EOSS.O.S
The latest lenses feature enhanced coatings to reduce flare and ghosting, am I impacting this by using a UV filter?
Alan Slater, Reading
BRIAN SAYS… Every time light passes through a layer of glass it has an impact on the light. Your filter becomes a new element in the optical path of your lens, that wasn’t part of the design created by the manufacturer. So as a protection, I generally use a lens hood instead of a filter.
Often the cost of a replacement front element on a lens is similar to a top quality filter. The image sensor in your camera has a UV blocking filter as part of its design so there’s
