I basically use a skylight with any of my lenses used for equine photos just to help with dust,. I am thinking of getting one or the other for the Sigma as i will use it now for some equine and farm work.
Dave On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote: > I use skylight filters on a few lenses with no issues. I think plain glass > is probably best, but I bought skylight and UV filters back in the film days > and see no need to replace them. I wound up with some skylight filters > because I stumbled onto some Pentax SMC skylights at a good price and I > figured that a SMC filter would be a good choice to minimize flare. > > These days I don't use protective filters on many lenses, though I do use an > SMC skylight on the A*200mm macro, which accounts for most of my shots. The > nature of macro work - this lens has been poked, gone face down into the > mud, and suffered other indignities that are less frequent in general > shooting. Unlike the 100mm macros I use, the front element is not recessed > so I like to have the protection of a filter on it. > > Mark > > > On 5/6/2014 11:09 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> One of the several reasons i wanted to get the Pentax 17-70 was its >> filter size. I have a number of 67mm filters and did not have to add >> to the lot. Although the Sigma is a much nicer lens IMO even with the >> reverse zoom, buit its a 72 mm filter. The salesman asked if i needed >> protection, and i told him no need i did not want any more children >> <ba dum> >> I said i'm sure i have a 72 filter some were, ( opps they are 77mm) >> and he said if not come back and he'll set me up, "JUST DON'T GET A >> SKYLIGHT" he said. I did not ask him why he thought that way, but then >> it started to think about it. >> >> Why not a skylight for protection, is the UV1 better suited,?? >> >> Dave >> > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
