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Hi all, thanks for all the comments, much appreciated.
To answer some of them (in no particular order), I got my D70 at christmas time and started to take some photos of the moors near me. I found that the sky was always burned out with everything else exposed correctly, or the sky was ok and everything else too dark, hence the filters. I got an ND Grad to hopefully balance the exposure out, but i had heard of vignetting and wondered about this effect when using them. I saw someone on ebay selling a filed down filter holder.
I often see wide-angle lenses suggested in magazines for landscapes and did find there were occassions when treelines and rocks lost a lot of their scale with my lens. I looked at the Cleeve Hill post, DJW,and must say i really liked the first post with the 70-210mm, so I suppose it depends where you position yourself.
I've been following the lenses thread, and checking that out, so I am a bit more informed now.
I think a few books on camera work would be a good idea. I go to a local club, and we get fantastic talks from top photographers, but they never cover any basics (why would they? they are members of the london salon or whatever it is called).
I appreciate that digital lengths are 1.5 times as long, but it is still difficult to guess what the view from a 10-20mm lens looks like. I find i want a wider view but how much wider is hard to guess. I certainly don't want any distortion.
You are correct, I will just have to go to a shop and try it. I always feel obliged to buy then, though.
Much to learn,
Thanks,
andy
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