Throwing away lens caps?

MartynK said:
I've read accounts where people dropped a lens and claim that the filter took the pain, but it's conjecture that it actually saved the lens. I find it very difficult to believe that a flimsy piece of glass would make any difference, and suspect that it's more down to the angle of impact/chance or fluke. Quite a few people have dropped lenses and expected them to be wrecked, and found that the damage was cosmetic or functional - a filter wouldn't have helped - or that the lens escaped unscathed.
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'tis true
i have been stupid enough to subject my camera to this treatment and watched in horror as the camera hit the deck lens first.

knackered filter, pristine front element w00t!
i get cold sweats at the thought of the alternative.
 
i wouldnt be seen without my lens cap on
equally i cant see with it on either
 
Andrew Boyd said:
Wow, you guys are a rough crowd! :D

Seriously, the title of the post was a bit tongue-in-cheek. The idea behind the post (for those that haven't read it) is simply that relying on lens caps to protect your lenses is a bad idea. I know all about the arguments about putting "cheap" glass in front of a good element, but see for yourself if you can really see the difference in your photos. I can't. But I CAN see the difference once a front element has gotten scratched!
So I'm sticking with my UV filters, which I can afford to replace as needed....
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You just seemed to have phrased the whole blog post in such a way that doesn't really convey what you wanted to convey.
 
Surely you would just mark and scratch you filters, good bit of advertising ***.
 
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