快樂牛郎

First of all, you should define what you mean by IQ, but I assume most people use it to mean sharpness. Technically, you can argue that the UV filter probably reduces sharpness by 1% or 2%, but no one in the world fuxking cares about that 1%, even if they can really tell. Even if you are a pro, your stupid customers would never be able to tell if you used a UV or not. That's just his/her excuse to replace/upgrade the lens every once a while.

I personally don't care much about sharpness, so I stack all kinds of filters on my lenses. I bought my lenses for their IQ, but not necessarily sharpness, even though some of them happen to be the sharpest lenses ever made.

快樂牛郎

And one last thing, there had never been a single photo that was rejected by anyone just because the UV filter was on.

快樂牛郎

Thanks, go get a B+W now.....Those lenses rent from Beau, didn't come with filter... why ?
AAC 發表於 2012/8/31 08:34

The rental price already includes regular scratches and damages. Even if they give you a filter, you would most likely not use it since there's no incentive for you to protect the front glass for them.

It seems like rental is a really good business. One of my friends recently rented a 5D (original) + a lens for $100 for one day. That's like 5% daily return. If I can get $400 a day for my Noctilux, that would be sweet, LOL.

快樂牛郎

One more question, do I need to pay more for multi-coated UV filer or a normal UV file is more than  ...
AAC 發表於 2012/8/31 11:54

Coating reduces glare and improves contrast. So, it depends on how much you care about "IQ". I always get a B+W MRC or Leica filter included whenever I buy a lens so now I have a whole stack of filters sitting in the drawer. LOL.