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As seen on dpreview, a lensrental blog....



Fun and nonsense with UV filters....



http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2011/06/...ad-filters



What is most impressing though is - given the impact even 5 good UV filters have - how well modern lenses with 15 or 20 elements must work....
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As seen on dpreview, a lensrental blog....



Fun and nonsense with UV filters....



[url="http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2011/06/good-times-with-bad-filters"]http://www.lensrenta...ith-bad-filters[/url]



What is most impressing though is - given the impact even 5 good UV filters have - how well modern lenses with 15 or 20 elements must work....

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Filters have the disadvantage of being plan parallel. You get many more multireflections than with the curved glass-air surfaces within a lens.