So your theory is that the MC process applied to a filter is useless? I
would disagree with that. As for lens shades, they do serve a function and
I use them religiously, even in the low-light situations. How filters could
serve the same purpose completely eludes me (if you didn't mean to say that
exactly, please explain further), unless you meant to refer to the relative
vignetting effect that regular-depth filter rings have wide-angle lenses,
which might serve as a sort of "hood." With that I'd have to agree,
though we're not talking much "protection" in that case.
Tris
At 16:05 12.10.01, Tris Schuler wrote:
I would add that if flare were a possible issue (say, with light
streaming at a vicious angle across the lens--shooting into the sun
isn't anything MC can handle) with a SC variant then I'd simply go with a
quality MC slim filter--and in that scenario a B+W would spring
immediately to mind based on my (happy) experience with them.
This would be a waste of time and money: An MC filter in front of your
lens does not make your lens any better at handling flare. Even the best
filter can only be transparent, and the air that the filter replaces is
already a very good approximation of that perfect filter.
At best you could only hope for your filter to act as a small lens shade,
and it would even be more expensive than a real lens shade.
Regards,
Thomas Bryhn
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