Hi Bob ... And I have seen just the opposite, where neither a hood nor a filter has protected the lens from damage. But yes, buy 'em and use 'em, or not, for whatever reason floats your boat.
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bob W > > Buy and use whatever hood and filters you want for the > > purpose they were > > designed for, not for protection from a fall or impact damage. > I think that should be changed to "Buy and use whatever hood and > filters you want" for any purpose you want. > > Many of us have had lenses protected by filters and hoods from pretty > severe knocks - far worse than stubbing out cigarettes, which may be > good advertising but is not necessarily good science. I have dropped > lenses onto concrete and onto cobbles and seen the filter or hood take > the force to such an extent that they have been destroyed, without > damaging the lenses at all. Without the filter or hood the lenses > would have taken the force, so I am quite satisfied that protection is > among the purposes of hoods and filters. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
