BM-8 screen protector

[Matt. K]

I recently broke my D300 screen protector trying to get the damned thing off the screen. I have just investigated getting a new one via eBay and the genuine article....a few cms of Perspex...costs $24! Why does Nikon insult its customers with prices like this? It's clearly a rip off. They should be apologising for producing a cover that fits so tightly it snaps when you try and remove it quickly. The Chinese copy cost about $5....does anyone have any experience with the cheap copy?

[gstark]

Matt,

At $5, I'd buy four, and if there any issues, you still have spares that are ready to fly.

I can't see where any issues might arise though ... not in relation to something different from what you've just experienced, at any rate.

[sirhc55]

You must be but a whipper snapper Matt Every single manufacturer charges like a wounded bull for spare parts, a classic example being printers. A poofter over $20 will get you the printer and the inks, a smidgin over $50.

This is a spare part world we all live in

[Matt. K]

Chris
Yes...I have snapped a few whips in my time....but it really offends me when a manufacturer insults my intelligence. It's almost enough to cause me to move to Canon!

[Reschsmooth]

It's because people will pay the price that they sell it for the price. And I have been guilty of paying over $20 for a Nikon lens cap - because I know the engineering on the lens cap is so much better than the copies!

[aim54x]

I had my sister bring one back for me last time she was in New York. I love BH (but for a single item like that, the postage it not worth it). I would go genuine (as with lens caps -come to think of it I want to replace the ones for my Sigma (front and rear) and Tamron (rear) - stupid 3rd party lens caps)

[who]

Yes... when I did my B&H order back in August - I got a couple of genuine Nikon 77mm centre pinch lens caps to update my 28-70 and Sigma 10-20 to something more usable...... much handier, especially with a lens hood in place.

[aim54x]

I would say GROUP BUY, but I am in a spot of debt at the moment so I cant afford even to buy a couple of front+rear caps and a optech strap, lets not mention the dodgy dollar at the moment.

[Onyx]

Get clear adhesive for the LCD, like the kind used to protect cellphone screens or the now antiquidated PDA.

I lost the protector on my D70 very early on, and realised the stupid tax* Nikon had placed on getting a genuine replacement - and have had the same piece of clear protective film over the rear LCD for years. Scratch resistant, perfect optical clarity, and all for 99 cents.

(*only stupid people lose or break it).

[Matt. K]

Thanks Chi! That's exactly what I've done....although my screen is now protected against scratches I suspect the main purpose of the BM-8 is to protect the screen against breakage...IE..if the camera is dropped onto rocks or something similar. A broken screen would be an expensive repair methinks. So eventually I will get a replacement.

[sirhc55]

Thanks Chi! That's exactly what I've done....although my screen is now protected against scratches I suspect the main purpose of the BM-8 is to protect the screen against breakage...IE..if the camera is dropped onto rocks or something similar. A broken screen would be an expensive repair methinks. So eventually I will get a replacement.

So true Matt. Drop your camera on rocks and the BM8 would be fine but the lens and body of the camera would be totally fecked

[Yi-P]

Camera usually drop front down if you have a lens mounted on it... It would cost from $150 to $15,000 to replace the damaged part

[foonji]

Why put a screen protector over the screen protector?