Digital BW, The Print

For protection, a metal hood is my preferred device.

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On 9/11/2009 at 3:41 PM Tony Wells wrote:

>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.