In the photo that you see below, it should be fairly obvious just why a filter of some sort should be kept on the front of a camera lens at all times. Typically, it's a UV/Haze filter that's mounted on a lens for protection ($39.99 at my local camera store), though a polarizing filter will also do the trick -- that is, if you're the sort of person who really likes polarizing filters.
By the way, though this $39.99 filter was completely destroyed by my stupidity AND my dropping of a camera -- lens first -- onto the ground, the actual lens itself (all $800 of it) is doing just fine.
This is the third UV filter that I've ever busted, and so -- though a total of approximately $120 has been spent over the years replacing the filters themselves -- nearly $2400 worth of lenses have been saved by the relatively cheap glass.
As another quick side note, UV filters can be found for much, much cheaper than $39.99. I just happen to like the more expensive stuff.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
The $39.99 Insurance Policy...
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Smashed up UV filters. Trashed Nikon flashes. Remind me to never loan you any gear!
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Zeke: I am rough on gear... REALLY rough on gear. The folks at Consumer Reports should hire me out as a product tester because -- quite honestly -- if something can survive my use and abuse, then that product can survive just about anything.
Things that survive the "Matt Monroe Torture Test?"
Vivitar 285's, Apple Laptops (mine is soooo beat up and scratched, but still works fine), Carharrt clothing, and Ford F-150 pickup trucks (especially the older version with the straight six engine).
Things that fail the "Matt Monroe Torture Test?"
Nikon strobes, Nike shoes (overpriced pieces of crap), Fender guitars, and any sort of coffee maker that has a glass carafe.
You're destroyed a Fender? Murderer!!!
Actually, I'm more of a Martin man.
Dude, show me the blood! I want to see blood on the filter! Uh...or maybe just a hangnail!
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