Replacement SLR Focussing Screen

HaX · 5 Dec 2009 at 20:14

Hi there,

I got a speck of dirt on the focussing screen of my EOS 450d, so naively used a cotton swab in a attempt to remove it.

Unfortunately doing so has resulted in it becoming scratched, so I imagine a replacement will be on the cards.

I was thinking of using my local branch of London Camera Exchange to repair it for me. Are they any good and will they use a genuine canon part, or should I send it off to Canon?

Cheers

HaX

vcl_X1 · 5 Dec 2009 at 22:36

ACS have been highly recommended to when I thought I needed repairs to an old D200.

http://www.advancedcameraservices.co.uk/

Quick turnaround, great service and they mod a lot of bodies for the MOD, also rated for ir and uv conversions, so may be worth a look.

aztechnology · 6 Dec 2009 at 12:35

HaX said:
Hi there,

I got a speck of dirt on the focussing screen of my EOS 450d, so naively used a cotton swab in a attempt to remove it.

Unfortunately doing so has resulted in it becoming scratched, so I imagine a replacement will be on the cards.

I was thinking of using my local branch of London Camera Exchange to repair it for me. Are they any good and will they use a genuine canon part, or should I send it off to Canon?

Cheers

HaX

I did the same! As a guide my service repair at the big blue high street shop cost £120! I assume that the repair will use genuine parts as I haven't seen anyone selling replacement screens for that model. Obviously, if you are worried, then ask the LCE.

Mint_Sauce · 6 Dec 2009 at 16:03

If you can get a focusing screen for the 450d then it's a 20 second job to swap them over. New focusing screens are around £20-35 I think. Could be a good time to change it for a precision screen or one with a grid if you fancied?

£120 seems a touch excessive for the repair to me but perhaps the 450d is different?

Andy90 · 6 Dec 2009 at 16:34

I don't think the 450D has user changable focussing screens. I've had a look at the system map at the rear of the Manual (which can be found here)for that Camera and it doesn't list changable screens. The system map can be found on pages 176 and 177 of that PDF. So it looks like a trip to the repairman for the OP.

DavidMarq · 6 Dec 2009 at 16:58

Andy90 said:
I don't think the 450D has user changable focussing screens. I've had a look at the system map at the rear of the Manual (which can be found here)for that Camera and it doesn't list changable screens. The system map can be found on pages 176 and 177 of that PDF. So it looks like a trip to the repairman for the OP.

It does.