I seem to remember reading somewhere that a couple of the super
dooper Canon lenses like the legendary 200/1.8 actually had a window
pane front element - in effect a built-in protection 'filter' (that
filtered nothing) in the assumption that many users would go in harms
way and it would be a lot cheaper to replace than some beautifully
curved piece of rare glass.
Of course, I could be wrong as usual....
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
On 09/01/2008, at 6:09 AM, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> Like Chuck said, whether Zuiko, Nikon or Canon (or Pentax, etc.),
> this is really good glass and shouldn't be degraded unless absolutely
> necessary. Besides, the case could be made that taking pictures under
> adverse conditions such as a lot of dust or spray is automatically
> going to degrade the image (shoot through falling snow if you don't
> believe me), so the filter can only help protect your investment. If
> conditions are not adverse (verse? <g>), then who needs the filter.
> Naked glass. That's the way God meant it to be. <g>
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