Filter as lense protection?

[WDodd]

Oh, and by the way, it is LENS, not LENSE.

This forum needs a filter to correct that.

 

[sabbath999]

Lens hoods, while handy, can also get in the way of flash pictures if you are using a camera's built in flash. If you are using a big-bomber-blitz-o-matic on the hot shoe, it makes no difference.

 

[jack lumber]

Oh, and by the way, it is LENS, not LENSE.------------------------------------------------------------------

Although the variant spelling “lense” is listed in some dictionaries, the standard spelling for those little disks that focus light is indeed “lens.”

I have some nasty scars on a few of my uv filters, I can live easier with a slight degradation of I.Q, than I can with fitting a new front element in my glass.

 

[kundalini]

I have no issue with the singular spelling of having only one "e", but the plural must surely contain two.

 

[Garbz]

Forget the filter.....Use a lens hood.....protects against flare, rain etc and against breakage.

Yeah but it assumes you're bumping it against something flat and not something pointy like the edge of a chair. Like the act of bumping itself it is not something I can control and not something I would want to risk or wish upon anyone.

Better safe then sorry IMO because I lack money to replace my lenses

 

[MarkCSmith]

Another newbie question, how do I know which UV Filter size to buy? I got the DX 18-135mm kit lens. I tried to google it but seems all I can find is info about pool filters LOL even with "digital camera" in the search string

 

[ANDS!]

Look on the lens for a circle with a line through it and a number next to it. Thats the "size" filter you need. I have a 50MM prime, and it needs size 52mm filters. From googling it looks like yours is 67mm.

 

[kundalini]

How about going to one your local "ye olde camera shoppes". Not the big box electronic stores, they can read specs almost as good as I can, but an actual camera shop. Develop a rapport with a local, it's good for the economy. Some are chocked full of information and can give individual advice, time and attention...lots of it, when you visit off-peak hours. If you can't work with them on price, then go surfing. Of course, every now and then you should, at the very least, throw them a bone...say like purchasing a $20 filter. I think this forum is fantastic to get advice, but a face-to-face is hard to beat.

 

[MarkCSmith]

How about going to one your local "ye olde camera shoppes". Not the big box electronic stores, they can read specs almost as good as I can, but an actual camera shop. Develop a rapport with a local, it's good for the economy. Some are chocked full of information and can give individual advice, time and attention...lots of it, when you visit off-peak hours. If you can't work with them on price, then go surfing. Of course, every now and then you should, at the very least, throw them a bone...say like purchasing a $20 filter. I think this forum is fantastic to get advice, but a face-to-face is hard to beat.

I completely agree. Exact thing I've done with the local mom and pop music store, they love me down there I just like to have some semblance of knowledge before I go in, you know? I'm sure it's all in the manual, but the D80 hasn't arrived just yet 1 more day :thumbup:

 

[Alex_B]

Forget the filter.....Use a lens hood.....protects against flare, rain etc and against breakage.

A hood protects against all but the latter! just hit a rock with some pointy shape ... or what is more common, some branches of trees or other plants, they easily reach past the hood onto the glass. for rough outdoor i really would suggest some extra glass (plus the hood anyway). The only lens I do not use a filter on, is my 300mm prime since it has a cheap flat piece of optical glass in the front anyway, which could be cheaply replaced .

 

[Seefutlung]

I don't have a filter on my recently purchased $69USD Fifty 1.8. The point of a $69 lens is that it's a $69 lens ... why put a $20 filter on it and give it some real value.

Gary

 

[kundalini]

I purchased my D80 with a 18-55mm kit lens and added the 55-200mm VR to supplement the focal length I was after. Both have a 52mm filter size. I got a UV for both (clean the outside of the lens and the inside of the filter and never take it off) and a circular polarizer to swap between them (sunglasses for your lens).

 

[Chronicle]

I don't have a filter on my recently purchased $69USD Fifty 1.8. The point of a $69 lens is that it's a $69 lens ... why put a $20 filter on it and give it some real value.

Gary

LOL.... I had to laugh at this because I had bought a Canon AE-1 with a 50mm lens on it for 12.95 or something at a thrift store when I saw it had a Tiffen filter on it. I think the lens is better than the camera.

 

[Seefutlung]

LOL.... I had to laugh at this because I had bought a Canon AE-1 with a 50mm lens on it for 12.95 or something at a thrift store when I saw it had a Tiffen filter on it. I think the lens is better than the camera.

lol ... yeah ... same concept of "value"