I'd gladly use my HTC 10 casesless if it meant the camera lens wasn't exposed to being scraped along surfaces as I place down/pick up the phone.
Is there anything, could be as simple as a shallow adhesive rubber ring, that will keep the lens from making contact with a surface when laid down, something simple? Open to suggestions from the hardware store, already considering a rubber washer of the right size ...
The lens is sapphire glass. You'd be hard pressed to actually be able to scratch it, not impossible but rather unlikely from the random "scraping along a surface as I place the phone down / pick it up".
For reference sapphire is 9 on the Mohs scale (1-10) of hardness: 1 being baby powder, ~6-7 being Gorilla Glass and 10 being diamond.
So unless you plan on rubbing your 10's camera lens with a diamond anytime soon then don't bother trying to "protect" it, it already has the protection it needs.
Lol at the people who rub their camera lens with a diamond
I somehow managed to shatter the glass on my rear camera over the weekend. I tossed it in a bag with my GoPro and somehow when I took it out, the glass was absolutely ruined. Glad I have Uh-Oh protection, but I wasn't planning to have to use it only 3 weeks into the phone!
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I know it sound stupid, but the camera lens does stick out. Is there anything out there that can protect it from getting scratch up?
Typically screen protectors have holes in them for the cameras.
With that said, I am not aware of any. Once i get a case for the device, I am hoping that will extend just a hair past the camera so that it is recessed.
About 99% sure there won't be any. No one wants a film over the lens. Well , mostly no one. Present company excluded.
I have used bestskinsever.com full body on my G1. Covers the camera lens, it does not affect the quality of the camera.
Well the phone does not SIT ON THE LENS....It does sit on the ring around the lens... so we should be fine
looking at mine the lense seems to protrude form the ring.
i found camera phone lense protectors at a store called daiso near my house. only $1.50
kmagn13 said:
Well the phone does not SIT ON THE LENS....It does sit on the ring around the lens... so we should be fine
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Yes, it does...look closely.
Just get either the Body Glove case or Seidio Innocase II and that will fix the camera lens problem. The lens now won't be exposed.
Martin fields screen protectors used to have little pieces they include with their screen protectors for exposed camera surfaces...i dunno if they're gonna make a screen protector for the Evo though
I make my own lense protector.
1. Trace outline
2. Put over extra screen protector from a 5 pack and cut.
The see-through (plastic?) lens cover appears to have a thin layer on it, a layer that comes off easily? i can remove it with my finger nail with repeated rubbing so it can't be an anti scratch layer
It's not really like scratches it looks more like it's just being rubbed off and the surface below looks not as shiny.
Do others have this or have had this?
Anyway on mine this layer is mostly off in the middle, bit of a pisser it probably effects the photo quality..
yes, this happened to me. I got a scratch on the lens cover and the "coating" started to rub off around the scratch then. Once it's broken it will all eventually chip or rub off. I was left with a dull not so transparent lens cover. crap photos.
I got a new back cover for 30euro! (argh!!). Now I do not rub my lens and am very careful. The initial scratch was caused by a tiny piece of salt or sand on the lens when I rubbed it clean with a microfibre cloth. Once it was scratched the protective film just flaked off really easy when I rubbed it even lightly.
Get a new back cover and be very careful when rubbing the lens cover in future. In fact DON'T rub it is best. If you do get a finger print on it very very lightly use a microfibre cloth to remove it. no hard rubbing.
bummer.. i'll just leave mine i think, maybe some one will bring out a better version, or i could maybe maybe stick a plane glass disc in.
yeah, it sucks doesn't it! I would not mind paying an extra 20euro for a desire if HTC would coat the lens cover with mineral glass or something so its much less likely to scuff. plastic with a coating is useless.
anyway, good luck if you replace it with a glass disc, that would be cool too. I splashed out for the battery cover, but it was expensive and wouldn't do it again if it happens.
Thats why I loved my Nokia N82. It had an actual lens cover that kept out dust, fingerprints, grit etc.
well, HTCs next big handset release will only be improved I imagine.
Same here
I've had the same problem, bad engineering on HTC's part in my opinion as the lens(cover) is a very much exposed part of this particular phone because of its 'bulgy' design. Never had this kind of problem on my Cybershotphones.
Too bad though as I'm otherwise very happy with my Desire (although it would have been nice if the screen were a bit less prone to scratching, gief Gorillaglass).
I ended up rubbing the lenscover until the entire coating was actually rubbed off in the hope pictures would be less blurry because of the partly chipped off coating.
