Roy
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Never breath on a lens - Fungus..Hear you, i only use the the pro lens cleaning fluid and the super soft paper tissue that comes with it. Or my breath with a soft cotton cloth never micro fiber
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Never breath on a lens - Fungus..Hear you, i only use the the pro lens cleaning fluid and the super soft paper tissue that comes with it. Or my breath with a soft cotton cloth never micro fiber
Unless you have magnetic filters, sounds time consuming to remove and reinstall the filter. If difficult it will not be doneIn the last 22 years I have had a UV filter save a lens from damage caused by stupidity--- a blown over tripod and handing a camera/lens to someone. The filters were destroyed and lens survived. They can work but a lens hood is a better choice for protection, or remove the filter when actually shooting and replace it for transport.
Thanks for sharing.This is great article. https://www.zsystemuser.com/nikon-z-system-news-and/learn-practice-and-master.html
I took my UV filters off my 500 f5.6 pf, 24-70 f4 and 300 f4 pf. I haven't had time to check the sharpness, but the focusing with the 500 f5.6 is better. I would like somebody to confirm that there is significant change with no uv filters. I had never thought that what I put on for protection would be a problem for sharpness and focusing.
Pure Water is best.Wow, comments about damage caused by microfiber cloths is news to me. O, is there a partcular brand of cleaning fluid you recommend?
Absolutely right -- Thom is a great source of the truth. Sadly those who would benefit from his words are the same group who expect a Z9 to do everything for them and will not both to learn, practice or master how to use the Z9 (which is not another DSLR) to help them take great shots.
Agreed - Its better to consider a filter disposable and discard it every 6 month or so than damage the front coating on a lens...Like many others, I fully agree with Thom’s blog post. The Z9 (and R3, and A1) is a complex professional camera body. The manual is long and it takes some effort to set these cameras up and to understand how to best use them. Steve certainly will get an order from me, when his Z9 ebook comes out.
As to protective filters: I live within 2 miles of the Atlantic Ocean and I often photograph at the edge of salt waters. I greatly prefer to gently clean a high quality protective filter than to clean my lens element after each outing. However, I also always use my lens hoods.
Good to knowNever breath on a lens - Fungus..
If you cant see any negative optical effect on your images using a UV filter then using a UV filter is a good idea.If there's a lot of dust or spray about a filter can pay its way. But filters ain't filters as they say in the classics.
Getting a large filter to perform well on a long telephoto is a big ask in physics terms. But you can easily evaluate yours...
Using a cheaper plastic type front filter I learned years ago can have an easily detectable effect on image sharpness.I had never thought that what I put on for protection would be a problem for sharpness and focusing.
I just use Rosco lens optics cleaner and lens tissue from Stanford CT its a 236mm bottle that l;ast a long time i have several on teh shelf i decant form into a small atomizer.Wow, comments about damage caused by microfiber cloths is news to me. O, is there a partcular brand of cleaning fluid you recommend?
I found on longer lenses like my 150-500 150-600 the same slower and slightly softer, but it wasn't a premium brand.This is great article. https://www.zsystemuser.com/nikon-z-system-news-and/learn-practice-and-master.html
I took my UV filters off my 500 f5.6 pf, 24-70 f4 and 300 f4 pf. I haven't had time to check the sharpness, but the focusing with the 500 f5.6 is better. I would like somebody to confirm that there is significant change with no uv filters. I had never thought that what I put on for protection would be a problem for sharpness and focusing.