I am well aware of the arguments regarding UV/clear filters to protect a lens. I don't want to jinx myself, but I have been involved with photography for over 60 years and have never had a cracked, scratched, or other form of damaged from of a lens. So you can understand that I am biased by the fact that even the most expensive filters, and who says that they are necessarily better than the least expensive ones, are placing another piece of glass in front of the lens that I prefer to use to take a photo. I checked with my personal property insurance carrier and they told me that damage from dropping a lens, etc., will be covered by them as well.

I am going on a safari in February and was told, by many, that it is very dusty and to carry 2 camera bodies so I don't need to change lenses. I bought a second body. Now I was told to wrap the camera and lens in a scarf when not shooting, so I got a bit worried about sand, dust, etc., sand blasting the front of the lens.

I started listening to u-tubes about the discussion of filters and various people's discussions about quality and price. When looking for a UV/clear glass filter I noticed that Tiffen, which was really a leader in filter manufacturing in the 1960s, still seems to have filters for sale, at this time. I found some of my old Tiffen filters from the 1960s and they look just great. They new Tiffen filters are far less expensive then other manufacturers' brands. I was surprised to find that they actually claim they make their filters in the USA. I took the chance and ordered one for my lower and one for my upper zoom lenses. I have polaroid filters for other lenses that I will be taking as well, so all of my lenses should be protected.

I just wondered if anyone has had any good or bad experiences with their filters?

As you could tell by the topic I have obsolete equipment that I use and need advice on. My house burned down last July and I lost half my collection. I'm hoping there are others here that can help with some weird questions I have about some really old stuff that still works. Your news letter is so interesting and I enjoy trying some of the tricks with different cameras. I may have some stuff for sale and would like to deal with people that understand what they are looking at. Too much information? Thanks for including me.

Went to the UHH Post You listed, Beautiful Picture of a Blue Jay, but no dialogue on teleconverters, so I went to your 500 Pix Page and all Your Photographs are Outstanding which speaks for itself,,,I agree a teleconverter cuts down on incoming light and the extra glass can cause less sharpness, and getting close, using bird feeders, or a blind or a tape recording of bird songs to get closer is better than using a teleconverter, still they come in handy in a pinch...and some of our Photographers on this forum have no problem with teleconverters but are generally using them on a very expensive fast aperture telephoto lens with a high resolution camera...

Sometime ago someone posed the question as to whether a refurbished camera had the count set back to zero or not. I bought my refurbished Nikon D5600 from Adorama with no info as to the shutter count. I just ran across a shutter count program that was simple to use and checked my camera's shutter count which was 311, meaning that this camera was either set back during refurbishing or had been refurbished at the factory before it was ever sent out for sale. This latter possibility was included in a comment on one of the NikonUSA website sections. By the way, the shutter count program I found and used is
"Myshuttercount.com". This site not only gave the count but it listed all of the pertinent info concerning my camera. I tried a shot from my point and shoot Canon but it didn't work. I don't know if the same type of data is attached to images from a point and shoot camera as is done with Nikon images but that could be the reason that the experiment was not successful.

Changing the subject, is there a UHH recommended pixel dimension/size for DSLR pictures attached to a post on UHH?

I need some advice. I pulled the GAS trigger today on a Nikon FF camera to replace my D7500. I'm not a pro. I shoot landscape, still life, and things that don't talk back. I have a full assortment of crop sensor lens, but no FF lens other than a 50mm/1.8. I bought a 24-85 f2.8-f4 Macro to go with the camera. If you had a limited budget, what lens would you get beyond the two I'll have? I enjoy milky way shots, light painting, macro stuff, flowers, waterfalls, and "artsey" stuff. Any suggestions are welcome. FWIW, I've have done two weddings (don't care for the pressure) and I've done a couple of office parties (free drinks). I don't mind manual focus lenses, used lenses, or refurbs if I can return if they've seen their useful life. Thanks for the help. I really do appreciate all the comments even they are a little painful.