I think this is a GREAT product.
For a long time the issue of screen protection has been a real problem for owners of Nikon DSLRs.In many cases, the rear LCD on these cameras is neither glass nor hard-coated, yet comes from the factory with no protection of any kind.For such cameras the simple act of sliding the body into and out of a clean camera bag is sufficient over time to lead to a haze of fine scratches that mar the appearance of the camera and reduce image contrast when the screen is in use.APPLICABILITY
There are three tiers of Nikon DSLRs as far as screen protection is concerned:
- Nikon's top professional bodies such as the D2x/D3/D3s, and so on, have tempered-glass rear LCDs that are quite tough and very scratch-resistant.In fact, these bodies seem more likely to suffer from a broken screen than a scratched one, seemingly indicating that the screens are sufficiently resistant to being scratched that it takes quite a heavy, damaging impact to make any mark on them at all.In a case like this it's difficult to see the advantage of an auxiliary screen protector of any kind.I wouldn't bother to use anything at all, unless I anticipated some sort of particularly heavy use, in which case an impact-absorbing plastic screen protector like the factory item might be a better choice than the Giottos glass screen protector.
- Nikon's mid-range SLRs such as the D80, D90 and D300 have fairly easily-scratched screens (plastic, I believe) that are protected by clip-on plastic protectors from the factory.These plastic protectors are inexpensively replaced - however, they have very little surface hardness and routinely suffer superficial hazing marks and fine scratches even in careful, ordinary use.In addition, small particles of sand and dust can work themselves between the cover and the screen, leading to damage to the screen itself over time.The covers negatively impact transmission of the image from the screen even when new, and don't take long to deteriorate to the point at which the usability of the screen is much reduced, especially in bright conditions.The Giottos protector is a vast improvement over the standard covers for these cameras, effectively solving the problems of the standard protectors completely (though adding on or two new ones - see below).
- Nikon's entry-level consumer bodies such as the D40/60/3000/5000 have plastic rear LCDs with no screen protection of any kind either supplied or offered by the factory.These screens scratch so easily and universally in use as to be the most serious (often only) cosmetic issue these cameras suffer after months or years in service.These cameras absolutely need some form of aftermarket screen protection, and until now no good solution has been available.
AEGIS
The Giottos Aegis screen protector is glass.It is thinner than commonly available plastic screen protectors, and has visibly less impact on light transmission.It presumably has multiple layers of coatings applied to each side: the precise number of coating layers notwithstanding, it is clear that the Aegis is a high quality optical product, optimized for its function, and that it will transmit light clearly from the screen while minimizing unwanted reflections.
The Aegis has a clear glass area that makes up the majority of its surface.The clear area is designed to be slightly larger than the actual viewable area of each screen it is specified for, such that perfect alignment isn't critical when installing it: a slight mis-alignment will still allow you to view the entire visible picture area of the screen.Surrounding the clear area is a black area that closely matches the black surround on the camera's own screen.On the rear of this black area is a mild adhesive to enable the protector to be semi-permanently adhered to the camera's screen.When installed, the Aegis sits on and just about perfectly fills the LCD area of the camera body it is designed for.
In use, the Aegis is almost completely invisible.Comparing two identical D40s side-by-side in direct sunlight and in low indoor light - one with the Aegis protector installed and one with no screen protection - there is virtually no difference in the appearance of the two screens in either condition.The image through the Aegis screen protector is crisp and contrasty and fully allows the quality of the Nikon's LCD to be appreciated.It is still washed-out by reflections from the sun or a very bright sky, but no more than the standard LCD by itself, and far less than a plastic screen protector (the plastic screen protector's worst quality).Obviously, this refers to new examples of each.With use, the Aegis should remain free of scratches is handled with reasonable care, while the bare LCD or plastic screen protector won't, giving the Aegis a compelling advantage in real-world use.
INSTALLATION
The majority of poor reviews of the Aegis come from people disappointed with its adhesiveness - apparently the Aegis protectors will fall of and/or break off easily in use.Thinking that this might have something to do with care in installation, I took considerable care installing the Aegis on each camera body I've used it on (we have three SLR camera bodies in the house, all with Aegis protectors now installed).
The Aegis is thin and presumably fairly brittle, although it does have enough flex to bend usefully for installation.It comes with a protective plastic layer on both its inner and outer surface.It also comes with a small Giottos micro-fiber cloth, and the instructions advise using the cloth to clean the screen prior to installation.The cloth by itself did not clean the screens to my satisfaction, leaving tiny bits of cloth residue that wouldn't blow or brush off.Personally, my preference anyway is to use a good no-residue optical cleaner, along with lens-cleaning tissues, to clean the screen, and then to blow it dry with a blower-bulb (see my review of the Giottos cleaning kit for my advice on safely cleaning optical surfaces).Make sure to use a cleaner that leaves no residue, as any residue could impede the adherence of the screen.A final light wipe-down with the Giottos cloth can't hurt.Critically important: position the camera body under a bright light before installation so that you can be absolutely certain of the screen's perfect cleanliness.This is very hard to achieve as you will find bits of dust landing on the screen in almost any environment.A little care and patience will pay off.
