UV filter - remove at night?
Discussion
If your using it to keep UV out then may as well remove it, but as nearly everyone uses them for protecting the lens not keeping the UV out then apply your same criteria of use as daylight hours.
Personally i only use one if I'm somewhere i will get crap on the lens and so would apply the same criteria day or night
Personally i only use one if I'm somewhere i will get crap on the lens and so would apply the same criteria day or night
ViperDave said:
If your using it to keep UV out then may as well remove it, but as nearly everyone uses them for protecting the lens not keeping the UV out then apply your same criteria of use as daylight hours.
Personally i only use one if I'm somewhere i will get crap on the lens and so would apply the same criteria day or night
Agree entirely, plus it's never occurred to me to remove it anyway! However I do generally pay for the best (B+W) so wouldn't want to remove it.Personally i only use one if I'm somewhere i will get crap on the lens and so would apply the same criteria day or night
You may have no option but to remove it: I was having problems with "shadowing" of lights on my images taken at night.
After I took the filter off, it all disappeared. I assume it was caused by reflections from the front of the lens bouncing off the inside of the filter and then hitting the sensor.
After I took the filter off, it all disappeared. I assume it was caused by reflections from the front of the lens bouncing off the inside of the filter and then hitting the sensor.
Yes, I am aware there's not much uv at night, but thank you.
The reason for leaving it on, as has been said, is to protect the lens. Also it's a bit of a faff removing it, storing it safely, and remembering to reattach it, at least compared to leaving it permanently attached.
Hence my desire to canvas views on whether this was likely to cause any issues.
The reason for leaving it on, as has been said, is to protect the lens. Also it's a bit of a faff removing it, storing it safely, and remembering to reattach it, at least compared to leaving it permanently attached.
Hence my desire to canvas views on whether this was likely to cause any issues.
GetCarter said:
ViperDave said:
Personally i only use one if I'm somewhere i will get crap on the lens
+1 Personal opinion - Lens hood protects without the downsides of a filter.
Edited by GetCarter on Sunday 5th August 08:43
I just try to be reasonably careful with the camera.
Recently dropped my 70-200 and smashed the filter. Lens undamaged. Maybe it would still have been OK without the filter, maybe not. Hood wasn't on it at the time as I had finished using it.
Personally I'll keep using filters but then there is no downside as far as I am concerned as I am not a very good photographer!
Personally I'll keep using filters but then there is no downside as far as I am concerned as I am not a very good photographer!
NiceCupOfTea said:
there is no downside as far as I am concerned as I am not a very good photographer!
But it means you need a longer exposure to get the same light into the camera, so all your shots will be a bit more blurry unless it's a still life taken with a tripod!It's most noticeable when you're trying to take a photo of something moving in low light - since a fast shutter is the only
way to reduce blur.
mrmr96 said:
But it means you need a longer exposure to get the same light into the camera, so all your shots will be a bit more blurry unless it's a still life taken with a tripod!
It's most noticeable when you're trying to take a photo of something moving in low light - since a fast shutter is the only
way to reduce blur.
...and most importantly, flare. (Why I stopped using them - as many if not most of my photos are 'nearly' into the sun). Plus, you pay £1200 for a lens then chuck £60s worth of extra glass in front of it.It's most noticeable when you're trying to take a photo of something moving in low light - since a fast shutter is the only
way to reduce blur.
Ari said:
Surely in daylight there's merit in filtering out uv? If not, what's the point?
Your sensor has a UV filter. UV filters are a relic from film days as film was sensitive to UV light.Edited by nellyleelephant on Sunday 5th August 16:51
Edited by nellyleelephant on Sunday 5th August 16:52
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