RoamingScott wrote:
I lost brain cells reading this.
snegron7 wrote:
RoamingScott wrote:
There is no reason to be concerned about cleaning your front element or covering it in any other condition besides heavy dust or sea spray. All 3rd party filters clear or "UV" filters do are degrade IQ and shift the native color coatings.
Your best choice for Nikon lenses are the ARCREST.
By all means then please explain what would've happened had I not had a protective filter....
I'm guesing that folks who vehemently oppose having a clear filter in front of a lens are most likely either marketing employees working for lens manufacturers (the faster you destroy a lens, the faster you'll have to send it to their facility for repair or purchase a new one. Or, maybe they are people who havent owned lenses very long and never had a front element scratched or damaged, so they repeat the mantra of the marketing hype of lens manufacturers.
Please look at my pictures posted in the link I provided. That was me holding my lens, and that damage was real, not AI. The lens was inside a "well padded) Tamrac back pack. The backpack slipped from my hand and only dropped around 5 inches to the ground. The lensshade was attached as well but did nothing to lessen the blow. That filter saved my lens. Period.
Sorry. I guess you must be dangerously low on brain cells since you probably didn't have enough to beginn with. There are probably meds for that. 😀
Jan 21, 2026 at 08:42 AM
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