Doug Franklin wrote: > Digital Image Studio wrote: > > >> I suspect that you severely underestimate the robustness >> of modern lens coatings. >> > > I quit worrying so much about the robustness of the front element > coatings when I saw the Pentax demonstration of crushing out a cigarette > on the front element like it was an ashtray. > > I don't shoot at the beach or anywhere else there's salt spray or sand > or whatever, either, though. But those things worry me more for what > they can do when they get inside the lens than on its front element. > > That sounds about as worthless as the demonstrations showing how "tough" a car wax is by burning lighter fluid on it....I can't remember the last time I thought about putting out my cigarette on the front of my lens, then thought better of it because it might damage the coating.
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