Why I use Clear Filters (Page 3): :sm24: I worked part-time at a camera shop MANY, many years ago. Guess where a lot of my pay went..... :sm16: My Sony H-1 bridge focuses down to 2cm...

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

rmorrison1116 wrote:

I have a lot of filters from my film days but no l... (show quote)

I worked part-time at a camera shop MANY, many years ago. Guess where a lot of my pay went.....

My Sony H-1 bridge focuses down to 2cm, but is only 5MP.
I kinda decided the same thing, that I'll just replace my DSLR when it croaks. It meets my needs.

rmorrison1116 Loc: Near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania

Longshadow wrote:

I worked part-time at a camera shop MANY, many years ago. Guess where a lot of my pay went.....

My Sony H-1 bridge focuses down to 2cm, but is only 5MP.
I kinda decided the same thing, that I'll just replace my DSLR when it croaks. It meets my needs.

If I had worked part time in a camera, they probably wouldn't have given me a pay check. Just applied it against my outstanding balance.
My first digital camera was a Sony, the Mavica CD-300, and it was only 3 megapixels. I still have it and it still works. It actually recorded pretty good images for only 3 megapixels.
If the camera shop you worked at was in the KOP area, I possibly bought something from you.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

rmorrison1116 wrote:

If I had worked part time in a camera, they probably wouldn't have given me a pay check. Just applied it against my outstanding balance.
My first digital camera was a Sony, the Mavica CD-300, and it was only 3 megapixels. I still have it and it still works. It actually recorded pretty good images for only 3 megapixels.
If the camera shop you worked at was in the KOP area, I possibly bought something from you.

VALLEY FORGE CENTER on 202 at Town Center Road!!! Maybe 1975-77? Was there for a year or two, then they opened the Montgomeryville store and the manager wanted me to go with him to the new store. Was there until December of 1978. Small world, eh?

Cool! My first digital was a Mavica also! Fall of 2001 I think. I bought the memory stick adapter disk for increased storage. I gave mine to one of my kids, maybe in 2006? Not sure if they still have it.

DPimages

luvmypets wrote:

Using a clear filter to protect the lens is a prac... (show quote)

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

dandev wrote:

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.

Just like all insurance doesn't protect against everything but it is better than not having it.

Glad it worked out for you.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

dandev wrote:

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 am happy that your lens was not injured. I myself do not use any UV filter, on any clear filter on my lenses, I prefer not to add any glass (weight) to an already front heavy long lens.
For all my other lenses, the hood is more than enough protection.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Which is most effective at protection of valuable equipment?

a) a pound of luck?
b) a lens hood?
c) a lens filter?
d) options b and c?

Bugs

I've never been able to determine the alleged degeneration of photos due to cheap clear lens filters. Now, in retirement, I shoot every day, birds and landscapes, have been for fifty years, with high quality lenses covered with "cheap" clear filters. Dropped, broke a Canon 100-400 front glass in Bryce Canyon a few years ago, no filter, wanted pure shots, front glass shattered. $600 repair.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

Bugs wrote:

I've never been able to determine the alleged degeneration of photos due to cheap clear lens filters. Now, in retirement, I shoot every day, birds and landscapes, have been for fifty years, with high quality lenses covered with "cheap" clear filters. Dropped, broke a Canon 100-400 front glass in Bryce Canyon a few years ago, no filter, wanted pure shots, front glass shattered. $600 repair.

For a recent analysis of light transmission of the most popular brands and models, see the details and conclusion at:

https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2017/06/the-comprehensive-ranking-of-the-major-uv-filters-on-the-market/

Real Nikon Lover Loc: Simi Valley, CA

100% agree with filters. Of course it depends on the height of drop and severity of pressure exerted on the lens ring. I have been fortunate enough to win something like 8 different lens on a particularly online auction. The lenses were all Nikon and virtually pennies on the dollar. Interestingly each one came with a filter on them. Of the 8, 4 had damaged filters. 1 was cracked, 2 had chips and one had apparently been squeezed on edge or dropped creating an oval shape as opposed to perfectly round. I was able to remove all of them. One required a filter removing "plastic" tool. ALL of the lens optics were perfect and required nothing more than replacing the filters. So glad that whoever owned these had the good sense to put a filter on them. All of my lenses have filters. Clear/UV or CP depending on what I am shooting. Newbies must understand that all the filters in the world will not protect a lens from severe impact, but it is sure cheap insurance against an occasional oops.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

If you'd rather clean the fingerprints, dust, and miscellaneous gunk off the filter glass instead of the lens surface, use a high-quality Clear or UV filter. If you don't care, don't use a filter. It's your lens; it's your decision how you treat it and whether you protect it. If you dream today of ever selling your expensive lens in the future, ask yourself if you'd buy a used lens with a scratched front glass?

Sidwalkastronomy Loc: New Jersey Shore

I live and shoot by the ocean so there is always salt air. I would destroy the coatings on the lens easily. I replace filters as needed.

Toment Loc: FL, IL

oui! oui! (to User ID)

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

Happened to me, too. In fact, I need a new clear filter.

imagemeister Loc: mid east Florida

dandev wrote:

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.

Where was your lens hood ??
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