No debates! Whadaya mean? No filter required or desirable. Just leave
your hood in place. It's much better protection than any filter which
will grind ita broken bits into the front element anyhow. It also has
no optical elements to cause abberations or impinging edges to cause
vignetting.
No debates!? Gimme a break!
Chuck Norcutt
Ali Shah wrote:
> OH NO!! No debates please. Here is what I think about
> no filter/filter:
>
> If the front element is exposed which means it couild
> be easily damaged, such as on the Sigma 10-20 or any
> wide angle lens, a filter is needed
>
> Also if the lens is expensive ($800 +), I would
> imagine that anyone would want to protect the front
> element.
>
> If the front element is recessed, such as on a Macro
> lens or my Nikkor 50mm F1.8, going without a filter is
> probably ok.
>
> The Hoya Pro1 is touted to be perfect for wide angle
> lenses due to its low profile frame. I guess I will
> find out.
>
>
>
>> Understand, though, that you have opened the door to
>> the ongoing filter/no
>> filter debate.
>>
>> Bill Pearce
>>
>>
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