It is necessary to actually open up the camera case to fix a broken LCD screen. As such, please consider that these repairs require some electrical background and knowledge, and should not be conducted by anyone unfamiliar with basic electrical components and safety precautions. Before proceeding, it is important to first read this WARNING concerning the possibility of SEVERE electrical shock from the flash capacitor should you decide to open the case of your camera.
http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/11/important-warning-camera-flash.html
The following link outlines repair or replacement of the fairly common problem of broken, cracked, or shattered LCD screens, including rotatable ones. These are not my own guides, but wanted to share them with all (hope this is ok Andy?):
http://www.andyozment.com/guides/
Photography on the Net (Canon) forum of LCD screen replacement. Recommend scanning these posts for some background info prior to attempting any repair yourself:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=7839
And here's a pictorial guide for replacing an LCD screen on a Canon Powershot S40:
http://www.pasieka.com/static/simon/fixcam/
And here's pictorial and video guides for replacing an LCD screen on a Canon Powershot S400 / S410 / S500:
http://www.sdcamerasolution.com/index.php?p=page&page_id=canons400lcdinstall
http://camerarepair.blogspot.com/2007/11/important-warning-camera-flash.html
The following link outlines repair or replacement of the fairly common problem of broken, cracked, or shattered LCD screens, including rotatable ones. These are not my own guides, but wanted to share them with all (hope this is ok Andy?):
http://www.andyozment.com/guides/
Photography on the Net (Canon) forum of LCD screen replacement. Recommend scanning these posts for some background info prior to attempting any repair yourself:
http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=7839
And here's a pictorial guide for replacing an LCD screen on a Canon Powershot S40:
http://www.pasieka.com/static/simon/fixcam/
And here's pictorial and video guides for replacing an LCD screen on a Canon Powershot S400 / S410 / S500:
http://www.sdcamerasolution.com/index.php?p=page&page_id=canons400lcdinstall
By the way, the above YouTube video is by Zweige9. He is a very prolific videographer of LCD repair. If your camera's model is not covered here in my blog, you might want to peruse his videos on YouTube:
Here's a couple great pictorials on repairing the LCD screen of a Canon Powershot SD300 (note these procedures are also applicable to SD200 / SD300 / SD400 as the LCD screens in these three models (and ONLY these three) are interchangeable):
http://www.smashedhat.com/sd300repair/
http://digitalcamerarepair.googlepages.com/canonsd300
And here's an excellent pictorial guide. The example used is a screen replacement on a Canon Powershot SD400:
http://www.iq9.com/blog/2006/09/08/canon-sd400-lcd-repair/
And here's another excellent LCD screen replacement pictorial on the Canon Powershot SD450:
http://thydzik.com/replacing-a-cracked-canon-ixus-55-ixy-60-sd450-lcd-screen/
And here's a pictorial guide for replacing an LCD screen on a Canon Powershot SD500:
And here's a pictorial guide for replacing an LCD screen on a Canon Powershot SD500:
http://digitalcamerarepair.googlepages.com/canonsd500lcdreplacement
And here's an LCD repair on an SD550, including how to buy a replacement screen from Canon:
http://fivepoundsflax.blogspot.com/2006/05/diy-canon-powershot-sd550-lcd-repair.html
And here's a couple pictorial guides for replacing an LCD screen on a Canon Powershot SD600:
http://cannonlcdrepair.blogspot.com/
http://digitalcamerarepair.googlepages.com/sd600
And LCD replacement on a Canon Powershot SD870 IS:
http://blog.jharding.org/2008/05/replacing-lcd-on-canon-sd850-is-few.html
And here's a LCD replacement pictorial for a Canon Powershot SD1000:
http://www.myfixtips.com/blog/digital-camera/how-to-replace-lcd-screen-for-canon-sd1000-151.htm
And here's a pictorial guide for replacing an LCD screen on a Casio EX-S500 and EX-S600:
http://digitalcamerarepair.googlepages.com/casioex-s600
20 comments:
Anybody know where to shop for replacement lcd screens. I've searched and searched, googled and googled to no avail. Help!!
thanks
wordman062@yahoo.com
Hi,
I'm also after the best place to get replacement LCD screens - mainly for Canon, Olympus, Sony and Nikon - but occassionaly others.
