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Posted by nappy on 03/12/07 23:05
"beowulf@nowhere.net" <r.oelerich@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1173740307.838953.278010@n33g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> On Mar 12, 1:15 pm, "PTravel" <ptra...@travelersvideo.com> wrote:
> ..
>> I always use a UV filter. Filters cost a couple of bucks. A lens costs
>> many hundreds.
>>
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> That has always been my philosophy, and what I do with my cameras. But
> then a couple of people over on the dig photo usenet forums were
> saying NOT to do that, to just use the lens covers smartly, that
> lenses is scratched can be fixed with "lens ink" and that more damage
> can be caused by a broken lens filter scratching the lens, and then
> the risk of lens flare from using filters. It really goes against what
> I have always believed.
>
>
Yes.. flares can be a problem. As can small dirt particles at some focus
settings and when they are lit from light reflecting back out of the lens.
That's when ya take 'em off!
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