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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BF Hammer" data-source="post: 764908" data-attributes="member: 48483">Not needed. I used to feel obligated to use them as protection. I stopped using them years ago. Use the lens hood instead. Buy a hood if needed. They will help a bit with flares where a uv filter can only catch extra dust or fog to be cleaned off.I have polarizers, neutral density, and an astrophotography light pollution filter instead. UV filters are stored in a box and pretty much forgotten now.ps: It's not that camera sensors are not sensitive to UV, but there already is a filter glass for UV and IR installed in front of the sensor. An astro-modified camera will have that filter removed with clear glass installed (or nothing). The idea is to get any light possible emitted from your target collected in an exposure.</blockquote>