DISQUS

Digital Photography Tips and Techniques: UV Filter or No UV Filter

  • Jeff · 1 year ago
    Thanks for someone else piping up about this. I used to keep a UV filter on my lenses at all times for protection and always wondered why I got stray light all over my pictures. I always wrote it off as ambient light from the city and had given up on shooting certain scenes because of this. The night I discovered it was my UV filter creating that stray light, I nearly threw myself into the road thinking about how easily the problem was corrected. To this day, I still feel stupid, but at least I can have a little more framing freedom without having to think about those stray lights.

    Anyone who recommends putting a UV filter on your lens should also provide a warning about this situation. Thanks for saying something about it.
  • picmax · 1 year ago
    Jeff,

    You are welcome. I think more and more people are realizing this but there are still many more who need to figure this out. That's why I want to get the information out to others.

    Thanks.

    Max