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 > I don't use filters a lot for color but 2 I like are polarizers and 81B. 
A polarizer cuts haze and reflections and the 81 filters warm the light on 
overcast days. 81 filters are a faint pinkish-orange. they come in A, B or 
C with A being the faintest and C being the most intense. They're 
especially good for skin tones or autumn leaves when the sky is cloudy and 
grey. A sun shade helps prevent lens flare but a hat or your hand held to 
cast a shadow on the lens will work too.
##### Thanks for the tip on the 81's, I will pick those up and add them to 
my kit, seems like I have more cloudy and grey days than sunny ones so this 
would be a good investment. My Sigma did come with a lens hood and I use it 
all the time, it mounts reversible when not in use and I like that feature, 
it still fits in the Zing case with no problem.

 >The book is available though ATC (at a discount if you are a member) or 
you can order direct from Ken. If you don't still have the address from the 
'cat on the pack' thread, email me off-list and I'll send it to you. He 
charges full price but autographs it for you and pays the postage. It is 
not a photo instruction book. He really doesn't talk much about the taking 
of photos.
### I could not find it on the ATC site, but I still have his address, so 
will go that route.

 >If you are interested in an instructional book dedicated to photography 
for backpackers I recommend "The Backpacker's Photography Handbook" by 
Charles Campbell published by Amphoto.
### I found this one on the web and will be ordering it this week sometime, 
it looks like a good one, it had reader reviews at the bottom of the page 
and all the reviews had only good things to say about the book. Its exactly 
what I have been looking for in an instructional book.

 >No problem. We all start somewhere and I love talking about making 
pictures almost as much as being in the woods and doing it.
### Again thanks, all the tips I can get will help a great deal, if I am 
going to carry the extra weight of a full size SLR, I should try to get the 
most out of it, atleast that is my way of thinking.
BTW- I found one of the Tarmon lense you had mentioned at Camera World, the 
price seemed reasonable and not as high as I thought at first, so I might 
just go that route, now I can carry just one lens instead of two.

Doug





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