When I was taking pictures of the lunar eclipse, I was constantly going in and out of the house with my camera, with my tripod in tow. During one instance, I dropped my camera. I gasped but it looked like I dropped it on the side of the camera, not on the lens. The next time I went out to take pictures, I was unable to take off my lens cap. I thought it was because I kept on bringing my camera in from the cold, but then I realized that my lens cap was stuck IN my camera. Luckily, I had a UV filter on my zoom lens, so I was able to unscrew my UV filter and my zoom lens was unaffected. My UV filter, however, was not so fortunate.

I guess they were right when they said that always having a filter on your camera is a great way to protect the lens!

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