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<blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 251935" data-attributes="member: 13196"><p>Did you remove the filter to make sure the smudge isn't on the front element of the lens? The reason I ask is because I recently got a wide angle zoom and looked at available UV filters. During my search I came across an article telling about a Canon wide angle lens that was getting damaged when a front filter was added. </p><p></p><p>Not all filters are equal--and I'm not talking about quality here. Some manufacturer's use thicker glass for their filters than others, and when these filters with thicker glass are screwed onto the front of some lenses, the filter's glass actually hits the front element of certain lenses (quite often some wide angle lenses with a bulging front element) causing damage. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p><p></p><p>I'm trying to remember where I read it--I *think* it showed up in my Facebook news feed--possibly from Borrowed Lenses or some other photography Facebook page. I wound up buying a Hoya slim filter which uses very thin but durable glass. When I read the description for Hoya's glass, initially I wondered why they would use such thin glass...now I know. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>Sorry I can't offer you any info on the brand of filter that came on your Tokina lens though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hark, post: 251935, member: 13196"] Did you remove the filter to make sure the smudge isn't on the front element of the lens? The reason I ask is because I recently got a wide angle zoom and looked at available UV filters. During my search I came across an article telling about a Canon wide angle lens that was getting damaged when a front filter was added. Not all filters are equal--and I'm not talking about quality here. Some manufacturer's use thicker glass for their filters than others, and when these filters with thicker glass are screwed onto the front of some lenses, the filter's glass actually hits the front element of certain lenses (quite often some wide angle lenses with a bulging front element) causing damage. :( I'm trying to remember where I read it--I *think* it showed up in my Facebook news feed--possibly from Borrowed Lenses or some other photography Facebook page. I wound up buying a Hoya slim filter which uses very thin but durable glass. When I read the description for Hoya's glass, initially I wondered why they would use such thin glass...now I know. ;) Sorry I can't offer you any info on the brand of filter that came on your Tokina lens though. [/QUOTE]
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