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Re: [OM] Filters on eBay and elsewhere, the results

Subject: Re: [OM] Filters on eBay and elsewhere, the results
From: Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 10:54:56 -0400
But some of us don't see it as insurance at all.  Quite to the contrary. 
  Any impact that manages to get to the filter is only a mm or two away 
from the front element.  The filter will shatter and (at minimum) damage 
the coatings on the front element.  By sticking the filter out there 
further you've slightly increased the chance of an impact.  Best to just 
depend on religious use of a sturdy hood.

As far as I'm concerned, UV filters as insurance is just the camera 
salesman's pitch with no real world data to support it.

Chuck Norcutt


On 3/15/2014 1:49 AM, NSURIT@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I've never scratched a front element, however my
> vision of how I will use these lenses is one that is pretty different than my
> previous cameras.  UV is insurance and like insurance can be seen as a big
> rip off unless you need it.
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