BEST replacement for your Camera Lens caps!

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@johnnyc.5979 10 ай бұрын

Or put a lens hood on your lens, it keeps the lens open without the possibility of reflections, and if you drop the camera, the lens shouldn't shatter.

@AndrewVanBeekOttawa 10 ай бұрын

Yep, UV filters are a waste of time by comparison.

@theaurumtheory 10 ай бұрын

So you would risk scratching/damaging/contaminating your 2000$ lens because it take more than 1 second to take the cap off? If something inside your bag or out damaged the UV filter, the next target is the lens glass itself, and the shatters from the filter will surely be sharp enough to scratch it permanently. A lens cap is many times more resistant than a UV filter. This is like eating soup with a fork because the spoon weighs more and hurts your wrist when holding it

@BT4HR 10 ай бұрын

So, you put a cheap uv filter on you 2K+ glass? Hmm...

@jonathanloaiza 10 ай бұрын

But it comes with a rubber cap so you don't use that annoying lens cap (wink wink)

@emiliofuentes9464 10 ай бұрын

I mean Polar pro is not that cheap bro

@emiliofuentes9464 10 ай бұрын

And it really doesn’t affect that much to the quality

@cesarcastillo4210 10 ай бұрын

I don't see anything wrong with it. I mean I still use my 5 dollars Ross socks with my 2K Gucci shoes. 🤷‍♂

@xxichikokoxx 10 ай бұрын

@@emiliofuentes9464 meh never had issues of never running a UV filter unless i plan to go to a super dusty area. len hood is all the protection i need.

@glenberman873 15 күн бұрын

Pretty rough crowd. Not what I would do for a solution though. I simply am very careful and do not treat my lenses like a rag doll. I also have homeowners insurance and if you don’t own a home then you can get renters insurance and register the items specifically so you are covered. Sh_t happens, but not often when you take care of your things so I never worry about it.

@dashingkangaroo6372 10 ай бұрын

The free lens cap that normally comes with a lot of lenses suck so I should buy some cheap glass to put in front of it instead?

@twoblink 10 ай бұрын

I have UV filters on all my lenses. But I go one step further. I put an additional stepup ring in FRONT of the UV filter. First; I now no longer use the lens hoods; too much of a burden; the small amount of step up right gives me slightly lenshood-esque on wide angles; and on tele's I can just but just blank rings and extend the ring line a filter. I go through a LOT of lens caps; they get lost all the time; this is when you should GO CHEAP and buy lens caps in bulk. One of the benefits of having stepup rings is; that ANY lens hood will fit; for example; I have a 58mm UV filter; I put then a 67mm step up ring on it; and it found that I can put another 72mm step up right on top of that. With a pinch nose lens cap; I can use the 58mm, 67mm, or 72mm lens cap; and they will work; and so I now just have a bunch of lens caps in my bag without having to try to mix and match lens with lens cap. The other benefit is; if you bump the lens; the stepup ring gets scratched; which is fine. I banged the front of my lens the other day at a restaurant; so much so that the stepup ring was bent badly; but the UV was fine; the stepup ring was so bad I had to use pliers to crush the stepup ring to remove it.. $2 damage. Better than my $30 UV filter and better than my $900 lens as far as taking damage. So if anything; I say you haven't gone far enough.

@maggnet4829 10 ай бұрын

Why don't you just use a lens hood? It protects the glas from bumps and doesn't reduce the image quality. That's what I'm using all the times and didn't have a single scratch to any of my lenses fronts so far.

@twoblink 10 ай бұрын

@@maggnet4829 most of the lens hoods are big, and don't fit in the bag unless you reverse it, and when your are changing lenses, it's an extra step I don't need. Also, lens hoods are plastic, and aren't that durable IMHO. And not every lens comes with a lens hood.

@maggnet4829 10 ай бұрын

@@twoblink Ok, I can see some lenses where the size is a consideration while packing. However, I only every (if even) remove the lens hood in between sessions. So in total I only have to screw and unscreew them once. Regarding durability I have to strongly disagree. Lens hoods have the advantage that they are flexible and if you bump them against something they absorb part of the shock. On the other hand, I have seen a lot of filters that got bend and stuck in the lens front, ruining the filter thread for good.

@juny1624 10 ай бұрын

I'd much rather use a lens hood than a UV filter. I don't like the idea of putting inexpensive glass on a $3K lens. Even the best UV filters are not all that good. I was having issues with photos not being sharp and it's because i was using the UV filter on my outdoor photoshoots. Once i took it off, my photos were noticabley sharper

@DJProPlusMax 10 ай бұрын

lens hood! lens hood! lens hood! lens hood! also use the cap!

@OldVideoPutz 10 ай бұрын

Don't listen to this guy!

@BananaPorrada 6 ай бұрын

Where are the links boy!!!

@danielquevedo5064 10 ай бұрын

Dumb solution

@funknick 10 ай бұрын

It is generally a bad idea to use a UV filter. Placing UV filter glass in front of your front lens element changes various physical light characteristics entering into your lens. The front lens element has many carefully crafted lens coatings on it, these are physically designed and tested to have only air (and most definitely not a UV filter) in front of them to minimize glare, reduce chromatic aberration, filter certain wavelengths of light, and reflect ultra-violet light. By placing a UV filter in front of your main lens element, you are essentially placing a small window in front of your lens. Shooting through a window usually produces poor results, and yes, the UV protector is a bit higher quality than window glass, but it is still a piece of glass. This is why I do not see UV filters on anything but amateur photographers lenses and the phrase I hear from pro's is "why would you put a cheap piece of glass in front of your $5000 lens?" Source: I am a wildlife photographer and have worked with many professional photographers and videographers in my various roles in VFX, robotics, etc.

@gastropico 10 ай бұрын

What about Nd Filters?

@funknick 10 ай бұрын

@@gastropico an ND will also affect the lens sharpness and other factors as it is also a piece of glass in front of your front lens element. Now, you're probably thinking, "but I need an ND to keep my shutter low for filming, right?" You're correct, and that's why cine cams have ND's built-into the camera body, designed by the camera manufacturer so you don't need to put an ND in front of your lens and lose image quality. For high end wildlife telephoto lenses, they make special drop-in ND filters that go at the rear (where the cam meets the lens) that are rather expensive and designed specifically only for that lens so you can do video frame rates with your $15,000 telephoto lens without putting an ND in front and having imaging artifacts from that cheap glass. Thems the breaks, putting glass in front of your expensive glass always has a trade off and a set back. If you're going to use front mounted ND-filters, make sure you buy high quality ones (usually pricier and in the $100-400 range). You can also look up reviews for your ND-filter plus your chosen lens to see how it handles glare and other image reduction.