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I too take pro-active measures to protect my equipment.Are you able to prove filters protect?itznfb said:are you able to prove filters reduce IQ? because i've never seen proof of such a claim.
I've never seen proof UV filters 'protect'. Anecdotal evidence is not proof. That your UV filter was scratched does not mean your lens objective would have been. Certainly, you may want to rethink your camera handeling techniques and/or take greater care with your equipment.
I have seen lens objectives scratched from the shards of a shattered UV 'protection' filter though.
Yes. Actually i could. If i was willing to i could take a pile of sand and scratch my filter. Take off the filter and show the lens element wasn't scratched. Then take that same pile of sand and scratch the lens element.
filter = protection is proven.
Only naive people think that nothing will happen to your lens because you're "careful". Filters are easier to clean, easy to replace and don't negatively effect IQ in any way. So there is no reason not to use them.
Maybe i should take better care of it? I take better care of my equipment than you do apparently. At least i take pro-active measures to protect my equipment. I didn't spend thousands on good camera equipment to use it inside a protective bubble. Things happen. There's no way to avoid it. Maybe you should rethink not protecting your equipment.
are you able to prove filters reduce IQ? because i've never seen proof of such a claim.
I could, I have the appropriate "Protective filter" a 77mm opticap window glass filter, unfortunately by the time I got the images processed this thread will be dead and gone. I know full well it reduces IQ, I can literally see it in the viewfinder it's that drastic.
:er: and I can literally see that it doesn't reduce IQ.
We differ on what level of protection we deem sufficient and to the degree of additional problems we are willing to accept as a result of our choice.
Note, I said better care with your equipment, not better care of your equipment.