Paul Stenquist wrote: > I won't use a filter on any lens, not matter how valuable, unless I > require filtration. I figure there's not much point in buying superior > lenses and then shooting through a piece of inferior glass. Even if the > filter is of optimum quality, it's adding an unnecessary element and > limiting the effectiveness of the lens. However, I can understand that > some prefer to protect their investment. I like to buy lenses from > those folk :-). Agreed.
And the only time I've had to replace a front element (and a 77mm at that), I was very pleasantly surprised to find it's only a fraction of the lens cost... -Ryan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

