Do you recommend and use a UV filter?

9 years 9 months ago #389477 by IzzieK
I am with Joves...UV filter is for films. I do not use films anymore so most of my filters stays at home...and boy! I had quite a few of them for my Cokin, Lee, Arrow, Nikon...


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9 years 9 months ago #389483 by Hassner
I think it should be a personal choice.
I dropped two lenses, one with and one without a filter.
The one with a filter I struggled to unscrew, but I picked up the glass and threw it away. Lens fine.
The one without, the screw thread in front was so badly bent, it could not take another screw filter.

I tend to be more careless with a filter on, so I'm forever cleaning it. Or I screw it off at a lack of a t-shirt that day.
So I still go without.


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9 years 9 months ago #389611 by Garbo
I got a kick from these guys


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9 years 9 months ago #389651 by Stealthy Ninja

IzzieK wrote: I am with Joves...UV filter is for films. I do not use films anymore so most of my filters stays at home...and boy! I had quite a few of them for my Cokin, Lee, Arrow, Nikon...


Right, but a good UV filter is pretty much the same as a clear filter on digital.  A bad one might have colour casts etc.
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9 years 9 months ago #390119 by Joves

Stealthy Ninja wrote:

IzzieK wrote: I am with Joves...UV filter is for films. I do not use films anymore so most of my filters stays at home...and boy! I had quite a few of them for my Cokin, Lee, Arrow, Nikon...


Right, but a good UV filter is pretty much the same as a clear filter on digital.  A bad one might have colour casts etc.


A couple of my old Tiffens, and Hoyas had some casts. Mostly showed up as a slight violet cast over all in all of them. Never noticed it when I used them with film. Ever since then I never use one, only a clear if I want to keep the front element clean. 


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9 years 9 months ago #390276 by Jason Oldman
Waste of money if you want my 2 cents


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9 years 9 months ago #390281 by garyrhook

Jason Oldman wrote: Waste of money if you want my 2 cents


Ha-ha!  Money... 2 cents.... I get it :ntf:


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9 years 9 months ago #390315 by Stanly
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