PS You should add that shot to the equipment gallery section!

I'm glad I don't have to carry that beast around. Not exactly an every day lens. I'd like to seem some photos taken with it though!

K.

I am certainly not doing that! Life is too short to get upset over filters and besides, I have some new lenses to play with so all is good with the world. Sadly, tomorrow isn't looking like being a good photo day, apart from the early mist maybe.

Best wishes, K.

Pentax SMC UV filters are easy to pick up on ebay for less than a fiver.


That's the point, I never do take them off. Actually, that isn't quite true, I swap them for a polarizer or a coloured filter (for BW film) when needed but then they go straight into the other filter's plastic box. All the same, hardly a major chore giving a filter a quick rub with a lens cloth, is it?

We will never get agreement over this one. It is always going to be a personal preference based on circumstances.

Best wishes, K.

I remember the first one of those, I saw it on a tube train. Very un-PC I also remember one that was "We put cream on our strawberries not in our beer" which was a direct dig at another brand.

Ah well, just supping a bottle of Hobgoblin, my Saturday night treat.

K.

Mine arrived in the post today. It is a bit dusty but looks fine otherwise. I'll take it out for a test run tomorrow.

K

The filter issue (to get back to the OP) is an old debate which is unlikely to meet with any agreement. I use them because I usually work in very dirty and dusty places. The argument that it just adds another two surfaces to clean is spurious as only the outside face of the filter gets dirty. I am also puzzled that people who complain they degrade image quality will happily put a polariser or ND grad in front of their lens. When I can I use Pentax SMC filters and I doubt you could tell the difference.

In reality it is courses for horses. If you rarely work in dusty environments and are the sort of careful tidy person who doesn't have accidents, I wouldn't bother. If you do work in dirty, dusty environments and are a cack-handed chaotic accident-prone klutz like myself, I would (and do).

Now back to my glass of Hobgoblin...

K.

I upload photos to flickr at the resolution I want them to be on here. I'd rather not rely on website software to do the resizing. If I want to have a full size image on flickr (not often I do that) and here I upload two versions. Like Gwyn, I prefer not to have full size images online where they can be 'borrowed' without my permission/knowledge.

K.

I'll have a SMC-M 50mm f/1.7 going in a few days in you can wait. Just bought a job lot of stuff and I don't need yet another nifty fifty.

K.

Nice job on the NR Anvh. Which program did you use?

And BTW Peter... yup, pretty amazing for 12800 ASA.

K.