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Which UV lenses

Blazer · 2009-06-25 08:35:37

Hey guys...recently got a Canon 40D and am getting into photography.. I have a 70-200 F4 L USM lenses by Canon and am wary of getting scrathes on it. I noticed one of the mates has a 7dayshop uv filter on all his lenses to protect the main lenses. Are these ok to use? I see the Canon ones are about €35 wherease the…

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Blazer

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Hey guys...recently got a Canon 40D and am getting into photography..
I have a 70-200 F4 L USM lenses by Canon and am wary of getting scrathes on it.
I noticed one of the mates has a 7dayshop uv filter on all his lenses to protect the main lenses.
Are these ok to use?
I see the Canon ones are about €35 wherease the 7dayshop one is about €10.
Are they just as good and how much of an impact do they affect the pic?

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#2 25-06-2009 9:31am

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Having learned about how filters can degrade image quality, probably most of all sharpness, I tend to use them less these days.

However a polarizing filter is fun to use, especially for Winter skies. I uploaded some photos to this thread.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/canondslr/discuss/72157603666677895/

The more expensive filters seem to give the best results, but I have not tried them. Hama gives good results.

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#3 25-06-2009 9:41am

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see this post
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055599526&highlight=filetr

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#4 25-06-2009 10:03am

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Yeah, if you use the search of the function it has been described many times,

Here's another recent thread on the subject;

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055601000

but do the search, there is lots of information about the place.

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#5 25-06-2009 10:13am

Blazer

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thanks guys

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