stonehen@ncoast.UUCP (Sammie Chan) (09/09/84)
{Oh no not the line eater on no ahhhhhhhh (munch munch)} Hello Folks, I must put my two cents into the subject of not using filters to protect lens. I was Photo Editor for my high school paper for two years and am currently the Photo Editor for the Cleveland State Cauldron. And in these 4 years as the one responsible for the equipment I must say that filters are a must for lens protection. The Cauldron has all Nikon Equipment and Nikkor lenses; and our budget was cut quite a bit, so any replacement needs mean a big "SORRY, no can do". I have had photographers bumping the 43-86 zoom (my favorite lens) into walls, the 80-200 zoom poked at by people, it getting knock down into the dirt (camera at belly level, lens into the dirt), and even rock singers spitting into it!! Hey I almost got kicked by Cyndi Lauper during a special concert at the Cleveland Agora! (that is my 43-86 kicked, I had a photo pass). Yes I have seen a bit of ghost images while shooting at night. Also it is a chore to clean the filters every week but I will never ever go out on duty without a nice skylight filter on my lens! Oh one last thing, how would you tell an adminstrator to stop dripping his drink on your camera equipment when he is almost drunk? :-) -- Sammie Chung Yu Chan: decvax!cwruecmp!ncoast!stonehen: R0176@CSUOHIO.BITNET 1611 E. 32nd St., Cleveland, Ohio 44114 (216) 696-3549 ----------------------------------- This is the end, beautiful friend. This is the end , my only friend, the end of everything that stands, the end.
ron@brl-tgr.ARPA (Ron Natalie <ron>) (09/12/84)
The filter also protects the threads so other filters can be installed. My sister managed to dent my Skylight filter, but I just unscrewed it and replaced it with another. -Ron I no longer let her near my equipment.