SONY A7R II – Easy Fix for Damaged LCD Screens

Scratched and damaged Sony A7R II LCD screen replacement and protector

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For a number of months, the LCD screen on my Sony A7R II has been deteriorating quite badly with what appeared to be numerous scratches and buffed marks. Whilst in Japan, I decided to fix the problem by removing the thin plastic layer of the original LCD screen and replacing it with a third party LCD screen protector.

Amazingly, the plan worked and the results are amazing! My Sony A7R II no longer has a damaged looking screen and has been restored to its original beauty!

I've seen many other Sony cameras with damaged screens online, including the original Sony A7 series, Sony A6000, A6300 and A6500 among others. If your screen has been damaged in the same way mine was, I'd recommend following the steps in this video to easily fix your damaged sony screen!

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[whemmas]

this video is a lifesaver! i just took the glass protector off my a7ii because it was all chipped and cracked and was horrified to see my actual screen all delaminated and destroyed. i thought the screen was ruined. I found this video and was so relieved to find out that i did have that crappy plastic cover over the original glass. now its removed and a new protector on and i am back in business!! thank you so much!

[rubberatlas]

Joe...THANK YOU 1, 000, 000 times for this tutorial. I had no idea that my A7ii came stock with a screen protector. I was so bummed when I thought that I had scratched up the actual LCD screen. After watching your tutorial, I used a super sharp blade, took my time, removed the stock screen protector, and put a new one over my LCD. It now looks like it did when I bought the camera brand new 2 years ago.

Thank you again!!!

David

[Designbywjm]

Great solution to a major problem all Sony cameras have. Good job on making this. Its gonna help alot of people for sure! Keep it up !

[JUNIORGONG.ASFxCK]

WOW !!!
and i thought all along that the actual lcd screen was ruined. I had been looking for LCD replacements lol thank you my man!!

[camillebrenes]

Technique worked on my A99 screen too. Perfectly. Thanks a bunch!

[joaofezasvital]

beautiful video.. I literaly tought I had to replace my lcd.. I was already watching prices and stuff.. jesus christ thanks bro!!

[danyhaniff]

I've had the exact same problem with my a7 for the longest time and didn't understand how it got so dirty since I'm extremely careful with mine as well. Thought i would have to eventually do a screen replacement, but will definitely have to try and replace the protector after seeing this video. Thanks so much Joe!!

[ParamariboCloser]

Wow, wow! I didn’t know it could be replaced! I thought it was the screen itself. Thanks a bunch Joe. Imma replace my hx1 now. It still a good camera.

[marianbalas]

That peel off feeling is just the best!

[ast]

Hey Joe, I really wonder how your SONY screen looks after two years niw..any more new damages, or oxygen reactions? cheers

[jimmoncrieff]

Thanks so much for this! I was ready to replace the whole LCD electronics, thinking it was damaged but hadn't considered a simple plastic factory protective layer causing the problem.

[DasEmily]

Thank you so much for this video! I was noticing the same problem with my A7 and I thought it would going to be a bigger problem to fix. I'm excited to try this out and get the screen looking brand new again. You're awesome Joe Allam!

[brianlorsung]

Did it to my rx100m3 and it looks great. Much easier than replacing the whole screen. Thanks!

[sermelipharo]

Didn't knew about this extra layer on the screen. I have totally same issue on a6000. Will research about it

[hurley]

Oh wow so its just a plastic screen Protector, I though I was going to have to get the displayed replaced

[tclin]

Sony screen is just insane. I bought the screen protector sold by Sony the same time I bought the camera, that protected my screen well but also scratched a bit over time, so I decided to peel that off and get a new one. Just between the short period of time my screen got huge white scratches like yours. I thought that's a permanent damage, thank you Joe, that seems fixable. I just wonder if Sony does not put that plasticky layer but the screen protector they sale separately, it should be much less trouble! Little scratches over time is much, much, much better than a once thought unfixable huge white scratch.

[heredownunder]

I went to 2 camera repair places and they both said I’d need to replace the entire screen panel, $200-$300. This gives me hope.

[NormHamilton]

Thanks for this, Joe. Like others, I had camera shops tell me it can't be done. My Nex-6 doesn't to stills any longer as it has the "camera error" message that so many fell prey to, but it still does video. Being able to use the screen again has made it useful for B-Roll again.

[JackyWHC]

2:23 I laughed out loudly when you were saying "Works amazingly well on the bullet trains"... That icon shows it has a round edges around the protector so you won't feed the sharp when touching the edges of the protector

[MarinusVesseur]

Just fixed my Sony A7Sii. Thanks! Unbelievable that this is STILL a problem with Sony cameras. Had this on a Nex 3 - how many years ago now?