Is this even legal? What was i thinking? Will the FBI look for me and will OM Systems sue me for improper use of their equipment?
Full disclosure: i recently bought a EM10 II kit with a non-functional LCD. Since i can do everything i need to via the EVF, including reviewing images, i don't really have to repair the screen to use the camera, but what really annoyed me was the fact that when my nose touched the lcd during shooting, the panel would react and move the focus points, even though I tried disabling that function.
Even so, the screen was obviously useless to me, so i thought about it for a few seconds and then proceeded to rip it off with a pair of pliers.
The hinge mechanism was CRAZY strong(they used real steel, not some weak aluminum alloy), but i managed to break it off witthout damaging the plastic panel behind it. Once the operation was complete, i noticed two things things:
First, the camera works normal. Second, it's now noticeably lighter and thinner. I have the world's thinnest EM10 body, y'all. It looks like a specialty 8000 dollar retro Leica with no digital panel except the EVF for composing. There's a 50/50 chance of posting this thing on ebay for $2000 and actually finding a buyer for it.
If this idea seemed scary at the beginning, i'm glad i did it, i just improved my old and damaged Oly camera. Had Olympus engineers made the LCD ribbon as strong as the hinges themselves, we wouldn't be having this problem to begin with.
I keep looking at it thinking "what an odd looking digital camera" but it's lighter and thinner than before, so there's no loss here.
I think i'm going to be using this camera more and more from now on!
Looking forward to hearing what you guys make of this. Was what i did evil or the best thing ever? Both?
"Where's the rest of it?"
"The new and improved, screen-less EM10 IIs"
