Video & Camera Equipment

Lens protection filter…UV or polariser?

I have a polariser filter attached to my Camera Lens for practical use and for protecting my lens. But Im wondering if thats affecting my image quality due to the slight loss of light? So would I be better off using a UV filter as my permanant lens protector? Thanx.

Use Neither.

Use a SKYLIGHT 1A instead.
The UV filters out UV light (obviously).
UV light kills mould. This is good.

A SKYLIGHT 1A will protect your lens with no perceptable degradation, light loss or colour cast, but will also let the UV light in to fry the mould which could destroy your lens (in a similar way to cateracts)

SKYLIGHT 1A filters and UV filters usually cost exactly the same.

For what it’s worth, you should have a polariser in your kit bag anyway, but not for protection. This most useful of filters has an ND effect (allows you to use slower shutter or wider aperture for effect), visual effect on reflections, and a saturating effect on nice summers day rich blue skies.

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