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<blockquote data-quote="§am" data-source="post: 298951" data-attributes="member: 9187"><p>This topic comes up time and time again.</p><p></p><p>And the answer is, it's like Marmite.</p><p>Either you love it or you hate it.</p><p></p><p>Or in this case, either you use them or you don't.</p><p></p><p>The pros and cons are splattered all over this forum and the internet, so the real question is - if you put one one and notice NO difference, and you like the idea of potentially avoiding a scratch on your lens front element because there was another piece of glass in front of it... then go for it.</p><p>If however, it reduces image quality noticably, or you just don't mind if something scratches your front lens element, then you don't need one.</p><p></p><p>Also, you get what you pay for</p><p>£5 filters are of low quality glass, probably cheap not well coated, cured etc.</p><p>Hoya, B&W etc are amongst the favourites and you get good reliable glass.</p><p></p><p>As for emperical evidence of whether it helps or not.</p><p>Someone give me their lens, and I'll provide the filter - I'll happily conduct some controlled experiments on the pros and cons of having or not having one on <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="§am, post: 298951, member: 9187"] This topic comes up time and time again. And the answer is, it's like Marmite. Either you love it or you hate it. Or in this case, either you use them or you don't. The pros and cons are splattered all over this forum and the internet, so the real question is - if you put one one and notice NO difference, and you like the idea of potentially avoiding a scratch on your lens front element because there was another piece of glass in front of it... then go for it. If however, it reduces image quality noticably, or you just don't mind if something scratches your front lens element, then you don't need one. Also, you get what you pay for £5 filters are of low quality glass, probably cheap not well coated, cured etc. Hoya, B&W etc are amongst the favourites and you get good reliable glass. As for emperical evidence of whether it helps or not. Someone give me their lens, and I'll provide the filter - I'll happily conduct some controlled experiments on the pros and cons of having or not having one on :) [/QUOTE]
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