On Sep 19, 2012, at 8:54 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: > On Sep 19, 2012, at 24:02 , Christine Aguila <[email protected]> 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. >> > > Maybe a super-high-buck expensive filter wouldn't have done that, but… hard > hoods, keeping the camera in the bag, and capping the lenses when they're not > actually mounted to the camera seems to have been doing the trick for the > past 10 years for me.
What is it with people and looking for a "one size fits all" answer. Asking whether or not to use a protective filter is like asking whether or not to use a zoom lens. There are cases where going one way will lead to problems, there are also cases where going the other way will lead to problems, and the vast majority of the time it doesn't make much difference. The UV filter on my lens is kind of like wearing a helmet when I ride my bicycle. I don't always wear a helmet, and I've only actually used a bike helmet once. -- Larry Colen [email protected] sent from i4est -- 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.
