Digital BW, The Print

I used to think that too, until I went base over apex taking photographs in an engineering works one day - my camera survived, but with a large dirty, greasy, hand print on the front element where I had tried to protect it. Whilst we all take the upmost care of our all out photo gear, there will always be an incident sooner or later when circumstances are beyond our control! For what it costs, in this case nothing as it is already there, why risk it if the filter is of decent quality, rather than the cheap and nasty you are assuming? Strangely enough, because film cameras don't have the same problems with reflections off the sensors as digital cameras do, any recognised brand of filter, anything that is not the bottom of a bottle, is more than adequate - grinding flat glass is not a problem! I have just bought one of the last Sony A700's with the 16-105 lens here in the UK, discounted as a discontinued clearance item, so there is no way I am going to risk having to buy another lens at what would be the full stand alone item price for the sake of a £15 filter!

TonyW.


  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: deandadin@... 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 2:51 PM
  Subject: Re: [Digital BW] UV/IR Filter Ok on Film Camera?


    A UV filter does nothing more then provide a cover for the front element of the lens. Its only use is to keep the front element clean. A low quality UV filter can actually degrade the sharpness of the lens. Personally I never use a UV filter, a waste of money. Be careful with your lenses and  a UV filter is un necessary. 

  -----Original Message-----
  From: lawprof2001 <Berg@...>
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Fri, Sep 11, 2009 6:22 am
  Subject: [Digital BW] UV/IR Filter Ok on Film Camera?

  I recently acquired a Leica lens that came with a UV/IR filter. I understand that this filter is for use with a digital camera. Is there any problem with using it as a UV filter when I shoot black and white film? Thanks. Paula

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