Because most adhesives work much better in warmer conditions, I lightly heated both the screen itself and the screen protector with a hair dryer before installation.My intention wasn't to get the adhesive hot, but to warm it to slightly above room temperature to help chemically activate it, and to soften it to allow it to conform as well as possible to the screen's surface.
Remove the outer layer of plastic from the screen protector.At first I thought it would be helpful to keep the outer layer in place to help with maneuvering the screen protector into position, but the cover made it more difficult to see exactly how the screen protector was lining up with the screen.I got better results by removing it.
Finally, remove the cover from the adhesive side of the screen protector.Line it up and position first one corner, then an adjacent corner, carefully on the screen in the best alignment you can.If alignment isn't perfect at this point, you will have some ability to gently move or rotate the screen protector until two adjacent corners are nicely lined up.Then gradually and carefully lower the two remaining corners onto the screen, checking and if necessary tweaking the alignment as you go.A small misalignment is possible even if you're careful, but won't have any effect on function.
Immediately after installation, while the screen and the adhesive are still warm, using the microfiber cloth, firmly and evenly apply pressure all the way around the adhesive band on the outside of the protector, working the adhesive into the screen.This should help encourage a strong, permanent bond.
Having applied the screens to our cameras in this way, I haven't had any problem with the screens coming loose in use.Not that it can't happen: If anything Giottos seems to have been too concerned with making sure that the protectors could be easily removed, if desired.Every Aegis comes with clear instructions for removal, for example, and seems that Giottos might have erred in choosing an adhesive that is not as aggressive as it could have been.I do believe that a little care exercised in installation, and appropriate care in use, will mitigate this issue.
DRAWBACKS
Because the Aegis is glass, and thin, it is fairly brittle.While it has advantages as noted compared to the thicker plastic screen protectors as used on the D90/D300 series cameras and their ilk, it has a couple of disadvantages as well.The plastic, although optically inferior and prone to being optically degraded in use, will not shatter in response to impacts, and will provide a level of cushioning to the screen that a thin glass film can not match.If your camera's screen is likely to get bumped against rocks or other hard objects; or to be treated roughly or without care; or to be used in unpredictable environments; a thick, plastic protector will likely offer more protection than the Aegis.The Aegis is optically better, will not scratch easily, and will offer good protection against the kinds of normal handling that a well-cared-for camera will be subject to.It will offer only limited impact protection, however, and will itself be sacrificed if rougher conditions are...Read more›
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Giottos SP8202 Aegis Multi-coated LCD Screen Protector for Nikon D70SProduct Description: Aegis Multi-coated LCD Screen Protector Nikon D70S. Made from tempered Schott glass from Germany. Efficient, effective 12-layer anti-reflective coating.
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I think the product is fairly priced. However, it is portable and easy to manage.
The inlets are color coded for easy set up.I bought this mainly for its WIfi capability.The WIFI was easy to use. I have Netgear wifi for my laptop and that is security enabled. I thought that would be tough to activate. I was pleasantly surprised to see it was easy to set up as the console is intuitive and easy,The box divides the tasks into two categories data management and tools. The internet gives lot of options such as new games and updates. Though I have not used you could test messages to your friends. I did use the netflix streaming. I thought it takes few days but it was ready in 1 min. You need the CD-rom from Netflix for this and you can not download the program a cumbersome task. You have to get a code from Netflix which takes few mins. The streaming is good quality.
SUMMARY: This projector is a joke in terms of color accuracy and black levels/details. I played with it for a few days, finally gave up, and sent it back.
I'm using one of these at home. It's definitely one of the cheaper monitors out there, but the image quality it displays can be dissapointing.
I used coolpix 5000, p80 before, they were much more better than this camera. Especially when you zoom in, all the pictures are flue. I don t know if this is a defect one or just the camera itself is like that. I will try to get rid of it and try an SLR. I will aso write a letter to Nikon if i have the chance to exchange this camera with an SLR paying more.
Despite the severe lack of product information, judging by the weight and suggested retail price I believe this is the 73" screen. In the HDTV format, they have also have a 90" screen which is the one I bought. These two HDTV screens use the Da-lite "Wide Power" screen surface which is similar to their well known "High Power" surface used by many home theater buffs. The gain of the Wide Power is slightly lower than the High Power (2.2 vs 2.4), but gives you a wider viewing angle (45 vs 30 degrees) so it actually works better for the average living room where some seating may be off to the side.
Great versatile screen for old fashioned home movies or those hobby oriented folks who want to remember the olden days of projection.We're using it for our 8mm feature film collection. Like the settings for wide screen and tilt feature for odd room angles.Packaging good and delivery quick from supplier.
