I do not use a filter on any of my lens, I only use a circular pol. when needed. Do you use any filter to protect your lens, and if so what kind do you use??
I use B+W MRC UV filters when shooting in a hostile environment, like blowing sand and/or salt water spray. Otherwise, I only use CP and ND filters to get desired effects. Also, I don't use protecti0on filters when shooting paintball tournaments, but that's a whole 'nother story.
Edit: forgot to mention this - I use hoods and lens caps for protection.
All that investment in glass just to put a piece of £30 glass infront? I just use a lens hood. Thought admittedly it doesn't help against thing pole shaped objects that can insert itself into the camera.
For telephoto lens I generally don't, since hoods for these lenses tend to be longer and stick out enough to give a good level of protection. I will use a UV filter on my wide angle lenses, since the hoods usually provide little to no protection.
capt don wrote:
After I almost had an accident, I decided a filter was a lot cheaper than replacing a front element on an expensive lens.
Actually not. I calculated that if I bought one for each of my lenses, it would cost MORE than the price of a repair! The only time I had lens glass damaged, it was done when a polarizer shattered and the shards of glass scratched up the lens. I use lens cap and hood to protect my lenses. Never had a scratch, and I daily shoot outdoors.
JonathanJK wrote:
All that investment in glass just to put a piece of £30 glass infront? I just use a lens hood. Thought admittedly it doesn't help against thing pole shaped objects that can insert itself into the camera.
Nor sea salt or fine grit blowing in the wind. I usually have a couple of UV filters I use when photographing in harsh conditions and exchange them as they get dirty.
On my more expensive glass (80-200 AF-S f/2.8 and 24-70 F/2.8) I put a B+W MRC UV Filter on them...I've had one break and it was a $120 replacement instead of a $500 repair. If I could put something on my 400 I would but other than that most of my lenses are naked, I do however use a star filter from time to time.
I'm with yossarian123. Most of the time, I try to use a UV on my WA lenses which don't get much protection from the hoods, which are very shallow and wide. I use a CP filter often when doing landscapes to darken skies. In harsh conditions I will use a filter whenever possible to protect from sand, saltwater and the like. Also, certain lenses like the Canon 17-40 are only weather-sealed with a filter attached.
, and if so what kind do you use??
