Pardon my ignorance, but I can only think of very few situations where
one might be needed.  To qualify you'd have to be:
1) A professional photographer working in absolutely extreme settings
where there is a very high chance the camera will break or malfunction,

When I take a picture  Nikon D70 (auto white balance, have also tried
sunny mode) with (especially) a deep blue sky, either the landscape is
too dark (underexposed) and the sky comes out the right color, or the
landscape seems to be correctly exposed, but the sky is a washed out

Dear colleagues:
Last week I purchased a Canon EOS 1Ds Mk II. I usually purchase my photo
equipment from BH Photo in NY and have come to rely on the equipment I
always receive from them since they maintain a huge inventory.

I have the Nikon D70 & wish to buy a 58mm Polarizing Filter, having checked
the prices the Nikon one is £79 & Hoya around £30. Question is will the Hoya
one reduce the Nikon lens quality too much. Any thoughts.
Bruce

Hey "Guys",
Does anyone have a trashed Nikon SB-25 or SB-26 Speedlight they'd be
willing to unload (sell cheap) for parts? I have a perfectly good one
with a broken foot and Nikon has discontinued this part. It's fairly

This is not my gallery, but considering the beating the Sigma takes in
forums, reviews, these shots look pretty good at full size.
http://www.pbase.com/ghoerdt/panorama_cloudy_switzerland

In case all you RAW shooters need to know, the Professional version of
RawShooter has just been released and boy, it it a piece of work! :-)
I just bought it and the first job I used it for proved just how good
(and way better than Essentials) this new release is. So if you tried