Which filter are you using on your 16-35 mkII?

[SCULDER]

Not to deny that fact...but cheap filters does introduce flares easier than expensive ones.

Agree. But for me, no matter how expensive it is, during the shooting I always remove it. Unless effect filter (ND/CPL)

 

[raydio]

It just blows me away that people buy filters for protection.

How else to prevent STD's and unwanted preggy's.

 

[fotoworx]

How else to prevent STD's and unwanted preggy's.

L O L ........ I don't give my L glass any protection ..... I wish they would breed!!!!!!!

 

[CTH1983]

you can try Marumi filters
they are good and not that expensive

 

[bullseyez]

Remind me of my hoya UV 77mm on my 24-70. I accident bang the UV part against some wall. Then the filter is dent and stuck on my lens. I tried many ways to take it off. Finally one fine day i took it off using some rubber matt and till now i never put on any filter on any of my L lens. They are solid so i think nothing to worry about. Protect front element? Put ur hoods on

 

[yrh0413]

Remind me of my hoya UV 77mm on my 24-70. I accident bang the UV part against some wall. Then the filter is dent and stuck on my lens. I tried many ways to take it off. Finally one fine day i took it off using some rubber matt and till now i never put on any filter on any of my L lens. They are solid so i think nothing to worry about. Protect front element? Put ur hoods on

The other side of the coin might be you will spend hundreds to get Canon to replace the front lens assembly if you dented your front filter threads of your 24-70L. Replacing UV filters are less costly in long run if you "abuse" your gears often.

Personally I only use a UV filter to complete the weather-seal ability of my lenses. I put on a UV on my 16-35L, 50L, 70-300L but not on my 100 macro and 85L. Now that I have changed camps to mirrorless system I don't use UV filters at all due to the fact that none of the lenses are weather-sealed.

 

[Octarine]

The other side of the coin might be you will spend hundreds to get Canon to replace the front lens assembly if you dented your front filter threads of your 24-70L. Replacing UV filters are less costly in long run if you "abuse" your gears often.

The bayonet mount hoods do not fit tightly, there's space to move. This and the softer plastic material give plenty of room to catch / absorb the energy of any impact. (Most impacts will come sideways in an angle, not straight towards the lens.) Ok, the hood might break. That's more likely since it's weaker and less costly 'cause it's cheaper My hood caught already some blows (slipped on wet stones at the beach) - hood, lens and body are fine. But I never had anything coming straight to my lens that would justify a protection filter. Everything else was easily removed with a blower or some Isopropyle Alcohol.

 

[avsquare]

Personally I only use a UV filter to complete the weather-seal ability of my lenses.

+1

 

[Razur]

UV lens is most profitable material in the market.

 

[yrh0413]

UV lens is most profitable material in the market.

I think screen protectors for smartphones are much more profitable... Epicenter selling $30 for a piece of plastic, hell'ya! :bsmilie:

 

[benjamingan]

I think screen protectors for smartphones are much more profitable... Epicenter selling $30 for a piece of plastic, hell'ya! :bsmilie:

Diamond filled reflective protector