: About Me

Upon purchase of every filter-accepting lens I have ever bought I have been encouraged by the retailer to include a UV filter. Some claimed the UV filter would improve the color in my photographs while others would be less firm in the matter, suggesting only that the filter would be an important safeguard, protecting my expensive lens from the outside world. So who, if anyone, was correct? There are arguments for and against both positions. Let's take a step back first and think about what ultraviolet light is. Put simply, our eyes see wavelengths of light between about 400 to 700 nm. (Don...