Lens filters
Oct 3, 2018 23:04:14 #
Hope I am not being repetitive but I’m new to hedgehog but not to photography. I usually put a skylight or UV filter on all lenses to protect the hundreds or thousands $ of glass. Have read from pros both opinions yes or no. Would appreciate your input yea or nay and reason for your choice. Max
Oct 3, 2018 23:09:38 #
If for no other reason,I would rather clean s filter than clean the lens itself. It is a lot easier and no risk to damaging the lens.
Oct 3, 2018 23:25:08 #
I use clear filters on all my lenses 98% of the time. Of that time they are removed to use a polarizer. The two percent of the time is when the filter will produce unwanted reflections. Being that my filters are part of the optical system, I use B+W filters.
--Bob
--Bob
drmax wrote:
Hope I am not being repetitive but I’m new to hedgehog but not to photography. I usually put a skylight or UV filter on all lenses to protect the hundreds or thousands $ of glass. Have read from pros both opinions yes or no. Would appreciate your input yea or nay and reason for your choice. Max
Oct 3, 2018 23:49:52 #
drmax wrote:
I usually put a skylight or UV filter on all lenses to protect the hundreds or thousands $ of glass.
Keep in mind, if your UV filter is protecting any part of the lens at all, it will be only the front element, which likely will not cost thousands of dollars to replace with a new front element. Personally, I think filters are way to thin and shatter too easily to offer any real protection. Lens caps are far better. Unlike the lens cap, it doesn't take all that much effort to push your thumb through a filter. The only situation I'd use a filter for protection is when shooting in a sandstorm... although I probably would choose to forgo using my camera altogether under such conditions.
Oct 4, 2018 01:04:19 #
In my opinion, UV filters as protection is just this side of useless. I have faith in hoods and caps. How does a UV filter actually protect a lens anyway? How is a thin fragile piece of glass going to protect a thick sturdy piece of glass?!
I've read that people use UV filters so they don't have to clean their lens. There's another practice I just don't understand. I don't use protective filters and I don't clean my lenses all that often, don't need to, they don't get that dirty with hoods and caps in place. For those folks who don't like cleaning their lenses, why? Are your lenses that cheap and fragile you're afraid to clean them!? I've been doing photography for a long time, since I was in high school many years ago and I've never damaged a single lens by cleaning it.
Bottom line for me, UV filters are for the most part a waste of effort and money on a digital camera.
I've read that people use UV filters so they don't have to clean their lens. There's another practice I just don't understand. I don't use protective filters and I don't clean my lenses all that often, don't need to, they don't get that dirty with hoods and caps in place. For those folks who don't like cleaning their lenses, why? Are your lenses that cheap and fragile you're afraid to clean them!? I've been doing photography for a long time, since I was in high school many years ago and I've never damaged a single lens by cleaning it.
Bottom line for me, UV filters are for the most part a waste of effort and money on a digital camera.
Oct 4, 2018 01:07:48 #
I dropped a lens at a parade once and it fell on the side of the filter. I had to replace the filter but the lens was not damaged.
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