Dust on main LCD glass!

ryant35 wrote in post #5770786
Yes it is trivial, but it really bothered me. Especially since the lcd on a 20D is really small.

the point is that you don't need the screen on the 20d at all really. you have secondary lcd screens for modes and current settings, and you don't need to fidget with custom functions constantly. when shooting, it's fine to make sure you are more or less properly exposing (no black or white frames), and that the framing is ok. you don't need to know how far up her nose little suzy's finger is, or what time the clock on the wall says, those you can check from the confort of your computer. it's an slr, not P&S (aka photo share). some minor dust or scratches on the lcd won't hurt one bit.

As requested above I took my 20D apart again to clean behind the LCD cover and took pictures this time.

- First remove the battery & peel off the rubber grip on the back of the camera, it should come right off. There is a silver screw at the top right side under the rubber, remove it.
- Then remove your eye cup and remove 2 screws behind the cup. These are 2 of the 3 longer black screws.
- Remove the 3rd long black screw from the top left side next to the menu button.

ryant35 wrote in post #5770438
Instead of trying to remove the stick on plastic from my 20D, I found a detail how to remove the entire rear cover. It involved a few screws on the bottom and under the rubber grip on the back. It took about 10 minutes and I was able to blow out all the dust in side the back and wipe the back of the LCD cover and the LCD glass with my microfiber lens cloth. It worked great and I didn't have to worry about the double stick tape.

I also don't have a suction cup...

All that effort for some LCD dust?!!!
Quite a bit of risk for something so trivial!...

No real risk. As long as you don't loose the screws.

Thanks for the detailed instruction r35 - seems simple enough. Although I realise dust on the LCD has no impact on the performance of camera I, like you, find it most irritating and would prefer it wasn't there. We all have our own rules, standards and idiosyncrasies that we live by.

just a quick observation, but isn't this a little extreme to remove some dust?

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #5801486
just a quick observation, but isn't this a little extreme to remove some dust?

Not for those that like to take things apart. Just look at the gearheads amongst us, why take a component off and replace with something else for 5% hp? We who take things apart only need the slightest of an excuse to get us going!

^^^ 100% agree

TeamSpeed wrote in post #5801764
Not for those that like to take things apart. Just look at the gearheads amongst us, why take a component off and replace with something else for 5% hp? We who take things apart only need the slightest of an excuse to get us going!

yea ok sure, what ever floats your boat.

it doesn't remove the fact that's a lot of effort to remove some dust.

theflyingkiwi wrote in post #5804409
yea ok sure, what ever floats your boat.

it doesn't remove the fact that's a lot of effort to remove some dust.

Whether removing the screen and resticking it on, or taking the back off, I agree. However, it appears that it would take all of about 10 min. to do this, probably about as much time as it takes to read this thread and post a couple of replies on it, except on of these two almost equal efforts yields a tangible result, and the other doesn't.

JWright wrote in post #5766684
I just got out all five of my Canon digital cameras and every single one has dust under the back LCD cover, including my brand new, less-than-a-week-old 40D. It just a fact of life and nothing to obsess over.

i don't think it's that simple for some people .

ed rader