NX100 replacement Screen

The Jimmy 86 wrote:

Hello everyone

I am what you call a super budget photographer. I recently purchased an NX100 used and am making great progress with it I think. I use manual focus lenses (FD) and really enjoy the process.

My problem is that the screen is quite scratched up from the previous owner. It makes manual focus a bit more difficult.

I looked online and found a couple places that sold replacement screens, but my concern is:

Do I need an actual replacement screen or do I need to replace the glass on top of it? Is there even a piece of glass there? I don't want to buy a screen and take it apart and realize that there is a piece of glass that's scratched. To be honest I'm nervous to even take it apart since if I break it it'll be a while before the wife allows me to get a replacement.

I can relate to the budget photographer description as I'm currently making do with an NX10.

Construction of the NX100 and NX10 is similar apart from different body shapes.  I think they use identical AMOLED screens but there might be some minor difference.  The service manual for the NX10 includes an exploded view and parts list that confirms there is a glass or plastic cover on top of the screen.  They refer to it as "WINDOW-LCD" and it is available as spare part no. AD64-02655A.  The screen itself is described as "OLED AM", available as part no. AD07-00117A.

The NX10 service manual also has pictorial disassembly instructions but they would not be relevant to the NX100 because of the very different screw locations.  I don't know whether anyone has managed to find a service manual for the NX100.

Personally, I wouldn't be game to take the camera apart unless it was already broken.  However someone posted here a few days ago a description of how they removed the screen cover from an NX1000 or NX1100.  If I can find that post, I will reply again with a link to it.