If You Really Love Your Lenses, You'll Put UV Filters On Them

I can't remember where I read about UV filters being used as insurance for your lenses. However since then, I've always had one on each of my lenses. Even for the lenses on my smallest, 1-inch sensor cameras. Because there are few things worse in photography than having to replace a lens that you broke because you dropped it. Or smashed the lens against something in the field. And while a UV filter can't protect the entire lens from damage, it can certainly save the front lens elements on many o...