Many thanks
Canon SD450 / SD550 is good digital camera, LCD monitor : 2.5" TFT LCD 115,000 pixels.
The cheapest source for replacement LCD screens is to buy a broken "parts/as-is" camera of the same model from ebay. The camera may have other issues, but all you're concerned about is that the LCD is not broken. Before bidding, contact the seller via ebay, and verify with the seller that the camera has a working LCD screen.
CR
Hi,
I need a new set of gears for a canon sd450. Have any old ones kicking around?? Thanks
hi, i was just wondering if maybe someone on here would want to fix my camera screen for me if i sent them the camera? i absolutely cannot afford a new camera, but would be able to pay someone a little money to fix the one i have. or does anyone know of a really cheap repair place? i mean the camera was only $200 bucks, i'm not gonna pay someone like $150 to fix it! i considered doing it myself. then i considered the fact that i have no idea what i'm doing and i'm kind of an idiot. i decided it would be better to see if someone else could do it for me. send me an email @ thanks_bastards@yahoo.com if you can help me out
Thx, Tank
my digital camera has no broken lcd or what but my only problem is when i will take pictures the result is blured and distorted and the color is different, just to give you an idea my sister dropped it and since then it became like that. and onetime im using it just for fun it returned to its normal shooting mode with out any distortions at all and then it came back to its blurdness state again, how would i fix this? need help here pls.
sign_in_equinox@yahoo.com
I've decided to leave the ads up for other sources of LCD's for those of us who change LCD's out regularly. But for beginners, I recommend the best source for a replacement LCD would be another broken camera (but with a working LCD) from ebay. You should be able to get a good price, probably even cheaper than buying a brand new LCD. But more importantly, you'll be able to practice removing the LCD from the broken camera. You'll thus see if this type of repair is really up to your capabilities. If not, you won't have further damaged your good camera (with the inoperative LCD), and you can probably still sell it on ebay for a reasonable price.
CR
Thanks for the link buddy! Nice page.
Have fun fixing your cameras.
I should add.
I might recommend using ebay to purchase LCDs (new or harvested) because you can scan the feedback of seller and see if they are reliable. I don't have any specific user in mind but I have heard good things about a couple. Otherwise Canon will sell you one for like ~50 which is what I have used and recommended.
Shameless plug to my photos of my removable LCD guard I invented (as far as I know) and am very proud of:
http://lcdprotector.blogspot.com/
OK, one of my readers apparently got burned by one of the LCD vendors, so no more ads for LCD purveyors in the comments section. As before, your best and by far cheapest source for a replacement LCD is a broken camera from ebay to harvest the LCD from. Most importantly it allows you to practice the removal prior to attempting the installation on your good camera.
CR
http://exploded.awcr.org/DigitalCameraDisplay
is a dead link.
anonymous,
Thanks, it's been removed. And please, if anyone else has problems with links, please point them out. It's very hard to keep track of all the links in all the posts of this blog. Thanks again anon!
CR
Does anyone have instrcution on replacing an LCD on a Nikon Coolpix?
Does anyone know how to replace a LCD Screen on a Polaroid t1031?
http://www.ownta.com/wholesale-dropship-electronic-gadgets/camera-camcorder-repairing-spare-parts/
I have a Powershot A560 which was dropped. The LCD screen is cracked. When turned on, the lens assembly does not telescope out. The LCD glows blue in the few visible spots, the camera beeps, and then nothing. Is this just the LCD or is it something else as well? Thanks.
Hello, does anybody have experience in changing an lcd screen on a canon sd630. My problem is that when i took apart the camera i also disconnected the backlight cable ribbon and cant seem to find where this goes back in. I have spent hours looking for the slot for this cable and cant seem to find it anywhere. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Davie
Davie,
It's included in the above article. Click on the second included example for the SD600 camera, and look at the Step 5 pictorial.
Here's the link, again look at Step 5.
Good Luck!
CR
Thanks CR for your comments and they were very helpful except that my camera is an sd630 and is slightly different from the 600. Everything else is in the same place except for that cable slot. Cant seem to find info anywhere on the sd630 for some reason. Anyway, thanks again for your help. I'll keep looking.
Davie
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