Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]on 10/20/04 6:51 PM, John Collier at jbcollier@shaw.ca wrote: > Protective filters are a personal matter between a photographer and > their craft. The important thing is the images. If not having a filter > means you will not be able to freely make images then put the > UV/skylight filter on. Image degradation is insignificant when compared > to no image at all. > > That said, I do not myself use protective filters. I had never > scratched a filter in ten years of use so I took them off. It has been > about ten years since then and no elements scratched. I do use caps > (either lens or shade) between bursts. > > I have only ever seen two scratched front elements. The first was on a > used set of binoculars that had been stored with no case, loose in a > glove box. The second was on a lens that fell and shattered its > "protective filter". One of the shards of lter glass scratched the lens > :-) > > This is just an anecdotal report not a scientific treatise so again let > me repeat: > > DO WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE > > John Collier I agree with John 100%. Doug Herr Birdman of Sacramento http://www.wildlightphoto.com