> > Buy and use whatever hood and filters you want for the > purpose they were > designed for, not for protection from a fall or impact damage. > > Shel >
I think that should be changed to "Buy and use whatever hood and filters you want" for any purpose you want. Many of us have had lenses protected by filters and hoods from pretty severe knocks - far worse than stubbing out cigarettes, which may be good advertising but is not necessarily good science. I have dropped lenses onto concrete and onto cobbles and seen the filter or hood take the force to such an extent that they have been destroyed, without damaging the lenses at all. Without the filter or hood the lenses would have taken the force, so I am quite satisfied that protection is among the purposes of hoods and filters. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