Anyone know what the coating is for in the first place?
if this happens to mine I will drill the clear lens out
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if this happens to mine I will drill the clear lens out
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I think you can just bash it out - there's a post on the forum somewhere about it
I assume the piece of glass exposed on the back of the phone is not the actual lens and i just a glass cover. Is it possible to replace this? And is there any good cover to protect it? I just noticed there's already several scratches on the glass. Was wondering if i could easily replace it and also if there was something i could do to protect in the future.
I'd prefer not getting a whole case if possible.
I believe it is a plastic cover, and I have seen replacment ones for sale on the internet, they are a plastic circle with a black ring printed on it.
I believe the price was somewhat high for what it is, like $15-20.
thanks, i think i found it:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sprint-HTC-Evo-...665?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item45f62a96c1
Mines broke and it's glass not plastic. I think the replacements are plastic.
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I read somewhere that you can go somewhere that processes camera film and get some used disposable cameras for free, and that the lenses from those will fit perfect on the evo. There was a wright up on it i think here at xda.
Hey guys i have notice just one day out of my regular case my rear camera glass lens is scratched really. not a big issue as camera app does not capture scratched line but still how is it this easy to be scratched. also searching for replacement parts and tutorial how to change lens
i put my phone in my pocket without protecting the back len, no scratch till now. i guess your regular case is extremely dirty.
I've always had that when you see it in the sunlight but my pictures remain good.
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i put my phone in my pocket without protecting the back len, no scratch till now. i guess your regular case is extremely dirty.
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Not really. Case is ok. Only this i took it off my case put the phone on table and my wife slide it across table to give it to me. which it scratched the lens. Glass is extremely fragile
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Not really. Case is ok. Only this i took it off my case put the phone on table and my wife slide it across table to give it to me. which it scratched the lens. Glass is extremely fragile
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there are tempered glass protector with a camera lens film protector included like those from nilkin.
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Not really. Case is ok. Only this i took it off my case put the phone on table and my wife slide it across table to give it to me. which it scratched the lens. Glass is extremely fragile
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ok it happen to me now, i realise the scratch only happen after i remove the screen protector. i suspect that the anodizing of protector is the one that remove the anti scratch property of zenfone 2 screen.
PSA, do not use screen protector if you want to remove it in future.
Yep mine to it has some bad scratches i am really dissapointed with the quality and i was careful at least image quality is still fine
Im still looking for frame or rear glass replacement parts. Incase i need them. Image is fine but all scratched up . Lol
I man handle my phones like crazy no case past and present. I never ever had a scratch on my camera. Either your glass is bad or your doing something terribly wrong
Anyone use one?
Any recommendation?
Oh I wish I knew of one too. That's my only concern about not using a case. The lens glass can scratch somewhat easily.
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Why not make one? I just put a Skinomi screen protector on my wife's Apple watch. It'd be super easy to use an exacto knife and cut one to fit. Don't know how clear it'd be though, you'd have to test it.
While anything can be scratched, any screen protector is going to scratch easier than the lens glass. The lens is likely sapphire which is about as scratch resistant as you can get (9 out of 10 on the mohs hardness scale). Don't confuse that rating with the ratings that screen protector guys use. They are usually using pencil hardness, NOT mohs hardness. It can be scratched of course but should take a lot to do it. In my last 10 years of owning smartphones I've never scratched a camera lens and rarely use a case.
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While anything can be scratched, any screen protector is going to scratch easier than the lens glass. The lens is likely sapphire which is about as scratch resistant as you can get (9 out of 10 on the mohs hardness scale). Don't confuse that rating with the ratings that screen protector guys use. They are usually using pencil hardness, NOT mohs hardness. It can be scratched of course but should take a lot to do it. In my last 10 years of owning smartphones I've never scratched a camera lens and rarely use a case.
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camera lenses in smartphones are not sapphire. Watch jerryrigeverything, even Apple's "Sapphire" lens cover scratches at a 7 on the mohs scale.
Best bet I think at the moment is to use a case that means the lens is recessed a bit so less prone to touching. This link is focused (sorry about the pun) on DSLR lenses, but may give you comfort that small damage isn't so bad:
https://www.google.nl/search?q=camera+lens+scratch+effect&oq=camera+lens+scratch+effect
Worst I think would be an over aggressive/poor cleaning approach or getting something on the lens which would leave it permanently 'cloudy' with scratches or some other material deposited on it. Bottom line for any lens, as a photographer will tell you - don't "clean" it with a t-shirt, blowing on it, etc., etc. If it really needs cleaning invest in the kind of cleaners/kit sold for cleaning camera lenses and follow the instructions
And on the subject of lens "protectors", this is a subject of debate amongst photographers - who typically use screw on filters for their DSLRs to do that job. Some swear by them. Others say they reduce contrast, cause unnecessary reflections in difficult lighting conditions and that a knock that's bad enough to break the filter will have shards of filter damaging the lens underneath it's supposed to protect anyway.