I really hope this sheds some light about them. You don't have to throw the digital camera away since the LCD is damaged, and you may even repair it yourself!

Thomas Drayton