> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Eric Weir > > > Midway in my walk back in September I replaced the lens cap > on the A 28/2.8 with a uv filter. Recently I thought I > ordered 49 and 67 mm uv filters [Tiffen] for use as lens > protectors on two other lenses. When the order arrived I had > two 67 mm flyers, one uv, one uv haze. > > My first thought was to return the haze, but reading up a > little I thought maybe I'd keep it. In a discussion of uv vs. > uv haze on photo.net, however, I encountered a diversity of > opinions about filter vs. no filter and uv vs. haze, and > strongly negative opinions about Tiffen. > > I'd be interested in this group's thoughts. >
I've never used Tiffen filters, so can't comment on those. I use B+W, Contax/Zeiss, Heliopan and the top end Hoya filters. Nowadays I only use a UV filter, although I still have some polarisers. Haze filters are useful for, er, haze. There are 2 schools of thought on using clear filters for protecting lenses. One rational and sensible school of thought is that it is a good idea and doesn't do any noticeable harm to your pictures; the other is wrong, an abomination in the sight of the Lord, and should be dragged behind horses through the streets of olde Londonne Towne, then burnt on a pyre built from their land and holdings. Yea, verily. You may recall when we met up in Norfolk I had smashed the filter on the front of my Olympus. This is the sort of argument that convinces me that it's better to sacrifice a filter, even an expensive one, than to smash a lens. <http://www.web-options.com/PeddarsWay/content/P0130002_large.html> Nevertheless, I don't have a filter on the front of my Fuji X100, nor on the front of one or two of my Leica lenses, so perhaps I am a whited sepulchre, appearing beautiful outward, but being within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. If I were to buy a Leica MM I would probably want a variety of old skool filters, green, yellow, OG etc. B -- 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.
