Scratch card for filters?

7 years 10 months ago #483678 by MYoung
Have any of you tried those scratch guards for your filters?  Another photographer was telling me about them yesterday and I didn't find anything on Google.  She said she had a film on the front of her filters.  

I asked here, if that robs from the optics because of the adhesive used.  She stated that it didn't.  Personally I don't see how this could be so.  

Have you heard of such a filter protector? 


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7 years 10 months ago #483679 by Screamin Scott
Never heard of it & doubt that it would be any good 

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7 years 10 months ago #483717 by Colorado Mike
Nope and I did some searches too.  


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7 years 10 months ago #483750 by Carry
That would mess with your optics 100% if it has any sort of glue to it, so even if there was one, I wouldn't use it.


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7 years 10 months ago #483753 by effron
I'll use a quality glass filter in front of my lens and CP when in windy, debris blowing areas like the beach, never when there's nothing of harm in the air though. My filters face a much bigger danger from me dropping them, and no filter of any kind will protect them from that.....:angry:

Why so serious?
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7 years 10 months ago #483812 by Tim Dordeck
They don't make any sort of 'film' that sticks to the front of your lens.  Can you image an air pocket being there?  That would destroy your optics


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7 years 10 months ago #483814 by Shadowfixer1
I'm sure she is talking about using a screen protector on the filter just like the ones used on phones and tablets. No, I wouldn't use one but to each their own. They are clear so it probably doesn't effect exposure at all.
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