Protect your expensive Nikon lenses with expensive Nikon protection filters

Nikon Arcrest II filter with Japanese writing
(Image credit: Nikon)

The lens on your camera is its eye to the world, and should the front element pick up any scratches or scrapes, that's not good news for the images you'll subsequently take. So it makes sense to keep it protected.

Many photographers use UV, skylight or clear filters primarily as protection for the front element of their lenses. But with the light from your subject having to first pass through the filter on the lens, quality matters. A second-grade filter will result in second-grade images.

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Adam Waring
News Editor

Prior to joining digitalcameraworld.com as News Editor, Adam was the editor of N-Photo: The Nikon Magazine for seven years, and as such is one of Digital Camera World's leading experts when it comes to all things Nikon-related. 

Whether it’s reviews and hands-on tests of the latest Nikon cameras and lenses, sharing his skills using filters, tripods, lighting, L brackets and other photography equipment, or trading tips and techniques on shooting landscapes, wildlife and almost any genre of photography, Adam is always on hand to provide his insights. 

Prior to his tenure on N-Photo, Adam was also a veteran of publications such as PhotoPlus: The Canon Magazine, so his wealth of photographic knowledge isn’t solely limited to the Big N.