Thread: SLR lens filters

A lens filter can be nice if you're shooting in situations, where not getting stuff on the lens is nearly impossible. Shooting on a beach on a hot day is extremely difficult for example, without getting sand on there. However, if you do mostly portraits in doors and handle your camera nicely, a filer is not that important.

Thanks Marvo. What would you suggest for a protective lens with the lowest optical impact on the image? I heard good things about the Nikon neutral clear lenses, UV lenses seem kind of useless since the sensor is already protected against UVs.

UV filters are pretty cheap, around $10 in most sizes, I think. I'm not sure about purely protective filters, though I'd imagine they're even cheaper. I can't really suggest a brand, though anything should work really. When you buy lenses, you want to right brands, but with filters you don't have to be quite as careful with who you buy from, unless you're get a polarizing lens of course.