Bill's right. For protection, buy a lens hood. It also improves contrast and reduces flare in your lens. Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 2, 2013 at 9:22 AM, Bill <[email protected]> wrote: > On 02/11/2013 5:00 AM, Eric Weir wrote: >> >> >> 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. >> >> > The only time I use filters is when I need a polarizer. If you want > protection, buy a lens hood. > > bill > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
