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Bravest Camera Dust-Proof System

IMG_6073L(Kudos to reader Kayi for the shots. Above: GR lens seemingly suffering from cataract, surely the first in the world!)

There is certainly no lacking of alternative ways to do the title: World's First Lens Cataract Case; What the Hack (or Duck, depending on your taste) is This; Are You Out of Your Mind; Topsy-Turvy; How to Waste Your Money without Knowing It; To Kill to Protect; A Condom Fixed Ever After; Camera Terrorist; Hahaha, Have Fun Blocking the Lights; Annihilate Your Lens; Have the Apple and Dump It; O.M.G(RD); Don't You Have Better Things to Do; Ouch….

When the author first spotted the camera so brutally treated by its owner, a great measure of unexplainable indignation came surging up to the part of the brain which commands language. The author is an educated fellow, but in the case of others that part of the brain may also command foul languages. While the most valuable and vulnerable component of a camera is the lens, especially in the case of the GRD models which sell dearly for the much-praised GR lens, the owner has thus committed the most wicked felony to the camera.

Before moving on, seriously, there are better ways to keep the lens clean.

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(To attach the superfluous piece of cheap glass to the LCD display is a matter of taste, or bad taste to be exact. But adding the piece of glass to reduce lights getting through the lens is undebatably the greatest unforgiving sin of mankind)

Now, stop laughing if that's what you are doing. You could have committed some similar crimes too. 

There are so many dudes who clean the lens using their ties or T-shirts, not least uncommon when the cameras are brought from a chilly air-conditioned room to see the sunlight. The knowledge about what one can do or not to a camera is so alarmingly meagre among the users compared to the forever heated debates about which new cameras shine. How many of us know that in the case of a chilled camera, it should stay in the bag for roughly 20 minutes before one can get it out for shooting (or for ornamenting yourself around the neck)?

And have you ever shot on a rainy day with your camera which is not protected from the splashes and, most philosophical of all, neither rain- nor water-proof? That is actually as admirably brave as sticking an extra piece of glass to the lens.

Don't ridicule any of these people. Haven't you, after shelling out a large sum for a new f1.4 prime lens, suddenly became money-minded and picked the cheaper -- if not the cheapest -- filter to screw onto that expensive lens? Similar to the cataract-causing glass, the cheapie filter also degrades the performance of light permeability of the lens. It should either be with a good quality filter or nothing at all.

Next time if you are to be creative to your lens, first consult someone who at least knows better than you. Or better still, consult a book or even just the user's instruction.

For the sake of lens welfare and preservation of civilisation, please.

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