Lens hoods a good protection against scratches and even certain types of debris, plus the provide control for flare and in some situations can help increase contrast. Do you use a lens hood?
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Bryan Vyhmeister > I hear what you are saying. I have been using either SMC Pentax > filters or B+W MRC filters. I prefer to protect the front element of > the lens with something. One of my 67mm filters has a big scratch on > it from some incident. I would hate for that to be the front element. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

