Quoting knarftheria...@gmail.com:
I used to filter religiously when I shot film primarily because I
shot almost exclusively Tri X and I liked a yellow, orange or red
filter for contrast and to darken skies.
Then when I got the *istD none of my filters fit the 18-55 and I had
read that Pentax coatings were pretty tough, so that was it for
filters.
And now the filter ring on the 18-55 (my most used lens by far) is bent.
So no filter. Don't miss it.
Me neither.
I used to use a UV or Skylights on all of my lenses but eventually
came to the conclusion that:
a) I had never bumped my lenses enough to cause damage to the filter,
so what was the point?
b) I could never afford quality filters, so what was the point?
c) The lenses either had a cap on when not in use or a hood (usually)
when they were, so what was the point?
The point was/is - I didn't need 'em.
I do use a polarizer or ND, however, when appropriate. I carry around
a grad ND as well but even it sees little use because I can usually
achieve the same effect through multiple exposures combined in post.
Cheers
Brian
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Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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From: Bipin Gupta <bip...@gmail.com>
Sent: September 18, 2012 9/18/12
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: To Filter or not to Filter your Lens
Yes this is an oft repeated old stuff. But here is a version bottled
anew. Since my retirement I have been travelling a lot. Last weekend
we were in San Francisco. We love the wharf area and pier 39 plus the
rides on the historic cable cars. A very windy and chilly day. Lots
and lots of birds flying around for scraps of food. And eat means they
have to drop too. So bits of bird droppings broken up and propelled by
the wind do hit your camera and the lens. I was not spared.
Back at the hotel, I tried cleaning the filter with a blower brush and
the Japanese high fiber lens cloth (no China stuff). Faint spots still
remained on the Hoya 77mm Pro 1 Filter. Back home I tried a lens
cleaner. No luck. I could still see very faint spotting on the filter.
My daughter was quick to point out that bird droppings have strong
chemicals that can stain a lens coating, perhaps damage it.
I would now love to hear from our photographer friends, a) for whom a
filter is absolutely sacrilege, b) the Buddha's middle path takers who
say they take the filter off for important events, and c) those who
swear by the filter.
Bipin.
camp: San Mateo, CA and not from the far away enchanting land.
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Cheers
Brian
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Western Sydney Australia
http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/
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