GGS III Screen Protector

I admit it – I’m endlessly fascinated with gadgets! The Acmaxx LCD Screen Protector protected the screen without any perceptible loss of light transmission even though I disliked its chrome trim. There was a one major problem though. After blogging about the Acmaxx protector and noting there that I’d accidentally pasted it in the wrong orientation, I tried removing the protector and pasting it the right way this time.

And here’s the bad part; despite what the manufacturer claims about how it is easy to remove and readjust the Acmaxx screen before 24 hours passes (presumably the time taken for the adhesive to harden), upon removal, the adhesive couldn’t decide where it wanted to stick on – the protector or the DSLR monitor, so it stuck onto both along the adhesive frame. That sort of wrecked the nice aligned orientation of the adhesive on the protector, and though I could rightly aligned the protector in its second application, it was no longer firmly secure.

Bummer. Next better player: the GGS III Screen Protector, which was sold for just slightly less and still relatively cheap. The order took just over a week to arrive.

The GGS III couldn’t be more different than the Acmaxx. From the onset and in terms of packaging, it feels a lot more premium. The two protector pieces comes in a hard plastic box, and itself is enclosed within a cardboard box:

I think the earlier protectors produced by this company were stick-on’s. The so-called “third generation” protector for the LCD monitor is anything but. For at least the Nikon D7000 variant; it’s a discrete protector that slides in from the viewfinder eyepiece:

The rubber eye-cap can be reinserted back if you wish:

Essentially, since the monitor protector isn’t stuck on, it’s easy to remove when you need to (the top control panel protector is still the stuck-on type). That’s a big plus point. And the whole contraption now makes the D7000 look even meaner.=)

There’re two downsides though. Firstly; the protector isn’t firmly secure. It can wiggle a little, though this is apparently by design. The second problem is more serious: the additional viewfinder layer means your eye is further away from the viewfinder. I found myself having to squint a little harder to read its digital information panel.

In all; it’s a mixed bag. It still at least does its job well of protecting the LCD monitor, and if you don’t feel like using it for the day, you can just remove it and put I back later, easily. It’s the weekend; and I’ll update this post if I have more impressions of the protector after I’ve taken the D7000 and Sigma 70-200mm on a Hannah spin this weekend.=)