So, let’s start off-topic. I’ve been looking into buying a new MP3 player to replace my rather agéd Zen Xtra (a device roughly the size of an internal SATA drive it’s so old now). Not being a fan of the iPod culture, I’ve been doing my due dilligence on its practical competitor, the Zune, and I found the most amazing video ever.

It’s a guy talking about how he feels that for devices with glass screens, people are just wasting money on screen protectors. He then goes on to prove his point using the highly scientific approach of attacking the screen with various metal objects.

Now, to bring this around to topic. About halfway through I looked over at Nick, who had put down the game controller and was now watching the fun along with me, and said ‘you know, Nikon uses glass screens on their DSLRs.’ Which is true, I remember our rep making a big point about in in the D300 training, and the D700, D3, and D3x share that screen.

So, you Nikon pro users, watch below and understand why Nikon is so proud of the durability of that screen:

If anyone uses any other DSLR brand and can get me some documented proof they use glass LCDs (it’s quite possible, just no one else has gone out of their way to make it clear to me like Nikon did), I will more than gladly update this post.