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Message: <blockquote data-quote="480sparky" data-source="post: 339435" data-attributes="member: 15805">The article appears to make the case FOR using filters.It can also be used to make the case AGAINST using filters for lens protection..... minor dings and scratches will have far far far fewer effects on the image than that damaged filter.The simple fact that filters are much more fragile than lenses is what escapes most people who claim "the filter saved my lens".  The only way to prove a broken filter 'saved' a lens is to subject the lens to the exact same conditions that broke the filter.  In the case of accidents, that proves impossible.And until someone does some emperical testing.... dropping lenses with and without filters under controlled circumstances.... with the filter giving it's all and the lens sustaining damage w/o a filter. Only then will I be convinced that filters actually 'save' lenses.</blockquote>