I hike with a group and have to take quick photos usually. My camera is on a sling, and hangs as I hike, so I always have a filter on it to protect. It has saved me from numerous scratches from dirt specks etc, but I might be able to avoid those without a filter, that is usually my problem with not blowing the lens before using a cloth. But once on a high mountain hike I did trip, and the camera landed on a rock. Judging from the damage, lens front first, through the hood? I have no idea how it happened, completely cracked my filter. Lens was fine! Camera was fine!
MonaT wrote: I hike with a group and have to take quick photos usually. My camera is on a sling, and hangs as I hike, so I always have a filter on it to protect. It has saved me from numerous scratches from dirt specks etc, but I might be able to avoid those without a filter, that is usually my problem with not blowing the lens before using a cloth. But once on a high mountain hike I did trip, and the camera landed on a rock. Judging from the damage, lens front first, through the hood? I have no idea how it happened, completely cracked my filter. Lens was fine! Camera was fine!
I have had two occasions in 65+ years of photography that my camera on tripod has fallen. Luckily, both times I had a UV or other filter on the camera lens and it saved my camera lens. Filters are cheap when compared to the cost of a camera lens. I should probably use at least a UV filter more often, but tend to forget to replace it sometimes.
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