Protective Lens Filter - My Experience
Aug 1, 2016 06:52:01 #
very good video to discuss this topic
thanks a lot
thanks a lot
Apaflo wrote:
The threads on the filter were not damaged, so it ... (show quote)
Aug 1, 2016 06:52:04 #
ecobin wrote:
And, I couldn't believe how many times I had to remind my wife to use her strap (she didn't appreciate my reminders but I recently upgraded her Canon SX30 to a Nikon P900).
I contained myself as much as possible.
I contained myself as much as possible.
Wives really appreciate being reminded what they should be doing. I like your comment about containing yourself "as much as possible."
Yes, filters do protect lenses. I have them on all of mine. We had a similar post two days ago (but not about the wife). Like you, I cringe when I see people hand-holding a camera with no straps.
Aug 1, 2016 07:00:36 #
Apaflo wrote:
The threads on the filter were not damaged, so it ... (show quote)
I was just about to post this video.
In terms of protection, I like filters for protecting the glass element from abrasion, scratches, and pokes. With the Xume magnetic adapter, I can have the filters on and off in less than a second. If the lens were to fall and hit the ground with that mag adapter, I suspect it would just pop off.
Aug 1, 2016 07:09:30 #
Gene51 wrote:
Provide a link for the experimentation.
Read the whole thread before you post... :-)
Aug 1, 2016 07:11:23 #
billnikon
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Apaflo wrote:
Which proves that filters are much more fragile than lenses, and unlike the lens will break every time. It didn't protect your lens in any sense.
I say let the Supreme Court decide this issue, they are never wrong.
Aug 1, 2016 07:12:53 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I was just about to post this video.
In terms of protection, I like filters for protecting the glass element from abrasion, scratches, and pokes. With the Xume magnetic adapter, I can have the filters on and off in less than a second. If the lens were to fall and hit the ground with that mag adapter, I suspect it would just pop off.
In terms of protection, I like filters for protecting the glass element from abrasion, scratches, and pokes. With the Xume magnetic adapter, I can have the filters on and off in less than a second. If the lens were to fall and hit the ground with that mag adapter, I suspect it would just pop off.
Exactly. Finger prints, scratches, sand, saltwater... all things that might cause damage that a filter could prevent.
Damage from dropping, either to the front element or to the filter threads is not something a filter is likely to help with.
Aug 1, 2016 07:14:01 #
ecobin wrote:
Actually, it's my wife's experience. br br We ju... (show quote)
I would still use a Haze filter, it cuts the blue haze in the distance in far off shots. like the Tiffen Haze 2.
Aug 1, 2016 07:19:33 #
Apaflo wrote:
Which proves that filters are much more fragile than lenses, and unlike the lens will break every time. It didn't protect your lens in any sense.
No lens cap?
Hood?
Aug 1, 2016 07:29:42 #
joer wrote:
It defies logic that filters do not protect lenses. Unsubstantiated opinions to the contrary do not dissuade me in the least.
Exactly. Defies logic and the laws of physics. It's like saying helmets are useless. Guess that's why NASCAR drivers, football and baseball players, to name a few, insist on wearing them. How long will we be confronted with this lunacy?
Aug 1, 2016 07:33:03 #
Apaflo wrote:
Which proves that filters are much more fragile than lenses, and unlike the lens will break every time. It didn't protect your lens in any sense.
You have no way of knowing this. In this case it may have protected the lens, it may not. The point is that there are some cases where a filter does protect a lens; not always, that is true, but there are times that it will save a lens on a drop or a bang. For that reason alone, there no reason not to use one (I'm talking a good quality one, not the bottom of a coke bottle like Kodak used to put on the instamatics). I'm sorry, but knowing this fact, why would anyone not use one; it makes no sense. Then add to the mix, the many times a filter saves the front element from getting a cleaning. It's a fact every time you clean the front element, you are possibly slowly removing the valued expensive coatings you paid so much for and weather you see them or not, you are slowly putting scratches on them too. It's a no brainer to an intelligent person; and the only time filters have been to shown to possibly cause an issue is when a direct light source is in the the photo and it may add to the flaring in the lens. If that is an issue for one, what does it take to remove it and put it back on after the shot. To keep arguing the issue is insanity. The fact is the filter protects the lens in more than one way.
Insanity: to keep doing the same thing repeatedly and expecting a different result.
Aug 1, 2016 07:39:42 #
Whitewolfowner wrote: "It's a no brainer to an intelligent person..." There, my friend is the condition that those who maintain filters offer no protection are unable to meet.
Aug 1, 2016 08:02:15 #
Aug 1, 2016 08:03:04 #
whitewolfowner wrote:
I would still use a Haze filter, it cuts the blue haze in the distance in far off shots. like the Tiffen Haze 2.
That's done more efficiently in software these days.
Aug 1, 2016 08:06:19 #
Apaflo wrote:
Read the whole thread before you post... :-)
Sorry, I thought you had a real, authoritative source, not a guy working out of his garage with a pretty website.
If you have a link, please post. :)
Aug 1, 2016 08:09:51 #
Just my three cents:
I use a clear filter when transporting a lens. Once I get to my shooting location I remove the filter and proceed with my shooting. Situations sometimes allow me to use an ND or Circular Polarizer filter. Once finished shooting I typically reinstall the clear filter for transport. Protection wise I can't remember ever breaking a filter on the camera. I have dropped a few over the year on had surfaces with shattering results. As far as shooting with a clear or UV filter in front of the lens I have really never understood the logic of covering the front element of an expensive lens with a clear piece of glass that is probably not to the same optical standard as the front element of my lens.
Anyway, keep shooting and enjoy your time behind the lens.
Dale
I use a clear filter when transporting a lens. Once I get to my shooting location I remove the filter and proceed with my shooting. Situations sometimes allow me to use an ND or Circular Polarizer filter. Once finished shooting I typically reinstall the clear filter for transport. Protection wise I can't remember ever breaking a filter on the camera. I have dropped a few over the year on had surfaces with shattering results. As far as shooting with a clear or UV filter in front of the lens I have really never understood the logic of covering the front element of an expensive lens with a clear piece of glass that is probably not to the same optical standard as the front element of my lens.
Anyway, keep shooting and enjoy your time behind the lens.
Dale
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