Christine, Motorcycle helmuts - OK & necessary! Filters - not so much. Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > I use filters! When I did the construction shoot a while back, I was glad I > was a filter-girl. One of those little trucks would come zooming by and soon > enough I and my cameras were covered head to toe in dirt-dust, and, of > course, tiny rock particles would fly about as well. One dinged my B + W > polarizing filter real nice, but thankfully the pesky little rock particle > didn't get the front element. > > This thread reminds me of the time I was at Bob Sullivan's house years ago > after just joining the PDML. He began a long lecture on how PDMLers do not > use filters and that if I wanted to be a true PDMLer I should give up the > habit real fast. I said I would, but I had my fingers croxxed, and have been > hiding my untruth all these good long years--until now, of course, but > despite being junior to most, I am senior to some, so I'm feeling cocky and > bold and devil may care and decided to come clean! > > I say use filters, but buy good ones. That reminds me: I need to replace my > semi-cheap UV filters. I think I'll head over to the B + W store. To me, > shooting without a filter is like riding a motorcycle without a helmut. You > won't find filter-girl--aka helmut-girl--without either. > > Cheers, Filter-girl from Chicago > > > > > > > On Sep 17, 2012, at 11:45 PM, Bipin Gupta <bip...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Yes this is an oft repeated old stuff. But here is a version bottled >> anew. Since my retirement I have been travelling a lot. Last weekend >> we were in San Francisco. We love the wharf area and pier 39 plus the >> rides on the historic cable cars. A very windy and chilly day. Lots >> and lots of birds flying around for scraps of food. And eat means they >> have to drop too. So bits of bird droppings broken up and propelled by >> the wind do hit your camera and the lens. I was not spared. >> Back at the hotel, I tried cleaning the filter with a blower brush and >> the Japanese high fiber lens cloth (no China stuff). Faint spots still >> remained on the Hoya 77mm Pro 1 Filter. Back home I tried a lens >> cleaner. No luck. I could still see very faint spotting on the filter. >> My daughter was quick to point out that bird droppings have strong >> chemicals that can stain a lens coating, perhaps damage it. >> 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. >> Bipin. >> camp: San Mateo, CA and not from the far away enchanting land. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
