Well, I suppose that any extra bits of glass you put between light and
film will degrade the image quality, but I've got cheapo (Jessops)
skylights on all my lenses and I've never noticed any loss of sharpness
or anything. Even though I'm a skinflint who only actually owns one
Zuiko and has never spent more than 70 pounds on a lens I definitely
wouldn't leave a lens naked - a smashed filter would be considerably
less heartbreaking than a smashed front element. For your Zuikos I'd
get a skylight or UV filter as soon as possible.
Roger
Jim Mueller wrote:
>
> I've been building a small collection of Zuiko lenses over the past
> year. They are all in wonderful condition and I love them dearly! What
> is the conventional wisdom of using protective filters? By that I mean
> filters that protect that Zuiko glass, like Skylight filters.
>
> Does it detract from the optical quality of the lens to use moderately
> priced Skylight filters made by Hoya, as an example? Hoya makes a
> moderately priced MC Skylight filter that I am considering. Is this
> wise?
>
> --
> jim mueller
> Photography With Zuiko Lenses
> http://home.earthlink.net/~worldsoft/
>
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