> I'd highly recommend you to place a UV filter on it.
> I know that's a bit controversial, since at the very end it's just a piece
of
> glass, and in our business each piece of glass in front of the camera just
> compromises quality.
>
> I also got the 100f2.8 Macro USM few weeks ago and the first thing I did
was to
> stole the cheapo UV filter from my 75-300IS (that I seldom use) while the
order
> of my B+W UV filter was on its way.
>
> I got my B+W on thursday and (re)placed it inmediately.
>
> Yesterday I was shooting some red leaves, (indoors) on front of the living
> window when the menace of my daughter just sneaked between the tripod
legs
> making it fall frontally against the marmer border. The first thread in
the
> filter is damaged and I won't be able to stack any filter on it anymore...
>
> What if it had happened to the lens itself?
Where was your lenshood???
Darrell
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