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Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L with cracked filter stuck on lense. Any ideas to remove?

Started May 22, 2013 | Questions thread
bruxi
bruxi Regular Member • Posts: 318
Re: Now you know why not to use filters for "protection"

brightcolours wrote:

NomadMark wrote:

If you didn't have a filter mounted, that damage would have been done to the front end of the lens. I'd sooner have issue taking a broken filter off, than never being able to get one back on, or worse!!

Nonsense. He had no lens hood on. With hood the lens would be fine.

People get to all kinds of odd ideas in order to keep on using thin slabs of glass to "protect" lenses.

I've probably saved 2-3 front elements using filters (especially out in the field) and done every kind of IQ test and there is no difference.  I could post photos from every one of my lens tests and you could never pick the shots with the filter on.  It's all in your head.

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