Why I use Clear Filters
Oct 31, 2021 12:36:31 #
dandev
Loc: Enumclaw, WA
My camera bag slipped off my shoulder as I was lowering it to the floor. It hit where my 70-200 f2.8 was located. (It wasn't on the camera.) When I pulled off the lens cap - this is what I found.
I know there is a lot of debate around the value of a clear or UV filter. As a friend of mine who works in a camera store said, "people who damage lenses with clear filters are much happier than people who damage lenses without them. My lens works fine.
I know there is a lot of debate around the value of a clear or UV filter. As a friend of mine who works in a camera store said, "people who damage lenses with clear filters are much happier than people who damage lenses without them. My lens works fine.
Oct 31, 2021 12:41:31 #
Sounds like my experiences, as well. Clear or UV filters are much cheaper to replace than a whole lens.
Oct 31, 2021 12:41:43 #
That was a heck of a hit! I've broken a lens hood but never a filter. Glad you got away with it!
Oct 31, 2021 12:44:47 #
dandev wrote:
My camera bag slipped off my shoulder as I ....... ............
I know there is a lot of debate around the value of a clear or UV filter. ........... ...............
I know there is a lot of debate around the value of a clear or UV filter. ........... ...............
Oct 31, 2021 12:45:43 #
People who use filters are just generally happier than people who don't.
Oct 31, 2021 12:59:15 #
When I worked at a camera shop, one guy came in with his camera that was on the floor of the back seat.
It got caught in the power seat...
Buggered the filter, but not the lens. We were able to get the filter off, and send him on his merry way with a new filter.
It got caught in the power seat...
Buggered the filter, but not the lens. We were able to get the filter off, and send him on his merry way with a new filter.
Oct 31, 2021 13:07:22 #
There are three categories of people who handle guns and/or cameras a lot. Those who are going to drop them, those who have dropped them, and those of us who are going to drop them again! Glad your lens was okay!
Oct 31, 2021 13:18:50 #
It doesn't have to be a major impact. It could be a brush against a sharp object, a spot of bird poop, besides it's much easier to clean a filter than a lens. JMHO 
Oct 31, 2021 13:18:52 #
Longshadow wrote:
When I worked at a camera shop, one guy came in with his camera that was on the floor of the back seat.
It got caught in the power seat...
Buggered the filter, but not the lens. We were able to get the filter off, and send him on his merry way with a new filter.
It got caught in the power seat...
Buggered the filter, but not the lens. We were able to get the filter off, and send him on his merry way with a new filter.
Certain examples of stupidity exhibit really amazing levels of ingenuity !
Oct 31, 2021 13:19:06 #
josquin1
Loc: Massachusetts
Yes my cat knocked off my camera from the desk and the UV filter was cracked but the lens worked just fine and I didn't kill the cat. I just don't leave the camera on the desk anymore. Live and learn.
Oct 31, 2021 13:23:47 #
josquin1 wrote:
Yes my cat knocked off my camera from the desk and the UV filter was cracked but the lens worked just fine and I didn't kill the cat. I just don't leave the camera on the desk anymore. Live and learn.
I found a suggested change of behavior recently, something I've started following. Place the camera on too of the strap when laying on a surface. The number of times I've had the strap catch on something when grabbing the camera or passing by the camera, I can't believe it took until just the past 6-months to make this change.
Oct 31, 2021 13:24:12 #
User ID wrote:
Certain examples of stupidity exhibit really amazing levels of ingenuity !
Haha - I put mine on the floor of the back seat for a quick jump from point A to point B...
But I don't move the seat.
Oct 31, 2021 14:30:53 #
Using a clear filter to protect the lens is a practice I follow. I have also considered the other side of the argument that putting another piece of glass in front of these high quality lenses could reduce the quality of the photo ever so slightly.
My solutions are:
1) To remove the lens cap by unscrewing the filter still attached to the cap. When my shooting is done I simply screw it back on.
2) Using a quality filter over a cheap one to minimize any loss of quality.
Rarely, do I take the filter off but it is an option.
Happy Shooting!!
Dodie
My solutions are:
1) To remove the lens cap by unscrewing the filter still attached to the cap. When my shooting is done I simply screw it back on.
2) Using a quality filter over a cheap one to minimize any loss of quality.
Rarely, do I take the filter off but it is an option.
Happy Shooting!!
Dodie
Oct 31, 2021 14:35:30 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
It doesn't have to be a major impact. It could be a brush against a sharp object, a spot of bird poop, besides it's much easier to clean a filter than a lens. JMHO
Oct 31, 2021 14:44:34 #
Longshadow wrote:
Haha - I put mine on the floor of the back seat for a quick jump from point A to point B...
But I don't move the seat.
But I don't move the seat.
I put my camera behind the driver's seat all the time and never concern myself with it getting damaged by the seat moving. Even when back all the way, the seat doesn't go back so far that it would damage the camera. Besides, how often does someone readjust their seat.
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