Why I use Clear Filters
Nov 2, 2021 18:56:35 #
flyboy61
Loc: The Great American Desert
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 
Couldn't have said it better, myself!
And, I have noticed that nowadays the front elememnts are mounted very close to the end of the lens!Nov 3, 2021 09:19:15 #
Nov 3, 2021 20:51:27 #
Paul Diamond
Loc: Atlanta, GA, USA
It is simple. Everyone should do it. Take a few pics with a clear or UV or whatever filter on your lens. Then, everything being kept the same, take a few pics with the same camera, same settings, same lens - but no filter. Compare the pictures at 1:1. Do you see a difference? Are some pictures sharper, higher contrast?
I did. And the expensive coated/optically flat filters have never gone back on to the lenses since the test.
Most of the time, you can do post processing and get rid of anything that the filter was supposed to do, but sharper and at higher contrast.
No brainer!!! (And this is from someone who made a lot of $$$ for my employer from selling camera lens filters for non-digital cameras that needed them.)
I did. And the expensive coated/optically flat filters have never gone back on to the lenses since the test.
Most of the time, you can do post processing and get rid of anything that the filter was supposed to do, but sharper and at higher contrast.
No brainer!!! (And this is from someone who made a lot of $$$ for my employer from selling camera lens filters for non-digital cameras that needed them.)
Nov 3, 2021 21:01:31 #
Paul Diamond wrote:
It is simple. Everyone should do it. Take a few ... (show quote)
Tested and compared. The filters stay.
Nov 4, 2021 07:55:16 #
Paul Diamond wrote:
It is simple. Everyone should do it. Take a few ... (show quote)
NOTE all UHH members: we have a super human in our midst who can discern a 0.3% difference!!!
Nov 4, 2021 10:45:31 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
NOTE all UHH members: we have a super human in our midst who can discern a 0.3% difference!!!
It’s easy to believe there are methods to detect and measure such a minuscule degree of loss. But it’s equally easy to be ROTFLMFAO at whoever worries about it.
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