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Never used them, lens hoods are for protection, I am not putting £10 worth of glass on the front of my £500+ lenses why would anyone want to do that????
Posted by cabstar on 26/12/2012 - 21:19
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Good point, well made cabstar
Posted by SteveEveritt on 26/12/2012 - 21:25
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I have a UV filter fitted to all my lenses and wouldn't go out without one. On a recent trip abroad I managed to touch/brush the front element of my lovely Fuji X10 five times (I hadn't realised filters could be fitted, I've since discovered otherwise). With the best will and care in the world, ...
Posted by bwlchmawr on 26/12/2012 - 21:56
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I have been cleaning my own lenses for years. I think photographers worry unnecessarily about front elements and protection via filters. I have seen more lenses damaged from broken filters than lenses damaged without. The front element is also possibly the cheapest element to replace. A bridge...
Posted by cabstar on 26/12/2012 - 22:05
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I have filters on some of my film cameras and after an incident involving a 5 year old, a ME super and a pristine 50mm I will continue to use them. It did however smash the paving slab they hit to pieces.:wink:
Posted by Boyo2406 on 26/12/2012 - 22:32
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[quote:3496ace15f="cabstar"]Never used them, lens hoods are for protection, I am not putting £10 worth of glass on the front of my £500+ lenses why would anyone want to do that???? £10 is a tidy sum. Some of my lenses can't take filters. The remainder do and are fitted with "expensive protection...
Posted by K10D on 27/12/2012 - 01:52
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This reply was interesting... On December 28, 2011 at 5:35 AM LensRentals Employee Roger Cicala said: Eric, Our point would be there’s no sense using a cheap filter to protect a lens – it reduces image quality. Plus the filter doesn’t protect the lens, it protects only the front element which...
Posted by cabstar on 27/12/2012 - 02:15
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This reply was interesting... On December 28, 2011 at 5:35 AM LensRentals Employee Roger Cicala said: Eric, Our point would be there’s no sense using a cheap filter to protect a lens – it reduces image quality. Plus the filter doesn’t protect the lens, it protects only the front element which...
Posted by K10D on 27/12/2012 - 04:05
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I doubt a Pentax service centre in the UK would provide a front replacement lens element for say the 50-135mm for the equivalent of $79 and would that include labour? Then there’s the waiting time involved for the repair and we are talking Pentax not Canon or Nikon. If you have several lenses and co...
Posted by giofi on 27/12/2012 - 04:55
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I doubt a Pentax service centre in the UK would provide a front replacement lens element for say the 50-135mm for the equivalent of $79 and would that include labour? Then there’s the waiting time involved for the repair and we are talking Pentax not Canon or Nikon. If you have several lenses and co...
Posted by K10D on 27/12/2012 - 05:52
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[quote:3496ace15f="K10D"] I doubt a Pentax service centre in the UK would provide a front replacement lens element for say the 50-135mm for the equivalent of $79 and would that include labour? Then there’s the waiting time involved for the repair and we are talking Pentax not Canon or Nikon. If you...
Posted by giofi on 27/12/2012 - 08:01
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Hello Giorgio, As JR pointed out, this is one of those threads that will always have two sides to it. The other common divide is the JPG/RAW theme. I do take your point of cost of one against the other. Opinions are what it's all about at the end of the day. Best regards
Posted by K10D on 27/12/2012 - 09:10
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and I'm hoping that, along with a camera cover, it will improve the weather resistance of a K30 and non-WR lens to at least the level that I'd get with a WR lens and no rain cover . A filter on the front can hardly effect the water resistance of the lens, the front element is well seated, but t...
Posted by Frogherder on 27/12/2012 - 14:29
When APS-C just aint big enough
Fancy a big camera? The tripod needed is also rather large. Best regards WOW!!! :) Just the thing for street photography :) :) Does it have an AA Filter?
Posted by Smeggypants on 29/12/2012 - 01:09
Manchester Photography Exhibition
Great stuff, very involving and thought provoking for the viewer. (Well at least I read that from these images :wink:) Technically, what time of day were these taken, and what sort of ND filter did you have to achieve that sort of exposure time please? I've always been worried about the sharp...
Posted by richandfleur on 01/02/2013 - 02:58
Manchester Photography Exhibition
Hi Richard Thanks for this... I usually take pictures around dawn and dusk (and most of the rest of the pictures in this exhibition were taken around those times)... however, for various reasons (light, weather, location, my availability), these 3 were taken mid afternoon I think... I used a ...
Posted by thingsthatihaveseen on 01/02/2013 - 10:50
Setting myself a challenge
excellent results.amazing how adaptable a lens can be. i think next time forget the zoom take 1 prime,1 cpl filter, camera, no bag.:D
Posted by redbusa99 on 09/04/2013 - 14:43
Are we allowed to?
Oh, didn't notice Nikon have left off the filter .. interesting.
Posted by Mike-P on 21/02/2013 - 17:53
Are we allowed to?
The way this thread has started doesn't really get it off to a good start does it? You can discuss anything that's of interest or of relevance to Pentax Users and the new Nikon is of relevance only in the context that they've chosen to emulate the K-5IIs. This has already been mentioned in anothe...
Posted by Smeggypants on 22/02/2013 - 03:22
Photographing through prison van windows
If you think of the tint as a ND filter there shouldn't be a problem. You just need to isolate the flash from the lens, dial up the flash to max, dial up the sensitivity. I think a rubber lens hood should do it and with the camera and flash on manual. So a vintage rubber hood, a manual focus fast...
Posted by dougf8 on 11/03/2013 - 21:26
