Why use a filter if you prefer not to? Just get an old filter, smash out the glass, and use the ring. Using a filter with a pol my not be "advantageous."
Shel > [Original Message] > From: Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> > Date: 4/9/2007 6:39:37 AM > Subject: Re: Protection glass / filters > > None of my lenses has a protective filter on it except the > FA*80-200/2.8, and that's mainly because the lens's own filter threads > are damaged to the extent that it's really difficult to put a filter on > it (and particularly so with a polarizer, which is my most-used > filter). So the SMC Pentax UV filter I have on this lens provides > surrogate filter threads. > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

