Hi Interesting rant, but I feel you have overstepped your reach from the soapbox... :-)
> ... The best thing to > protect a lens is a lens-shade which will take the knocks and most of the > spray of whatever kind of gunk is in the surrounding air. Get a deep > compendium type if needed. Not much use at all with very wide angle - perhaps I should convert an old litter bin or the like > the beach or in a windswept desert, then Schneider crystal optical glass is > the best and a must, the expense being well worth it. Everything else is > rubbish sold to the gullible. I used to be gullible, I now use a lenshood > instead. Jolly good for you, I'll stick with the gullible for a while... > ... there is a lot > to be said for copious amounts of black cardboard and velcro to baffle off > the light on the job at the point of making the photograph. Yeah, velcro and cardboard -- just what I need to lug around forests and mountains > Smacking the front element of a lens > while out and about simply does not happen - get over it. Wrong! - it has happened. I cracked a filter with a branch several years ago >It is like poking > yourself in the eye - that doesn't happen either. And wrong again, I've done it with glasses and even the odd finger Just clumsy old me I suppose :-) bye for now Keith Cooper Northlight Images http://northlight-images.co.uk Photography - Digital Imaging - Apple Mac Consultancy Tel +44 (0)116 291 9092 Mobile +44 (0)780 162 9397 =============================================================== GO TO http://www.prodig.org for ~ GUIDELINES ~ un/SUBSCRIBING ~ ITEMS for SALE
