Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim Brick wrote: > > At 03:28 PM 11/6/00 +0100, Robert Appleby wrote: > > > >I use filters on all my lenses because they're all expensive! And if you > >take the filter off, you'll see that the lens is not just in good shape, > >it's absolutely pristine. The front elements have never been cleaned or > >even touched. After a year of good use, an optically brand new lens - what > >more can you ask for? > > > >Rob. > > My lenses never have filters on them unless the filter will enhance or > otherwise improve the photograph. My accumulation of lenses date back to > 1974 when I bought my first Leica. A CL. They get cleaned regularly with, > then, Kodak lens cleaner and tissue, later, a tee shirt and ROR, and now, > microfiber cloth and ClearSight. They look as pristine, clear, clean, no > marks of any kind, and do not flare when pointed toward the sun or other > bright lights. I live and do most of my photography, on the California > coast, on the shoreline. What more can you ask for? > > Jim (to each, his own) Brick I thought nothing of using UV filters (I thought UV was evil and needed to be filtered at all cost) until one day I had a drink with a photographer from the Oregonian who had all his gear with in in a large Domke bag in the early 1980's. He pulled out some of his Nikon lenses which I also at the time used and showed them to me. Mine had UV filters on them. His didn't. He rolled his eyes. I took the filters off when I got back to my studio. Have never put them back on. His barrels were more banged up than mine but his glass was all perfect And none of my 26 lenses have since ever had their glass damaged. I'll clean them with my shirt tail if it is soft clean fabric. I huff on them first. Mark rabiner