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Advice needed on M6II repair.

Started Jan 24, 2022 | Discussions thread
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Alastair Norcross
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Advice needed on M6II repair.
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I took my M6II out of its bag today, turned it on, and saw this:

That purple line somehow got into the screen. I had a screen protector on, which I removed, in case I could simply wipe the line off, but no such luck. It doesn't show up on the images, but it's annoying. I have no idea how it got there, but I can't get it off. I phoned Canon to get a repair estimate (the camera is out of warranty), and was told around $329 plus tax and shipping. That would be close to 50% of the cost of a new one. Does anyone know how easy it is to buy a replacement screen and install it myself? I did a quick Google search, and got one very brief tutorial on replacing the screen on the M6, which is probably a similar process. It looks like I would just need to unscrew five screws. But I would still need to know where to get a replacement screen. A Google search for that turned up lots of hits, all of them for different screens!

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