Baydream wrote: UV, Sky and Clear filters primarily protect your lens from getting scratched (an expensive injury). With a good quality lens, effects should be minimal. In the odd situation that you might get flare, you can always remove the filter, shoot, then replace it. I have a skylight one and a UV on the other lens.
As for size: If you have or are getter lenses of various sizes, the step up would benefit you but you would need different lens caps and may not be able to use lens hoods to control flare. In addition, the larger filters are usually more expensive. For your "protective" lenses, getter filters to match makes sense. If you have 58mm lenses and get a 52mm prime, get a step up for using filters like polarizers that can run into money.
For those hazy horizons, a circular polarizer may help.
Stealthy Ninja wrote: A hood will protect your lens more than a filter ever will. In fact if you drop your lens, the filter might shatter and damage the front element.
The front element is pretty darn strong and unless you want to prevent damage from sand/sea-spray etc. they're probably not necessary.
Personally I have some lenses with them some without (70-200 has one on, the 24-70 doesn't right now, the 14-24 can't and the 50mm 1.4 from Sigma doesn't). Often I forget to put them back on after I use a CP.
Like Baydream suggested, if you do use them, get the best quality you can, to avoid any possible deterioration in the IQ.
Joves wrote:
Stealthy Ninja wrote: A hood will protect your lens more than a filter ever will. In fact if you drop your lens, the filter might shatter and damage the front element.
The front element is pretty darn strong and unless you want to prevent damage from sand/sea-spray etc. they're probably not necessary.
Personally I have some lenses with them some without (70-200 has one on, the 24-70 doesn't right now, the 14-24 can't and the 50mm 1.4 from Sigma doesn't). Often I forget to put them back on after I use a CP.
Like Baydream suggested, if you do use them, get the best quality you can, to avoid any possible deterioration in the IQ.
Normally for many people this is true but I rock climb with my camera alot and have had some parts of cliffs get past the hoods. I shattered a few filters, now granted it owuld have only been a minor scratch on a lens but, better to shatter a filter.
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