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From: dmm@browngr.UUCP (David Margolis)
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: don't use filters to protect lenses
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Date: Sat, 1-Sep-84 15:14:06 EDT
Article-I.D.: browngr.1277
Posted: Sat Sep  1 15:14:06 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 13-Sep-84 03:37:49 EDT
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I use filters as protection on all my lenses. I have used Nikon equipment
for the last 15 years, and have also found a difference between brands of
filters. All filters are not alike, and the camera salesman's arguments that
all you are paying for is the name, since filters are flat and easy to make
is ridiculous. I basically stick with Nikon and Tiffen filters.
    You do pay in terms of your image quality for keeping a filter on all
the time, but for the most part it is negligible. When you want absolute
optimum results you can always take the filter off. When those situations
occur depend on your own experience and needs.
    The above just applies to my 35mm equipment. The need for protection seems
less of a problem with my 6x7 Pentax and results more critical. I use filters
on my 4x5 equipment only for the specific purposes that they are made.