Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Tue, 10 Dec 2002 11:29:12 -0500 eric korenman <leica_korenman@hotmail.com> wrote: > >Damn waste of money each and everytime! I mean > think > >about it. Do you go around banging the front > element on things withouta > >filter? > > > uhh - yes! > thats why I buy filters... > The UV filter is nessesarily a bigger target than the front element, and if it were to break from something hitting it, even if the projectile would not have hit the front element, shards of broken glass will be launched toward your front element. Think about it... protective goggles are not made from UV filter glass. Doug Herr<BR>Birdman of Sacramento<BR>http://www.wildlightphoto.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html