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Old 09-28-2006, 06:40 PM   #8 of 13
Aaron Reynolds
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Re: Filter placement?


One thing to note about UV and haze filters -- unless you are seeing a need to remove UV from your photographs, it's best not to use one.

A lot of people buy them and leave them on their lenses as "protection" -- they've been talked into this by salespeople. Every air-glass surface reduces the ultimate quality of your photographs, and unless you're using nice, expensive filters, the quality dropoff can be astonishing.

Sure, if you're in a sandstorm or ocean spray situation, use a filter to protect your lens. But in general, lens coatings these days are very tough and don't require protection.


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