> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > steve harley > > on 2012-09-17 22:45 Bipin Gupta wrote > > I would now love to hear from our photographer friends, a) for whom a > > filter is absolutely sacrilege, b) the Buddha's middle path takers > who > > say they take the filter off for important events, and c) those who > > swear by the filter. > > on my better lenses i use good filters (i tried Marumi but they were > hard to clean; now using B&W "double-coated" from 2filter.com); on my > cheap lenses i use whatever's around or none; i also use hoods to > manage flare and protect against bumps, but the filters handle grit, > spray and dust; i don't see filters as a major obstacle to getting good > shots > > that said, my dad, who was a far more accomplished photographer than i > am, never used a filter or a hood and regularly wiped his lens with his > shirt, or even his thumb >
they're fine, unless your Dad wore rock shirts and his thumb was covered in birdshit. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
