If no filter in place, use restraint in aggressive lens cleaning. I tend to do more frequent, if casual, cleaning when I have a filter on. Proper methods and cleaners should only be used.
Jack --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I stopped using "protection" filters 25 years ago when I saw how much > > they cut image quality. I've only dropped a lens once, a Nikkor 20mm > > f/3.5 AI-S that was two weeks old, and no filter or hood would have > prevented the damage to the lens' optical alignment that was caused > > (both filter and hood were on that lens at the time). It needed > repair anyway. > > Use good, rigid lens hoods and leave the extra glass behind. If you > absolutely must use a protection filter, pitch those Quantaray things > > as far as you can and buy yourself a set of B+W MRC coated clear > protection filters. And for heaven's sake, if you're going to use a > filter, be *sure* you use a lens hood! > > When you notice how much filters cost in flare, it will be when you > get image ghosts across the best evening photos you've ever taken, > and which cannot be made again. Ask me how I know this... ;-) > > Godfrey > > On Apr 21, 2007, at 5:56 PM, Amita Guha wrote: > > > People tend to get into religious wars about this sort of thing. > I'm a > > firm believer in filtering my lenses, but I think I'm the only > person > > on the list who's ever dropped a camera on its front and had the UV > > filter shatter and the lens remain ok. :) I've never noticed a > > difference in quality, but I have started ponying up for the more > > expensive B+W Multicoated filters rather than the cheap Tiffens I > > started out with. That can add $50-$100 to the cost of each lens, > but > > better that than scratching the lens or worse, IMHO. > > > > Amita > > > > On 4/21/07, Maris V. Lidaka Sr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I generally leave my UV filter on my lens. My (aging) eyes don't > > >> see any > >> difference in image quality with or without the filter, but there > > >> are those > >> who disagree. > >> > >> Maris > >> > >> eric wrote: > >>> I learn something new every day on this list, it seems. I'm > >>> probably > >>> still a youngin' compared to most of you (rolling over to 27 in > >>> about > >>> a month), and just started getting "serious" about photography > late > >>> last year when I picked up a *ist-DL. Wonderful camera, only > >>> complaint of sorts is the lack of a hard protective cover over > the > >>> LCD, such as found on the Nikon D70. > >>> > >>> Anyways, in talking to my photography friends, most of which are > my > >>> age or younger, I was always told to never leave the house > without > >>> something capping the front element. Skylight and UV filters are > >>> handy universal protectors. Seemed like perfectly sound advice > to > >>> me, considering I can't leave the bedroom without getting a spot > > >>> on a > >>> white shirt. I can make it to the front door on a gray shirt. I > >>> will have somehow put a scratch in the screen of a new PDA within > >>> minutes of taking it out of the box. > >>> > >>> So yeah, not having some sort of protection on the front of > >>> something > >>> that has triple digits worth of investment in it does make me a > bit > >>> uncomfortable. It hadn't occured to me that these filters might > be > >>> degrading image quality, although it does make perfect sense now > > >>> that > >>> I think about it. But considering that I'm still working on the > kit > >>> lens, and $300 is a HECK of a lot of money for me to drop on > another > >>> lens, am I really going to see that much of a difference between > >>> filter and no filter? I picked up a 3 pack of Quantaray filters > >>> (skylight 1A, polarizer, and UV). I tend to leave the skylight > one > >>> attached to the lens. I've tried both with and without, and > can't > >>> really see any real difference in quality, but then I've also > been > >>> focusing more on learning the camera, than getting Ansel Adams > level > >>> quality. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
