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1. First you need to make a paper template of the back of
your camera's plastic screen area. Do this by aligning the edge
of a piece of paper with a long edge of the plastic screen cover
area and hold it firmly in place while you trace around the cover.
Take your time over this and make sure you trace it accurately otherwise
you'll have either too much or too little screen protector when
you've finished.
Alternatively, you can print out a pre-traced image and use that
instead:
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2. Next cut out the tracing and check it's a perfect fit
over the screen area. If you've made an error in tracing, now is
the time it's revealed (and it's cheaper than finding out after
you've cut the PDA cover).
You may want to write on it "Glue this side down" so
you remember the orientation when attaching it to the PDA screen
protector backing paper.
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3. Glue the cut out tracing / printout to the PDA screen
protector's backing paper. Make sure you attach it either writing
side down (so you can't see the writing) or print side up (so you
can see the print) according to whether you're using a tracing or
pre-prepared template.
Ensure you've positioned the tracing so it doesn't overlap the edges
of the screen protector on the other side. Holding them up to the
light will help you achieve this.
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4. Wait for the glue to set and carefully cut around the
glued down template.
While you wait, clean the LCD plastic screen on the camera using
a drop of isopropyl alcohol and a lens cleaning tissue to ensure
it's grease free.
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5. Carefully peel off the screen protector (don't get fingerprints
on the adhesive it if you can help it) and attach it to the cleaned
LCD plastic cover on the camera.
This is a tricky part and it takes time and patience to remove
any trapped air bubbles, so take your time over this part.
Gentle rubbing over the surface will remove any of the final tiny
bubbles.
You may notice a very slight fuzziness in the images displayed
via the LCD monitor with the screen protector on. This may be due
to the different PDA screen protector qualities and can be improved
by further gentle rubbing / time. It will NOT affect the final image
quality.
When the screen protector gets scratched / scruffy, just peel it
off and apply another one (cleaning the screen in between).
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Note: I'm currently trying to create screen templates for
other Fuji camera models (eg s602 / s5000 / s7000)...
If you can contribute a screen template to CameraShed (you'll retain
any copyrights etc), please send me your scanned template (at 300
dpi) in either a jpeg or gif format, stating the height and width
of the image (not necessarily the template itself) in centimeters
to the email address at the foot of this page.
Together we can help others "Go further with their Fuji cams"
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