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Forum: Troubleshooting and Beginner Help
06-10-2012, 11:26 AM
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Yep, my 16-45 took a tumble to concrete, the plastic lenss hood split, but the lens was fine. Rubber hoods are cheap, easily pushed forwards or backwards and act as a nice shock absorber. I still don't use UV filters myself, extra air/glass interface, generally poorer coatings. I did use them back in film days , ovdr the years allthe lenses I have damaged have been dropped which normally breaks things like aperture rings and focus mechanisms, never been unfortunate enough to actuall scratch or smash a filter or front element, but I can see how it could happen. As Marc syas above, this is a debate that will run and run, but lens hoods are always useful, and can be mounted on filters too!
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