If and when to use a UV filter on your camera (by wildlife photographer Chris Weston)

In this edition of Essential Field Techniques, wildlife photographer Chris Weston talks about the use of UV filters.
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Science & Technology

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• UV Filter
• photography
• photographer
• wildlife photographer
• wildlife photography
• photography tips
• photographic workshop

[GTOOtt]

Can we see some shots with & without a filter just to prove that UV filters do absolutely nothing on a DSLR camera.

[nagualdesign]

"If I'm working in a particularly dusty environment, such as Africa.." XD

You know that Africa's an entire continent, right? Not just the tiny spot that you visited!

Comedy gold!!! :)

[Air50HE]

@tmorterlaing you don't need to blow it up to x10000 to see de difference. you can easily see it at 1:1 view. if a 5 pound filter is all you can afford after buying a 1000 pound lens, you should rather save the money. if you want to protect your front element: use a lens hood, that will do it.

[tmorterlaing]

£5 on a £1k lens...makes it a £5 lens? I see what he's trying to say but I think thats pretty over exaggerated....... a £5 filter is sometimes all you can afford after spending £1K on a lens, and frankly I would rather have the front element of it protected by a £5 bit of glass at the risk that a line will be slightly less sharp if the image is blown up x10000....

[inputverifier]

I have also heard that the haze from UV is really only an issue with film, as it over-exposes the "blue" layer. Digital sensors however are not really susceptible to this. I have not researched this myself, but It's what I have heard.

[TheGift73]

Cool, filters are one thing that can be pretty confusing as there are so many different schools of thoughts about them.

This video was to the point and well done.