My philosophy is to use CAPS for protection and remove them when taking photos and replace them when finished. A metal screw in CAP will give better protection than a filter will, and using no filter cannot degrade image quality like using a filter could. JCO
-----Original Message----- From: Bob Blakely [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 1:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: quick question about protective filters Two surfaces out of perhaps 11 that are probably in your lens? Probably not. Not that can be observed without scientific insturmentation anyway. Regards, Bob... From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For those of you who like to keep UV filters on your lenses for > protection, > is there any difference between the Pentax SMC filters and, say, the B&W > or > Hoya multi-coated filters?

