Comments on: Everyone Needs a UV Lens Filter | Basic Coding Flash Video

By: rob

rob — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:51:06 +0000

I still use 35mm film…..I know a artifact now, but a UV filter is useful for film cameras? right?

By: Clint F

Clint F — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:08:54 +0000

I keep them on my lenses like a secondary lens cap. When I get a new lens, I get a new UV filter for it. When I shoot sunsets or other scenes that cause flare with the filter attached, I remove it to shoot. I then replace it with the lens cap when I’m done. It’s cheap insurance.

By: Mike Paterson

Mike Paterson — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 22:31:28 +0000

This seems like a subject that people have pretty different feelings on. I think I kind of echo the thoughts by the other Mike…

Maybe it’s in my head but I noticed a difference in the quality and number of tack sharp pictures that I was getting on both a 50mm 1.8 and 50mm 1.4 when I had a filter on versus the times I didn’t have filters. I ‘m primarily talking about the times that I was shooting wide open.

Anyway, I’d love to hear more of your thoughts (R.C.) and anybody else.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:37:12 +0000

2 years ago my wife dropped a 75-300 Canon lens with a UV filter on it. The filter was destroyed but the lens was and is still fine. I have a UV filter on all of my lenses. From http://dpfwiw.com/filters.htm#lens_protection “Light loss and aberrations seldom reach practical levels, but flare’s a fatal image flaw, and a common one at that, especially when the sun’s low in the sky near your subject.”

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:56:26 +0000

I never understood the use of a UV filter strickly for lens protection. Why would you stick a piece of 13 glass over the expensive glass of a lens. I guess it would be ok on a consumer lens but what about an L? It just seems odd when everyone talks about trying to find a lens that isn’t soft.

By: Tim McVay

Tim McVay — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:55:20 +0000

amen on the lens filter. i was taking some very close up photos of
my son welding, and the filter got hit with some slag (hot metal)
ruined the filter, saved my lens.