everprentice
Senior Member
So UV Filters. I remember my dad always had a UV filter on his lenses that was in the day of film.
I noticed recently that a lot of people do use UV filters on their lenses for protection.
If you ask me, I DON'T. Why? Because it adds another element/medium that light has to go through before it gets into the sensor. This affects the properties of the light that we want to expose to. It also creates a myriad of problems when shooting with light sources in front of you.
Bottomline, I wouldn't want to put a relatively cheaper piece of glass in front of my well engineered pro-glass unless I want to achieve a certain effect.
What is your take on this?
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I stumbled on this article on DPReview on the use of UV filters. For your reading pleasure.
I noticed recently that a lot of people do use UV filters on their lenses for protection.
If you ask me, I DON'T. Why? Because it adds another element/medium that light has to go through before it gets into the sensor. This affects the properties of the light that we want to expose to. It also creates a myriad of problems when shooting with light sources in front of you.
Bottomline, I wouldn't want to put a relatively cheaper piece of glass in front of my well engineered pro-glass unless I want to achieve a certain effect.
What is your take on this?
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I stumbled on this article on DPReview on the use of UV filters. For your reading pleasure.
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