LCD on DigiCam

[Lord_MiL]

Hey all!
Well I just picked up a Canon Powershot A60 this past week and let me tell you, I LOVE IT. It's the greatest camera I've ever used. Every feature I could ever want :-)
Anyway, I've been carrying it around in my pocket because I had a couple of school trips this week and wanted to take some pics. Well I was looking at the camera today while it was sitting on my desk and I noticed that there are some tiny scratches on the LCD. I think that they are actually on a plastic layer above the LCD and they aren't noticeable with the LCD on, but I was just wondering if there is anyway to get these out just in case they get worse in the future. I didn't know if maybe something similar to those CD/DVD repair kits would work or if I should just forget about it. Like I said, it's not a huge deal right now, but I imagine that as time goes on, I'm only going to get more scratches and I just wanna know what my options are.
Thanks!

[PsYcO CyBrArIaN]

They have maskers that you can use but nothing takes it away completely.

[Lord_MiL]

Alright. Tell me more about these "maskers" Where can I get them and exactly what do they do?

[SiGmA_X]

How man MP is the A60? I just (20 days ago) got a A70, and love it's 3.2MP goodness :) Great pics. 128MB of CF is barely enought tho.. :(

[Lord_MiL]

The A60 is the A70's little 2MP brother. Canon always releases the powershot A series in pairs. The A60 and A70 are the newest ones and were just release in Febtober

I seriously love this camera too. I never do anything bigger than 5x7's and the cameras 2MP's seems to have that more than covered. Also, having full manual mode is nice. The other night I was at my sister's dance recital and had to take a bunch of quick shots without wasting time for the camera to autofocus (even though this thing is damn fasted at autofocusing compared to other digicams) So I set it to full manual mode, got just the right shutter speed, aperature and focal length and then went to town taking pics like a pro while the poor people around me were only getting one or two blurred shots with their $500+ digicams.
Anyway, i'm glad you like your A70. If I had had more cash at the time, I would have certainly gone for it, but based on my budget and needs, the A60 is doing just great!

Also, how many pics do you take at a time? On the highest settings, I can fit around 140-150 pics on my 128MB CF Card

[Mpegger]

Check eBay and see if there are any sellers who have screen protectors for your model cam. I have a A40 and had a couple of scratches show up and purchased some protectors from this person.

http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=hollandjean&completed=0&sort=3&since=-1

Its basically a clear adhesive backed vinyl plastic cover for the screen. It even masked the scratches I did have and doesn't distort the LCD image.

Also, check either eBay or your local camera shop for the Canon carry bag for the A70. I also got mine off eBay for my A40. Fits the camera perfectly and also has a small pocket to store an extra set of batteries and CF card. Not too expensive either and pretty well made.

[Lord_MiL]

Mpegger, thanks for the tip!
I've searched around and can't find any products for the A60. However, after a bit I did find one for the A70 and I'm fairly sure that they would use the exact same protector. I found them at purplemoo.com for $6.50 for 6 protectors.
Also, I bought a camera bag that was large enough for me to keep my camera and both CF cards comfortably and it has a belt clip so I can carry it that way. I don't worry too much about batteries cause I got some high power NiMH's and I've yet to drain a set before I had a chance to swap them so I don't ever carry extra batteries. I got the bag at walmart because it was a lot cheaper than the Canon bag.
What I want to know is, why don't they put a more scratch resistant plastic on the camera to begin with?