Protective Lens Filter

[BauderExtremeDesign]

I have found this and after watching the video I am pretty convinced that it could take a paintball http://www.hoyafilter.com/products/hoya/HD-01.html what are your thoughts on this?

[bigred76]

Any high quality filter will work just fine. The key here is to ensure that it is a high quality filter so that your IQ does not suffer. If you buy a cheap $15 filter, your images will reflect that. All of them will protect your lens about the same.

[stince]

Not necessarily.
Some of the cheaper hoya, even sunpak filters are still great IQ.

I have a sunpak on my 70-200 and a hoya, and i can't tell the difference.

I've keep the sunpak on and def had a ton better pictures then some of the greater photog's out there.

[weltphotography]

I took a direct hit to the filter on my 100-400 L this season.
Other then having a heck of a time getting it cleaned up, it held up like a champ.

Some guys say they would rather take a ball to the front element than risk a filter breaking and scratching the front element.

I'll take my chances WITH a filter after experiencing that mess first hand.

I can't imagine I would EVER get the lens cleaned up properly after a hit without a filter....

[prb1098]

Originally Posted by weltphotography

I took a direct hit to the filter on my 100-400 L this season.
Other then having a heck of a time getting it cleaned up, it held up like a champ.

Some guys say they would rather take a ball to the front element than risk a filter breaking and scratching the front element.

I'll take my chances WITH a filter after experiencing that mess first hand.

I can't imagine I would EVER get the lens cleaned up properly after a hit without a filter....

I had a direct hit on the front of my 100-400 a week before I was due to fly to Cup in October, fortunately Canon and the repairers managed to come through on time so I could take it with me. It smashed straight through a quality Hoya filter and left the front element a mess.



I'm pretty sure, despite it being hardish paint from fairly close range, that without a filter attached it wouldn't have been this way. I'm not running with filters any more on any of my L series lenses.

Excuse the image quality, the 1st thing that came to hand was my Blackberry!

[paintballphotography]

Wow in all my years of shooting paintball I have never broken a front element on a lens. I have one or two filters broken per season and since I am a CPS Platinum member I live close enough to drive to the local canon service center.

Are you coming to Phoenix or Huntington Beach? I am trying to get to some of the Millennium events this season, either London or Turkey

[prb1098]

Oops, haven't been on here for a while.

I guess one of us is far more lucky than the other.

It was a very tight field at a local event, I was posted up on the back corner player, unfortunately when the player snapped out their shot went a little astray and hit my lens front and centre.

I'm pretty convinced, from the pattern of the damage to the front element that it was the filter that did the majority of the damage.

I should be at all the Millenniums this year, I missed Turkey for family reasons in the end, I would be interested to hear how you found event.

Seemingly Millennium & PSP have forgotten how to work together, with World Cup and Turkey being scheduled for the same time!

I would like to make Phoenix but not 100% sure its going to happen at the moment, Would be great to see you at Campaign, Malaga is a great event, there are some good photo opportunities to be had, some of them on field