Hi hi and welcome

Haha

.......and like Clarky I also only use a polariser. No UV or "protection" filter for me. No need.

Processed in raw with Silkypix Pro. A bump-up in saturation and contrast (as is my want), but thats about it.

Luke

Both lenses tak a 77mm thread filter yes.

Regarding the ebay filter deal, this is my opinion :

If you are going to spend a lot of money on aquiring good lenses, you will be doing yourself a disservice by putting a cheap filter on the front of it. I have no idea if the ones you linked to are any good or not, but a cheaper filter is likely to give you less of an effect than a better made one; impair image quality more;and possibly introduce more flare.

Now there have been discussions on here before where less expensive filters have served very well for some forum members, and I am sure someone will have done scientific tests showing that the most expensive are not the best.

I guess what I am saying is that like most things in life, you get what you pay for, and cheapest is likely not to be the best in this instance.

I have a Hoya Pro-1 digital which I use on the 16-50 which I think cost about £80.

Picture of the falls of the Yellowstone River, taken from the aptly named "Artist Point". K10D + DA60-250

Luke

I bought the DA*16-50 a few months ago and feel it was well worth it.

It is sharp even when at 2.8 and is obviously brighter to look through that the kit or an f4 lens. It is not particularly fast when focussing but at the focal length it covers that is not a problem. I shot a lot with it on my recent trip to Yellowstone and was very impressed. The weather sealing is another advantage and the build quality is really top-notch. Unfortunately all this is reflected in the price!

If you go for it you wont need another lens in that range.

Is that being caused by posterization ?

Aladab

One bit of advice I would give is that whatever lenses you go for (the A's are a good choice), to get a hood for it too. The older glass, while being of excellent build and optical quality, were not designed with the digital sensor in mind. As the DSLR is more susceptable to flare than film you will benefit using a hood.

Good for you Luke, and I am sorry again for being Mr Grumpy

Rob, you didnt say whether you were talking about raw or jpeg files. If the latter you are better off doing them in PSE or using another recommendation especially if you want to do batches.

If you are using raw files then Silkypix Pro is a doddle. I have set up presets so I can batch process say 10 raw files to be resized to 1000px wide or 800px wide or 800x800px, and not only will Silkypix process these but will apply an Unsharp Mask (to whatever setting I desire) to them to boot.

The original raw files remain unaltered if you want to use them again.