Sherron & Jim Bowen on fri 19 jun 09
I would never use a filter unless I need the filtration. I always use a len=
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hood regardless. Few cheap accessories do more to improve image quality tha=
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a lens hood.
JB
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From: "MLC" <2mlc@COMCAST.NET>
To:
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 11:18 AM
Subject: special camera lens
Bruce Girrell on sat 20 jun 09
Jim Bowen wrote
> I would never use a filter unless I need the filtration.=3D20
Except for some very special circumstances, there is little reason not to h=
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ave a skylight filter on your lens.
The skylight filter does, in fact, provide filtration, but its effect is ha=
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rd to notice. Photographic films are more sensitive to blue than our eyes a=
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nd the skylight filter is designed to balance that out. I don't know if dig=
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ital sensors suffer the same problem, but if they don't, then the skylight =
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filter is just a piece of glass that doesn't interfere with anything.
But a skylight filter is also a cheap piece of insurance. Instead of dirt f=
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inding its way to the front of your expensive lens, it lands on the filter.=
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Any scratches that might result from cleaning the lens happen to the filte=
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r, not your lens. And, should you bump the front of the lens against anythi=
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ng, the filter takes the hit.
Lenses cost hundreds, even thousands of dollars. A skylight filter is in th=
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e range of 20 to 40 bucks. You can ruin your lenses if you want, I'll go wi=
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th the skylight. If I have a very critical shot or if I'm shooting into the=
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sun, I can always remove it.
Jim also wrote:
> Few cheap accessories do more to improve image quality than a lens hood.
A statement with which I agree
Bruce Girrell=3D
Sherron & Jim Bowen on sat 20 jun 09
"But a skylight filter is also a cheap piece of insurance."
I never met a pro who left a filter on his camera for such a purpose.
JB
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Girrell"
To:
Sent: Saturday, June 20, 2009 7:16 AM
Subject: Re: special camera lens
Jim Bowen wrote
> I would never use a filter unless I need the filtration.
Except for some very special circumstances, there is little reason not to
have a skylight filter on your lens.
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