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Re: Will a filter save your lens?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"]<span lang="EN" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"]The next question you should ask, did the dropped camera suffer any damage?<o
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"]<span lang="EN" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"]Is the lens mount parallel to the sensor’s plane? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"]It would only take a 1/100 of an inch or less to have one side of the image become soft due to a bent / displaced lens mount on the body. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"]Check the corners of your photos, do they all look the same or is one side different?<o
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"]<span lang="EN" style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: #333333; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"]A lens hood, being made of plastic, will dampen the shock of hitting the ground vs. the hard metal ring on the filter.<o
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