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S20 - should I install the protector over the lenses?

Started Jul 6, 2020 | Discussions thread
GossCTP Veteran Member • Posts: 6,206
Re: S20 - should I install the protector over the lenses?

JT26 wrote:

Im really talking scratches. That is a pretty hard bang so I doubt a protector would have saved that either.

I bought a replacement screen but I havent tried swapping it yet. Requires some phone disassembly.

I'll take a side by side one day and post it to show the difference.Ultimately a a cheap filter degrades the image on a lens, noticably, so add in adhesive and a cheap bit of glass and you will, without question have a worse image.

You shot looks ok, highly compresses and tiny though so impossible to see here

It's full resolution in the gallery. It didn't seem to affect this shot at all (color version fine as well, just less interesting). Point light sources play havoc with it though. Kills contrast. Also, I think it fogs worse. Definitely needs replacing.

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