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Hi folks,

I was up a mountain the other day, had a fall and now the LCD display
on my Canon 400D is broken - i.e. big splodge of black and cracked
(the casing is OK).

I phoned up a repair shop who said it would be at £150+VAT to replace
- ouch! Is it possible to replace this myself? If so any pointers
for instructions?

Many thanks,
Ian

"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:31c848d6-e4b9-4f35-93a4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi folks,
>
> I was up a mountain the other day, had a fall and now the LCD display
> on my Canon 400D is broken - i.e. big splodge of black and cracked
> (the casing is OK).
>
> I phoned up a repair shop who said it would be at £150+VAT to replace
> - ouch! Is it possible to replace this myself? If so any pointers
> for instructions?
>
> Many thanks,
> Ian
>
> Here's a pic of a replacement LCD for sale on eBay.
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=320294094763 The price is
> $50 and they ship worldwide (I know you're in the UK but hopefully that
> gives you some idea of the cost). It looks like the part just has a press
> fit connector. On the 40D the plastic cover attaches with some kind of
> adhesive and has a gasket around it. Here's a link to refitting the LCD
> cover on the 30D which is just held on with tape.
> http://www.keithloh.com/drupal/repla..._lcd_protector It all looks
> relatively easy, avoiding getting dust in the camera body would be a
> consideration though.
>
> HTH

I haven't gotten the chance to break any of mine yet, but I have read
about the LCD Glass replacement few years ago, and I believe it costs around
$30-35 or so. So you are pretty close, and quite often eBay isn't the
cheapest place.

Joel <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> "Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> >
> > <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:31c848d6-e4b9-4f35-93a4-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I was up a mountain the other day, had a fall and now the LCD display
> > on my Canon 400D is broken - i.e. big splodge of black and cracked
> > (the casing is OK).
> >
> > I phoned up a repair shop who said it would be at £150+VAT to replace
> > - ouch! Is it possible to replace this myself? If so any pointers
> > for instructions?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> > Ian
> >
> > Here's a pic of a replacement LCD for sale on eBay.
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=320294094763 The price is
> > $50 and they ship worldwide (I know you're in the UK but hopefully that
> > gives you some idea of the cost). It looks like the part just has a press
> > fit connector. On the 40D the plastic cover attaches with some kind of
> > adhesive and has a gasket around it. Here's a link to refitting the LCD
> > cover on the 30D which is just held on with tape.
> > http://www.keithloh.com/drupal/repla..._lcd_protector It all looks
> > relatively easy, avoiding getting dust in the camera body would be a
> > consideration though.
> >
> > HTH
>
> I haven't gotten the chance to break any of mine yet, but I have read
> about the LCD Glass replacement few years ago, and I believe it costs around
> $30-35 or so. So you are pretty close, and quite often eBay isn't the
> cheapest place.

Here is one of the old story

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=10852446

On Sep 4, 10:27*pm, thegeob...@googlemail.com wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I was up a mountain the other day, had a fall and now the LCD display
> on my Canon 400D is broken - i.e. big splodge of black and cracked
> (the casing is OK).
>
> I phoned up a repair shop who said it would be at £150+VAT to replace
> - ouch! *Is it possible to replace this myself? *If so any pointers
> for instructions?

I don't know which repair shop you tried - there is an excellent on in
Edinburgh, JP Cameras, who might be able to help (http://
www.jpcameras.co.uk/). BTW did the £150 include the new part or not?
If it did I would say it's not such a bad price, and you are shifting
the cost if anything goes wrong to the repair shop. I have used JP
(not for what you need!) and they are excellent - it's a one-man shop,
the service is excellent and obviously there isn't a problem with
getting to talk to someone who knows what they are talking about. The
shop is worth a visit as well. It's Dickensian in terms of the way
stuff is filed everywhere!

On Sep 4, 10:27*pm, thegeob...@googlemail.com wrote:

> I was up a mountain the other day, had a fall and now the LCD display
> on my Canon 400D is broken - i.e. big splodge of black and cracked
> (the casing is OK).
>
> I phoned up a repair shop who said it would be at £150+VAT to replace
> - ouch! *Is it possible to replace this myself? *If so any pointers
> for instructions?


PS hope you didn't hurt yourself, and would your household insurance
cover this?

> On Sep 4, 10:27*pm, thegeob...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
>> I was up a mountain the other day, had a fall and now the LCD display
>> on my Canon 400D is broken - i.e. big splodge of black and cracked
>> (the casing is OK).
>>
>> I phoned up a repair shop who said it would be at £150+VAT to replace
>> - ouch! *Is it possible to replace this myself? *If so any pointers
>> for instructions?
>

>
As long as the camera still works you can take a trip back in time and be
excited to see what you have when you get home. I wish all cameras (mine
doesn't) had a facility to turn off the screen, that would be a battery
saver and a good test of your exposure assessing capabilities.

