UV or skylight filters for digital

http://jaswebpics.com/filter.jpg
Some stone chips on filter ring and two on the glass (out of focus on
scanner sorry)... all during two seconds of shooting. Worth it for me!

Cheers, Jason (remove ... to reply)
Video & Gaming: http://gadgetaus.com

http://jaswebpics.com/filter.jpg
Some stone chips on filter ring and two on the glass (out of focus on
scanner sorry)... all during two seconds of shooting. Worth it for me!

Cheers, Jason (remove ... to reply)
Video & Gaming: http://gadgetaus.com

I have been using filters for 45 years. I have known people who had ruined
lenses because they did not have filter protection.

I have creamed a few filters myself. Not my lenses though.

When my front surface gets dirty, I just clean the filter, not the lens. I
don't like to touch the lens at all.

I am not a pro though.

But a pro can afford to replace a lens. Can you? What if it is a favorite
lens and no longer made? The the new version sucks?

Sure you can get a front element replaced, but will it ever be the same?

If your living is not made by photography, just use a filter. No big deal.

And for cameras like the Canon S1 IS you can get adapters to put on filters.
The added benefit is that you protect the lenses mechanism that comes out of
the camera with the adapter.

As far as what type filter. Clear is useless. UV ok, skylight nice. For
my nature shots I like the 81 series, like 81C.

Each to his own. I use filters. I have never had a problem damaging a
lens. Some of my lenses are 35 years old.

I have been using filters for 45 years. I have known people who had ruined
lenses because they did not have filter protection.

I have creamed a few filters myself. Not my lenses though.

When my front surface gets dirty, I just clean the filter, not the lens. I
don't like to touch the lens at all.

I am not a pro though.

But a pro can afford to replace a lens. Can you? What if it is a favorite
lens and no longer made? The the new version sucks?

Sure you can get a front element replaced, but will it ever be the same?

If your living is not made by photography, just use a filter. No big deal.

And for cameras like the Canon S1 IS you can get adapters to put on filters.
The added benefit is that you protect the lenses mechanism that comes out of
the camera with the adapter.

As far as what type filter. Clear is useless. UV ok, skylight nice. For
my nature shots I like the 81 series, like 81C.

Each to his own. I use filters. I have never had a problem damaging a
lens. Some of my lenses are 35 years old.

"Joseph Meehan" wrote ...
Having had a number of lenses "damaged" by like events, I can tell you
that a chip or scratch caused by such things does not destroy a lens and
most of the time a felt tip marking pen will repair the damage and the
lens will function like new.

A felt tip marking pen? How does that help a damaged lens?

Rob

"Joseph Meehan" wrote ...
Having had a number of lenses "damaged" by like events, I can tell you
that a chip or scratch caused by such things does not destroy a lens and
most of the time a felt tip marking pen will repair the damage and the
lens will function like new.

A felt tip marking pen? How does that help a damaged lens?

Rob

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 15:45:42 GMT, "Basic Wedge"
wrote:

"Joseph Meehan" wrote ...
Having had a number of lenses "damaged" by like events, I can tell you
that a chip or scratch caused by such things does not destroy a lens and
most of the time a felt tip marking pen will repair the damage and the
lens will function like new.

A felt tip marking pen? How does that help a damaged lens?

What... you don't scribble all over your lens glass?

...and if you don't have a felt-tip pen, you can use sandpaper.

--
Owamanga!

Basic Wedge wrote:
"Joseph Meehan" wrote ...
Having had a number of lenses "damaged" by like events, I can tell you
that a chip or scratch caused by such things does not destroy a lens and
most of the time a felt tip marking pen will repair the damage and the
lens will function like new.

A felt tip marking pen? How does that help a damaged lens?

Rob

Most lenses are damaged due to a chip or a scratch. Covering the
scratch or chip will take that small part of the lens out of the picture,
without blacking it, you get flare and that does show on your pictures. The
black areas only reduce the total amount of light by a very small amount and
seldom will make an detectable change to the image.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

Basic Wedge wrote:
"Joseph Meehan" wrote ...
Having had a number of lenses "damaged" by like events, I can tell you
that a chip or scratch caused by such things does not destroy a lens and
most of the time a felt tip marking pen will repair the damage and the
lens will function like new.

A felt tip marking pen? How does that help a damaged lens?

Rob

Most lenses are damaged due to a chip or a scratch. Covering the
scratch or chip will take that small part of the lens out of the picture,
without blacking it, you get flare and that does show on your pictures. The
black areas only reduce the total amount of light by a very small amount and
seldom will make an detectable change to the image.

--
Joseph E. Meehan

26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math

"Basic Wedge" wrote:

A felt tip marking pen? How does that help a damaged lens?

Having an opacity in the aperture is usually better than having some
gnarly optical flaw. Feel free to simulate with a small blob of tape
on a piece of string stretched across your lens. It's a common fix
for telescopes. However, they are usually focused at infinity, so the
occlusions are well out of focus. For a photographic lens focused
inside the hyperfocal distance things can be a bit different
(depends).