What do you prefer to use to protect your lens? Clear UV/skylight type filter or a lens cap?
Or other…
I do not agree with putting a filter on your lens that will alter the light transmission through your lens. Why put on a UV or skylight filter for an indoor shot?
I think you’ve seen these by now: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/tags/filterornot/
My choice is a plain optical glass, such as Nikon’s NC “filters.” A couple of my lenses still have UV filters and I keep saying I’ll get plano glass the next time I order something else, but I keep forgetting.
A lens hood is probably the best thing for actual lens protection, except I also admit that I don’t always have a lens hood attached. Not only that, a lens hood does little to keep dust from hitting the glass in a dusty environment, such as a race track or … outdoors on a windy day. Also, a lens hood is twisted onto the lens and can pop off if you bang the camera against something or drop it. If you have an $8-to-10,000 600 or 800mm lens with an integral lens hood, I think you can rely on them for physical protection. Otherwise, a lenshood only is a deterrent to damage.
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