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Originally Posted by silkstone
And then there's the school of thought which says that the last thing you should do with a nice, expensive lens is to put a piece of superfluous glass on the front of it, which will increase the risk of flare. The argument goes that the best protection is a lens hood, and if you bash a filter on something it may break and the glass fragments will scratch the lens.
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That's the school I went to.
For lens protection I use a lens hood. The only time I would use a filter is for effect.
(The debate goes on......)