I have to disagree with that statement. A lens hood does a wonderful job of absorbing the bulk of the impact.
I have to disagree with that too... I meant if you dropped a lens (say theoretically straight down) with the mount side first (ie the opposite side to where your lens hood is), then I doubt any lens hood would absorb any impact
As to the whole lens cap debate - why would you not use it when you're not shooting.
OK, some may say a filter does affect image quality and would not use one ever, but when you're putting your gear away somewhere, surely a lens cap is the least you would do to protect your lens from scratching or other accidental damage?
The whole "people who use a lens cap are amateurs" makes me angry. Some people may have spent a small fortune on their shiny new 18-300mm and don't particularly want to get it damaged. Or like me, I take pride and looking after my kit so that should I want to resell it at a later date, I can add a 'mint' condition to it, as opposed to a 'abused day & night' condition.
Each to their own though I suppose
I have to disagree with that too... I meant if you dropped a lens (say theoretically straight down) with the mount side first (ie the opposite side to where your lens hood is), then I doubt any lens hood would absorb any impact
The sign of an amateur is the use of the lens cap ...first thing to leave in the box...do you want rain on your lens ..no so fit a UV filter and you can polish that if it gets dirty...hood of course
which is why when you are buying used, find an amatuer that babies their gear, and keeps it pristine, you can always tell gear from full time pro,, equipment are tools, not pristine objects to be pampered.
actually, I was looking at the brassing already on my D800,, and thought whoa,,, maybe I should be less rough with it...nah.
Here it is!
Even just 5 high quality filters degraded image quality
Experimenting with Stacks of UV Filters
I was just rereading this thread and started thinking about how many hoods I have...about a dozen...not a single one for any of my Nikkors! In fact I don't have a hood for any of the lenses I have period. They all belong to other types of camera bodies that I do not have.
The one exception is my 135/2.8 which has a hood built in.
Frequent contributor to Shutterbug Roger Hicks swears by hoods. He has dropped more cameras then I have held in my hands probably and he has a few stories about shutting them in car doors too. The thing about Hicks though is that he is a Leica man and most of his lenses cost more than our cameras. He needs all the insurance he can get I suppose.
Rick I understand your thinking on filters but what I don't understand is if you feel they degrade the quality of an image then why do you use the CP? It is going to degrade the light coming through a lens even more so than a plain vanilla UV. Are you doing this solely for effect? Than why not use a Haze filter or a Sky filter to impart different degrees of warmness to photos? Or a ND to allow you to open wider in bright light?
Here it is!
Even just 5 high quality filters degraded image quality
Experimenting with Stacks of UV Filters
Frequent contributor to Shutterbug Roger Hicks swears by hoods. He has dropped more cameras then I have held in my hands probably and he has a few stories about shutting them in car doors too.