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From: jcp@brl-tgr.ARPA (Joe Pistritto )
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: don't use filters to protect lenses
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Date: Sun, 2-Sep-84 04:04:24 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep  2 04:04:24 1984
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I use filters for ALL my lenses, usually good ones, but in a pinch, ANYTHING
will do...  Since I use my camera for mostly outdoor photography, and for
taking on trips with me, the lenses need some sort of protection.
A case in point:  Last year, while on a trip to India, when I had my
camera with me virtually 24hrs/day, I 'lost' my first filter.  It was
covering my 28 mm. wide angle lens when a passing Jeep sprayed me, and
the lense with nice little chunks of marble, (you know, the stuff that
looks so pretty on the Taj Mahal?).  Well, one piece shattered the
filter, but the lens was just fine.  Fortunately, I had a spare with
me at the time, so I lost ~$16 rather than at least $170, (I don't
know what a Cannon 28mm costs these days, but it was expensive when
I bought it.)  Best reason I can think of to KEEP USING FILTERS!

					-JCP-