I used to “religiously” use a UV filter on all of my lenses. However, I got tired of the unwanted reflection, aberrations, and other artifacts, (maybe a slight exaggeration) and finally I kind of got away from using it. It got to where I was removing it so often that I figured I might as well leave it off. I don’t have a $100 filter, they were $5-$10 filters… I have a lens hood on my kit lens 100% of the time, so hopefully if I drop it, the hood will absorb the shock.
