GKPE 8, Yet more NZ ramblings from some flightless Kiwis.

In the 7 years I've been shooting as a professional, not being particularly careful with my equipment, I've never scratched a front lens element. This includes the time I accidentally rolled a camera and lens down a small hill, and the time a camera and lens fell off the roof of my car.

Though if anyone wants to buy a filter I have some good brand that fits the 70-200 somewhere. B&W I think, a great brand.

I had a camera knocked over on its tripod last year, onto hard concrete.
Wrote off everything but the front element

Moppie wrote in post #17049965
If your worried about dust, you would have a heart attack watching me work

What is it you do again, are u pro or something.

I have dropped the 17-40 a couple of times, from shoulder height on to concrete and both times the UV filter had taken the brunt of the damage. It was a bit hard to get off but apart from that all good and no damage to the front element.

I guess the gear is tougher than most people think they are

Moppie wrote in post #17049965
If your worried about dust, you would have a heart attack watching me work

Me too.
The bulk of my photos are taken at dusty BMX race tracks.
I change lenses etc. Just do it as fast as possible to reduce the amount of dust that will get in the camera.

I stopped using filters except in extreme situations when I was doing some night photography with a middle priced UV filter on my lens. I noticed ghosting of the moon on the images. So I tried the same photo without the filter. The image was so dramatically better that It changed my opinion about filters.

Also I talked to a Canon rep once who informed me that the front elements are made tough, and also designed that they can relatively easily be changed if damaged without costing too much. the $1000 sounds to me like too much.

I managed to get some quite deep scratches on my 17-85 lens. No idea how. But you could not see them in any photos.

Mark0159 wrote in post #17049986
What is it you do again, are u pro or something.

I claim the or something.

akiwi wrote in post #17050051
Me too.
The bulk of my photos are taken at dusty BMX race tracks.
I change lenses etc. Just do it as fast as possible to reduce the amount of dust that will get in the camera.

I stopped using filters except in extreme situations when I was doing some night photography with a middle priced UV filter on my lens. I noticed ghosting of the moon on the images. So I tried the same photo without the filter. The image was so dramatically better that It changed my opinion about filters.

Also I talked to a Canon rep once who informed me that the front elements are made tough, and also designed that they can relatively easily be changed if damaged without costing too much. the $1000 sounds to me like too much.

I managed to get some quite deep scratches on my 17-85 lens. No idea how. But you could not see them in any photos.

I used a 28-135mm on the 10D at the rally of Rotorua, being close to the cars it was really dusty, after the weekend had past the manual focus ring wouldn't focus any more. I had to send it in for repair. But it wasn't a L lens for sure.

Speaking of scratches..
I think I mentioned here that My eldest Tommy had problems that his quad apparently flicked a stone into someones door.
<RANT>
I am absolutely speechless and couldn't sleep last night.
We have been fighting with all our insurance companies who all say they won't pay.
Yesterday we got a rough estimate of what he wants to repair the stone chip in his door.
€3,800.00 F..ing Euro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For a chip in his f..ing door.

€450 for a Damage estimate
€1,850.00 Actual repair
€364.00 Car rental
€30.00 Other costs
€1,000.00 Approx for his Lawer costs!!!!!!! He wrote 2 letters for f*cks sake!

That is NZD 5,900.00

kiwichris wrote in post #17049634
Flashback:
Some time ago someone told me not to put a filter on the 100-400L, can they please tell me now why not?

It was likely me.

Even decent filters are not great compared to optical elements. This shows up much more on long lenses than wide.

I have seen some hideous results caused by filters on a 100-400 especially.

akiwi wrote in post #17050074
Speaking of scratches..
I think I mentioned here that My eldest Tommy had problems that his quad apparently flicked a stone into someones door.
<RANT>
I am absolutely speechless and couldn't sleep last night.
We have been fighting with all our insurance companies who all say they won't pay.
Yesterday we got a rough estimate of what he wants to repair the stone chip in his door.
€3,800.00 F..ing Euro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For a chip in his f..ing door.

€450 for a Damage estimate
€1,850.00 Actual repair
€364.00 Car rental
€30.00 Other costs
€1,000.00 Approx for his Lawer costs!!!!!!! He wrote 2 letters for f*cks sake!

That is NZD 5,900.00

And you live in Germany because?????

Moppie wrote in post #17050126
And you live in Germany because?????

Yeah right!

I cant understand how you would be responsible for stone chip damage, thats one of those **** happens things about being on the road.

Plus chip repairs are like $20

akiwi wrote in post #17050074
That is NZD 5,900.00

so what happens when you tell them to join the far queue? can they actually prove where the damage came from?

On the filter debate, I've always thought the images coming from my 16-35mm were better after dropping from eye-level onto concrete complete with camera & tripod. (removing the UV filter in the process)

I haven't used a UV filter on any lens since...

RobDickinson wrote in post #17050144
Plus chip repairs are like $20

where?

http://www.amateurphot​ographer.co.uk …-400-4-5-5-6L-and-filters

https://photography-on-the.net …/showthread.php​?t=1199661

numerous stories saying the same

tim wrote in post #17049966
In the 7 years I've been shooting as a professional, not being particularly careful with my equipment, I've never scratched a front lens element. This includes the time I accidentally rolled a camera and lens down a small hill, and the time a camera and lens fell off the roof of my car.

Nikon

Moppie wrote in post #17049972
I had a camera knocked over on its tripod last year, onto hard concrete.
Wrote off everything but the front element

Canon

tim wrote in post #17050172
Nikon

Canon

so are you going to get the Nikon D810?