Product Category: DSLR LCD Screen Protector

Manufacturer: GGS

Where to Buy: Ebay sellers

Price: $15 to $20

Supports: Currently available for Nikon D3/D3s, D700, D300/D300s and D90; for Canon, it's the EOS 1DIV/1DsIII, 5DII, 7D, EOS 40/50D, and EOS 500/550D (Rebel T1i/Rebel T2i)

Pros:

• Hardened glass resistant to scratching
• No worries about air bubbles like soft plastic protectors
• Easy to clean

Cons:

• Does not cut down glare
• The other two protectors are stick-ons and feel a little superflous
• Canon DSLR users might not like their version of the product

Summary: LCD screen protectors have come a long way since they first came along with PDAs, but they always have been pieces of plastic stuck onto the screen. GGS brings something new with their glass protectors, and the newest version is even removable. How does it fare? Read on!

Introduction

GGS may not be a familiar name to you, but this Chinese company has been making camera LCD screen protectors for some time now. What makes them different? Unlike most screen protectors, they are made out of glass, and are meant to be scratch resistant. GGS has released a new version of their glass screen protectors, which I bought while down at a local camera store.

I've been plodding along with the Nikon supplied plastic protector, which eventually got scratched so badly it needed replacing, and the replacement is now showing scratches after a couple months' of use. Nikon, would you please make them using harder plastic?

Figure 1: I count at least seven scratchs or marks there!

I never bought the previous versions of GGS's screen protectors, as they were applied via stick-on borders to the edges of the LCD. It strikes me as troublesome if I need to remove it for some reason, as this blog shows. This time, GGS has decided to make them detachable; at least for the main LCD protector. For the Nikons GGS has made them to fit over the groves of the Nikon LCD protectors. For the Canons the solution is to make it a part that fits over the eyepiece which then extends downwards to the screen. Personally the Canon solution is not as elegant.

The Product

The package I bought comes with a protector for the main LCD screen, one for the secondary status LCD (which is the same as the one from the previous version), and a protector that sits over the optical viewfinder. The latter two protectors use the stick-on borders which I mentioned earlier, so that's a small minus. Then again I am less concerned about those two parts! GGS mentions the glass has a Mohs hardness rating of 8, so it should resist scratches from many everyday objects.

Figure 2: On the left is the viewfinder protector at the top, followed by the status LCD protector at the bottom. On the right is the main LCD protector.

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