I've always used UV filters on all my lenses, except the 600. Mine are all Pentax or top end B+W. I have polarizers for most of my lenses which are used when the occasion calls for them. Use to have numerous other filters when I shot film, which are mostly not needed now with digital. Filters have saved damage to my lenses on more than one occasion.
-----Original Message----- >From: Bob W <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: Filters? > > >> From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] 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 [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.
