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Always no exceptions!
How many use UV filters?
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I have filters, but they only come out when I'm in a risky environment, on the beach with sand/salt spray etc, and I don't use them enough to warrant getting a quality set. If I was using them a lot, I'd invest in the best ones I could afford, but I don't. Use hoods all the time though, and no issues yet (fingers crossed)
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Just for protection, rather buy a new filter than a new lens!
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Or you could use a lens cap. Cheaper than a filter
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I don't use one I asked in Camera world if I would benifit from using one and they told me I would not
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Or you could use a lens cap. Cheaper than a filter
but slightly more difficult to shoot through
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I just voted and was amazed to see that the poll was a dead 50/50 split (until I just tipped it owards "No" ). I didn't realise that so many people really used filters on all of their lenses, all of the time :|.
I guess that they never shoot bright lights at night :shrug:.
). I didn't realise that so many people really used filters on all of their lenses, all of the time :|.I guess that they never shoot bright lights at night :shrug:.
Did the whole "motorway stream of light from a bridge-thing" during my first year of camera ownership - after bought my first tripod...then the whole "city at night-thing" in London, Paris, New York (from the top of the Empire State Bld. etc)...
Once you've done it, there's no need to ever do it again...
Unless you really like standing on motorway bridges at night...
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Actually I'm glad I came across this thread. I've had filters on my main 2 lenses (nikon 28-70 and 70-200) for about a year, and almost forgotten they were there. Shots from my Nikon 70-200 vr haven't been quite as sharp as I might have hoped. My 14-24 obviously doesn't take any filters due to immense bulbousnessbut shots are so sharp on it you can cut yourself. I'd put this down to the newer tech involved with this lens but it might be worth doing further investigation now.
(Filters I use are Hoya uv pro 1 digital by the way)
Quoting my own answers - sad.
Anyroad, was doing a 'group shot' job the other day with some off camera lighting and such. It was in exactly the same location as I'd done a few days before so I thought I'd try do a real world test. For this second one I took the UV filter off the 28-70. Results - roughly half the shots (only fired around 15 - quick job) seemed slightly soft and out of focus. WTF? Shots from other job (with filter on) were all good. Shutter speed was above 100 for all shots, focal length around 30mm and flash was used so pretty certain it wasn't camera shake.
Obviously this isn't a good scientific test/ comparison, but I'm now slightly confused.
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Did the whole "motorway stream of light from a bridge-thing" during my first year of camera ownership - after bought my first tripod...then the whole "city at night-thing" in London, Paris, New York (from the top of the Empire State Bld. etc)...
Once you've done it, there's no need to ever do it again...
Unless you really like standing on motorway bridges at night...
Well, I'm still within my first year (for about another week ).I just meant that some of the reflections that bounce off the back of a filter (even a double coated one) can really make a mess of night shots (where they tend to stand out against the black background :|. Although I normally have a filter on for protection when I'm out in the woods, I'd always give it a miss at night :shrug:.
Just my $0.02
I'm pretty new to the dslr world as well and I have uv filters on my lenses.Just to clarify should I take them off when using the camera at night?
Not trying to inflame the debate here,just asking the folks who do use filters if this is recommended practice?
Not trying to inflame the debate here,just asking the folks who do use filters if this is recommended practice?
The reason for doing this is to avoid light 'shadows' from point-light sources such as streetlights and car headlights appearing in your images...
What happens is that light is reflected off the front element onto the inner surface of the filter, then bounced back into the lens, creating a 'ghost' image...
It also happens to a lesser extent with the internal lens elements, but is greatly reduced - the manufacturers spending millions getting the designs right to reduce this effect to a minimum...
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Of course, this doesn't only happen at night. Exactly the same thing happens with non-point light sources. Things like the sky. Exactly the same reflective process will create a 'ghost' image of the sky, reducing contrast in that area. With point sources at night the effect is obvious. During the day the effect isn't so obvious - but it's there.
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I once had a Hoya Super HMC Pro 1 on my 50mm f1.8, then realised the filter was worth more than the lens lol.
Have a new Hoya HD on my L glass and HMCs on my others.
Have a new Hoya HD on my L glass and HMCs on my others.
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..and then some dozy clot comes along and ruins it all with putting a £20 filter in front of all that millions of pounds worth of engineering
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And I ask again - how can a 1mm thin piece of glass protect from any impact substantial enough to cause damage to a lens? If I were to throw small stones at your face would you prefer to have a 1mm piece of glass just in front of it?