GH2 screen protectors

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chauncythedog

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Anyone using any they can recommend? How screatch resistant is the gh2 screen?
Is it a fingerprint magnet?

If you use a screen protector does it affect the touchscreen?
 
I heard G2 LCD protector works fine on GH2 LCD. Some people use the protector to draw horizontal lines to mark anamorphic aspect.
 
I bought a 12-pack of Hoodman Hoodskins HSK-4 a while back for my DSLR's. I have 2 left in the package...and they appear to be discontinued...so if I replace my GH1's with a pair of GH2's I'll be out. :(

I don't remember paying this darned much for them, however, but this may be the last of them available:

2-pack: http://www.tristatecamera.com/lookat.php?refid=279&sku=HOOHSK4
12-pack: http://www.amazon.com/Hoodman-Hoodskins-Overlays-Protect-Screens/dp/B0000WXGEA

There is some crappy diffraction or something with them, but it doesn't matter, as the LCD on my GH1 is really only useful for framing, and without a strong set of reading glasses I can't even rely on it to check focus. But I can say the Hoodskins do stand up to cheap nail polish, which is what I used on them to mark 2.35:1 lines. They also remove easily since they don't have any sticky adhesive, but won't come off by themselves. I have to cut them down to size to fit the LCD. (I attach them, then cut the excess off with a razor blade.)

Don't know how they will affect the GH2 touchscreen, since I don't have one yet, but I doubt it would be a problem.

Good luck!
 
Screen protectors vary a lot in quality. There are differences in sunlight reflectivity, image obstruction, smear susceptibility and touch ability. If you want a really good one you could find a review about say the best ones for an Iphone or a Nintendo DS, as they are far more popular devices, then buy ones of those ones, you can easy cut it to the shape of the GH2 touchscreen, or get one that is the right size from the same brand(not always possible).

I personally just went into a 100 yen store (same as the $1 stores) brought a whole bunch of different ones for the iphone, cut a small segment out of each(the iphone screen is bigger than the GH2 so I can easy cut off a piece and still have enough left over to stick on the rest of the screen), stuck them on my screen and tried them out, then cut out and applied the one I liked the best. Pro tip, clean you screen and apply the screenprotectors in the bathroom after you have a shower, the humidity in the air means an almost dust free environment, nothing floating around in the air to get stuck under your screen protector
 
Ok ok, I'm one of those OC types. So a little bit of dust under a screenprotector can drive me to quick strap me up in a strait jacket and ship me off to an asylum level insane in only 2 days, 6 hours, 3 mins and 45.54 seconds
 
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