This lightbox was purchased as a portable artist's light box, and as such has exceeded expectations so far. It's very slim, very light weight, well designed and brighter/more powerful than expected. I can transfer drawings through some fairly opaque paper (90-lb. Rising Stonehenge tinted drawing paper) and it's size & weight make it ideal for bringing along to workshops and open studios. I would not hesitate to recommend this for artists on the go.
Having heard and read about DaLite in various places, I thought I would give them a try for my home theater set-up.
You do not mention the screen size.
Poor service. Here a month and a couple days later I still have not received this product. Tried contacting seller but no response to email or via phone. Wish ebay would help me out...
I have this screen in 100" size and think it is a great value for the money compared to the Stewart Firehawk.I use this screen with the Sharp 10K DLP projector.
I purchased this for my small office.It worked well for our small lecture series (large enough for 40 people to see)and the CSR feature took a bit to get used to, but in the few times that we've used it, the screen gently glided back into it's case after a few intial pulls up and down (similar to getting used to rolling shades).Good screen for the price.
This lcd protector is really nice and looking through the pictures you take, the quality of the images is at least as nice as w/o the cover.
The PE7700 is an amazing projector, in it's time. There are comparable projectors out there for about the same price now. When I first turned it on and had it shining on my freshly painted dark forest green wall, my mouth dropped open from how good it looked. I had Batman Begins in my Sony up convert HDMI DVD player. After installing a theater screen I was able to see the true magic from this projector. I noticed only a slight blur from very fast moving action, granted on a 10ft screen you should noticed about anything. The colors are good, blacks are deep and the projector is easy to tweak. The projector has one bad problem. The projector has a bulb issue, and almost any PE7700 made in 2006 need a firmware upgrade to reduce the premature bulb failure. I had one bulb fail in 500 hours and a second after 50. I have sent back the projector for a firmware upgrade and a new bulb. I had to haggle for the replacement bulb, as long as it doesn't fail again prematurely, I will stick with projector for another 2-3 years. I paid $2400 2 years ago for the projector, mount and replacement bulb. Now a new one can be picked up for under $1000. BenQ has a great warranty period of 3 years for their projector. This one has been good with the exception of the bulb failure, but that can be a costly problem at $350 for a bulb replacement.
This gives a crystal clear picture!! Very nice. The CSR works perfectly.It did not come with hardware(hooks to secure it to the ceiling ect).I got them from a hardware store for less than a buck however.
We use the da-lite B for video from a $500 Epson projector in the basement, so our standards aren't super high.We've been very happy with it - a huge improvement over the bedsheet we used before.It seems well made.
Of cource it fit well with the screen and easy to carry. While I was travelling in Japan, it was very helpful. If you buy the screen, this is the one you should have with it.
Looks nice.I was worried that a pull-down screen would look cheap or would curve in on the sides, but this looks very nice and has worked wonderfully.It's a little tricky to get the screen back up at first, but once you do it a few times, you'll be a pro.The price was definitely right on this screen too.
This bag is a must have for those that travel.It really covers and protects your projector screen.Especially those that use this screen for private functions where the screen is suppose to look nice and new for high-class elegant affairs.It will definitely keep your screen from scratches or dents.I highly recommend you to get this.
This thing was very easy to mount, and adjust, as long as you have a way to mount a threaded pipe to your ceiling.We clamped ours down with a cheeseborough clamp to a pipe that was already running along the ceiling.
I ordered this for our church, looking to replace a decades-old DaLite which finally gave up the ghost. We're using this at church for projecting from a video projector. The screen is very well constructed, nice and solid. My only misgiving is the plastic lever used to spring out the tripod legs. It looks like it won't survive maybe 200 openings, but we'll see.
This was easy to install and looks like it will protect the screen sufficiently. This is a glass screen cover, not a plastic sticker/cover.
I have had much better luck with my screen protector (now on D3 for one year). It still looks like new. The camera has been to about 50 Events and had about 300.000 clicks. If the edges were getting chipped I would not like to see what the LCD would look like without it. Sound like others abuse their cameras a lot.
We tested this unit on a stucco wall for starters and the picture was unbelievable. Can't wait to see it on a high contrast screen !! The motor is super quiet. I am not one to always go with name brands, but I have never been dissappointed with a SOny product yet.
La Imagen que se consigue con la pantalla es magnifica tanto en brillo como en contraste . Solo le veo un pero y es que con el precio tan alto que tiene podria incluir en el precio el medio sujeccion al menos el del techo que es una anilla simple. Por lo demas es un producto excepcional que no defrauda,
I have a middling projector - the Epson 6500UB - and was looking for a screen that would give a reasonably good image, was sturdy and was sized for my application.I've seen fixed screens at shows going for 10, 20 and 30 times as much money.They surely have an edge in imaging quality, but nowhere near 10, 20 to 30 times better.I am quite content with the result; some friends feel like dumping their big plasma tvs after seeing this.