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Filters on Lenses
There is an argument that you should always put a UV (or similar) filter on the front of your lens as this provides some protection to the front element and is less money to replace that your lens.
There is another argument that says why would you want to put an additional bit of glass (which would probably be of a lesser quality) on the front of your lens as this will cause flare and degrade the overall IQ - and anyway a lens hood is better protection.
Just wondering if you use filters to protect your front element?
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(PS I do and have done so for nearly 25 years but am now thinkingn of taking them off.
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Re: Filters on Lenses
Almost always, esp on the wider angle ones which are more vulnerable. But sometimes i take them off (usually when I put the Lee filters on though!).
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Re: Filters on Lenses
depends Hugh, if you do lots of into the light shots then filters can cause problems, more to flair and keep clean, on the upside, using the weather proof L lens, its necessary as to keep water out and also protection. My own case is that I don't use them, but always attach a hood that in its self give a certain amount of protection less so on ultra wides. Suppose the answer is up to the individual photog
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Re: Filters on Lenses
I use them ever since I cracked one. Much rather that filter than my lens. In some places the crud I get on the filter I wouldnt want on my lens e.g. round lots of animals where there's mud, at the coast with all the spray and driven sand when its whindie , etc
So yes I find it's easier to kleep them onm
I might consider taking it off temporarily if I was gettig a lot of fleare, which sometimes I do, in fact I think on those occasions I should take it off but often cant be bothered 
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I don't care for UV filters much, for landscape photography I remove them. But I always have a lens hood on for protection mainly just a good habit. For street/city photography without tripod I use UV filters.
I broke my 70-200 f/4 when I let my camera backpack slip down a bit too hard. Even though it was padded, the Auto Focus is duffed and the lens is unusable. So UV filter didn't help much.
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Re: Filters on Lenses
Interesting replies and there will be an element of each to their own.
As I said above I have always put them on the front of my lenses but I had never even considered the potetial IQ issues particularly when shooting into the light. May try a couple of test shots - with and without and see if I can tell any difference.
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Ever since I started photography some thirty somthing years ago I was bought up always fit a UV on the front of a lens, I just automatically followed this advice when I turned to digital, I've never known them to harm any of my images, I think that I would almost feel naked if I dared to venture out without one and of course that would be the day that I dropped an expensive piece of glass!
The last time I bought a lens I ordered (or so I thought) a UV to match, however it turned out that I had ordered a Hoya clear protector filter (silly me) anyway it's done a great job, even if it's just for my own piece of mind
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