Do touch screens work with screen protectors?

[MFloyd]

While Nikon prosumer cameras are delivered with a plastic screen protector, « pro » cameras are not. What I know for quite sure, is that the screens of the pro cameras are from mineral hardened glass, which is « unscratchable », at least under normal circumstances. Personally I didn’t made any scratches in my single digit cameras (D4s, D5, D6), neither my D850. While I initially followed the trend of applying glass protectors to the rear screen, I quickly abandoned the practice, starting with my D5’s, to never come back. I follow the same policy with my smartphones. But I am a person who handles his equipment carefully, even used professionally. Hope this helps.

[Hermann]

Not all screen protectors are the same. There are protectors made from a softish plastic and protectors made from a much harder, almost glass-like material. The ones I use on my smartphone and my D7500 are of the latter type, and there are no scratches after two years of hard use. They are typically also better optically than the soft plastic ones.

[Zang]

The one I bought from Amazon says "tempered glass" but I can bend, twist it easily so I guess it is actually plastic.

[MFloyd]

The one I bought from Amazon says "tempered glass" but I can bend, twist it easily so I guess it is actually plastic.

You can bend glass.

[David H. Hartman]

You can bend glass.

...if it is thin and somewhat flexible. How much does it bend?

Dave

The eldest of the starfish
spoke, after a sigh,
"Youthfull as you are young man
you have a 'Wisdom Eye';
Surely you must know a looking-glass
is made from sand?
These youngfish are fooling you
about this banjo man."

--Donovan Leitch

[Kenneth Rich]

Zang, "plastic" was an adjective before it became a noun.

[Zang]

@David, @MFloyd - Fact, I did not want to break it (yet) so I think I bent it 1mm at the longer edge

@Kenn - They ruined the original meaning LOL

[David H. Hartman]

Long ago I read that Glass was the first Plastic as it can be shaped when hot and retain its shape when it cools. Even clay can be molded so it must be "plastic" also. 

[MFloyd]

And I am a keen fan of Philip Glass  Not sure this helps 

[Hugh_3170]

A bit off topic, but concrete is classed as a plastic.

Long ago I read that Glass was the first Plastic as it can be shaped when hot and retain its shape when it cools. Even clay can be molded so it must be "plastic" also. 

[Akira]

Long ago I read that Glass was the first Plastic as it can be shaped when hot and retain its shape when it cools. Even clay can be molded so it must be "plastic" also. 

That's why the glass-mold aspherical elements can be made.

And I am a keen fan of Philip Glass  Not sure this helps 

He is famous for the minimalistic optical design!

[Kevin Beretta]

Vello makes good screen protectors