Even in an age of digital photo editing, there are still some lens filters that either can’t be reproduced digitally or are more effective than their digital equivalents. These include protective UV filters, polarizing filters, graduated and neutral density filters. UV filters are used these days purely as a protection for the front element of […]
UV filter
Almost colourless filter which is designed to cut blue (UV) haze in distant scenic shots, though this is less of an issue with digital imaging than it was with film. UV filters are still used, though, as a simple and inexpensive lens protector.