Whoa! Thanks! I think I should hold off then. A filter is just too important.
I suspect that, like the Nikkor 14-24 f2.8, the answer is "you don't".
Not that I want to start yet another filter/no filter thing, but I find them wholly unimportant and only ever use them for specific things like ND, polarising etc.
A "protection" filter if you could add one, would just make it even more prone to flare. I just keep the cap on until I use it.
Your needs are different than mine.
ND and polarizing are the two reasons why I want a filter thread for this lens. I agree aobut the UV filter though. The only lens I use one on is the Panasonic 20mm. I serves as a filter thread extender so I can use a step up ring or vari-ND filter and it won't jam the focus mechanism on the lens.
Then the 7-14 is not for you I'm afraid.
nothing is proof to all events, but the very robust built in hood on this will protect against most and better than a glass alumnimum or brass rimmed filter that can cause more damage than it saves when taking a severe impact (jamming into the lens so cant be removed for example). they degrade the image and lead to greater flare.... apart from taking close up shots of dogs with big licky tongues they seem worse than pointless....a bit like spending a couple of grand on a lovely new leathet lounge chair and insisting on keeping it covered in plastic to preserve it.
Has not been my experience. And we shoot every single workday. Putting about 300k combined shutter actuations on our cameras per month.
well you know your needs best of course. you did mention flare however and there's no escaping that adding a clear filter to a wide angle lens will increase its propensity to flare.
