Amita Guha wrote: > People tend to get into religious wars about this sort of thing. I'm a > firm believer in filtering my lenses, but I think I'm the only person > on the list who's ever dropped a camera on its front and had the UV > filter shatter and the lens remain ok. :) I've never noticed a > difference in quality, but I have started ponying up for the more > expensive B+W Multicoated filters rather than the cheap Tiffens I > started out with. That can add $50-$100 to the cost of each lens, but > better that than scratching the lens or worse, IMHO.
I once had my A* 200 fall front end first into a muddy trail. It was on a tripod just a few inches above the ground, and I had gotten the center of gravity just a little bit too far out. I was glad it had a filter on it - the retractable hood just, well, retracted and the UV filter got a good glob of mud on it. I was much relieved to clean the filter vs having to clean the lens. FWIW - Pentax SMC filters are excellent, though I just did a quick check on B&H and they seem to only list two. Maybe Pentax got out of the filter business... - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