Cats wrote:
> On Sep 4, 10:27 pm, thegeob...@googlemail.com wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> I was up a mountain the other day, had a fall and now the LCD display
>> on my Canon 400D is broken - i.e. big splodge of black and cracked
>> (the casing is OK).
>>
>> I phoned up a repair shop who said it would be at £150+VAT to replace
>> - ouch! Is it possible to replace this myself? If so any pointers
>> for instructions?
>
> I don't know which repair shop you tried - there is an excellent on in
> Edinburgh, JP Cameras, who might be able to help (http://
> www.jpcameras.co.uk/). BTW did the £150 include the new part or not?
> If it did I would say it's not such a bad price, and you are shifting
> the cost if anything goes wrong to the repair shop. I have used JP
> (not for what you need!) and they are excellent - it's a one-man shop,
> the service is excellent and obviously there isn't a problem with
> getting to talk to someone who knows what they are talking about. The
> shop is worth a visit as well. It's Dickensian in terms of the way
> stuff is filed everywhere!

When I broke my Nikon D70, the LCD and connected back panel was intact
so I sold it on craigslist for maybe under $50 & the buyer was
successful in repairing his D70. To me it seemed a damned mess in there
disassembling (more of a mess reassembling) but I guess I got that back
panel off in one piece because it worked.

--
Paul Furman
www.edgehill.net
www.baynatives.com

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On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:10:05 -0700 (PDT), Cats <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
: On Sep 4, 10:27*pm, thegeob...@googlemail.com wrote:
:
: > I was up a mountain the other day, had a fall and now the LCD display
: > on my Canon 400D is broken - i.e. big splodge of black and cracked
: > (the casing is OK).
: >
: > I phoned up a repair shop who said it would be at £150+VAT to replace
: > - ouch! *Is it possible to replace this myself? *If so any pointers
: > for instructions?
:
:
: PS hope you didn't hurt yourself, and would your household insurance
: cover this?

In the US the usual answer is that the camera is covered only if it was
damaged in the house. To have it covered while you're using it away from home,
you need a separate rider which costs extra. And the cost of the rider is a
lot higher if you use the camera professionally. Presumably the insurance
companies think that pros are harder on their equipment than amateurs are.

Bob

On Sun, 07 Sep 2008 08:39:36 -0400, Robert Coe <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:10:05 -0700 (PDT), Cats <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>: On Sep 4, 10:27*pm, thegeob...@googlemail.com wrote:
>:
>: > I was up a mountain the other day, had a fall and now the LCD display
>: > on my Canon 400D is broken - i.e. big splodge of black and cracked
>: > (the casing is OK).
>: >
>: > I phoned up a repair shop who said it would be at £150+VAT to replace
>: > - ouch! *Is it possible to replace this myself? *If so any pointers
>: > for instructions?
>:
>:
>: PS hope you didn't hurt yourself, and would your household insurance
>: cover this?
>
>In the US the usual answer is that the camera is covered only if it was
>damaged in the house. To have it covered while you're using it away from home,
>you need a separate rider which costs extra. And the cost of the rider is a
>lot higher if you use the camera professionally. Presumably the insurance
>companies think that pros are harder on their equipment than amateurs are.
>

I don't think standard homeowner's or renter's insurance covers damage
to any item if the damage is done by the policy owner regardless of
where the damage takes place.

If a burglar breaks your camera, it might be covered. If you break
it, it won't be covered unless you have purchased a policy with a
special clause to cover this.


--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

On Sep 5, 8:08*am, Cats <ramwa...@uk2.net> wrote:
> On Sep 4, 10:27*pm, thegeob...@googlemail.com wrote:
>
> > Hi folks,
>
> > I was up a mountain the other day, had a fall and now the LCD display
> > on my Canon 400D is broken - i.e. big splodge of black and cracked
> > (the casing is OK).
>
> > I phoned up a repair shop who said it would be at £150+VAT to replace
> > - ouch! *Is it possible to replace this myself? *If so any pointers
> > for instructions?
>
> I don't know which repair shop you tried - there is an excellent on in
> Edinburgh, JP Cameras, who might be able to help *(http://www.jpcameras..co.uk/). *BTW did the £150 include the new part or not?
> If it did I would say it's not such a bad price, and you are shifting
> the cost if anything goes wrong to the repair shop. *I have used JP
> (not for what you need!) and they are excellent - it's a one-man shop,
> the service is excellent and obviously there isn't a problem with
> getting to talk to someone who knows what they are talking about. *The
> shop is worth a visit as well. *It's Dickensian in terms of the way
> stuff is filed everywhere!

Folks,

Thanks very much for your replies... I'll see what can do myself the
dust issue could be the main problem though.

Cat, before I do that I'll check out that photography shop you
mention. I'm actually in Edinburgh - did you know that?! No major
injuries luckily, but it was a particularly tricky climb (Aonach
Eagach)


Thanks again,
Ian