On 12 Dec 2004 at 15:48, William Robb wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. C. O'Connell" > Subject: RE: quick question about protective filters > > > > My philosophy is to use CAPS for protection and > > remove them when taking photos and replace them > > when finished. A metal screw in CAP will give > > better protection than a filter will, and using no > > filter cannot degrade image quality like using a filter > > could. > > My philosophy is much the same as yours. > My problem is that I always am losing lens caps, so half the time, I > have nothing covering my lenses. > > I only use a filter when it will give an effect that I want, such as > increased local contrast in a black and white, or polarizing the > light or some such.
I use these things called hoods for physical protection, it's worked for years, and probably more effective again now that I'm using the *ist D. You should see how deep the hood is now on my A20/2.8 :-) Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
