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Can anyone please tell me what kind of filters there are out there!? - There are SO many filters and special EFX filters it would take a book, and a large one to boot, to show all and give examples!. There are also electronic, digital filters, that one can apply to their digital image thru programs like Adobe Photo Shop or Paint Shop Pro!. Here, you may get effects NO glass filter could EVER give you!. Try these places -

http://www!.camerafilters!.com/

http://www!.photofilter!.com/hoya_filter_i!.!.!.

http://www!.adobe!.com/products/plugins/ph!.!.!.

What size filter would I purchase!? - The size would be determined by the screw in filter size for your lens you are using!. Usually INSIDE the lens cap is a # with either a mm or a circle with a line thru it - ? - after the number!. This number is the size of your filters, for THAT lens!.!.!. Other lenses may take the same size, or not!.!.!.! Check under the cap!.!.!.

How do I put filters on my camera!? - Today they just screw on and off!. However, the threads are as fine as frogs hair and it's sometimes easy to cross them up, especially with many lenses being plastic today and the cell the filter is mounted in is metal!.

Google - Hoya Filters - Tiffen Filters - B&W Filters - Camera Filters!.!.!.

Bob - TucsonWww@QuestionHome@Com

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You need a 58mm filter!. It should show you on the front of the lens, around the glass, a small circle with a diagonal line through it and a number followed by mm!. This is your filter size!.

To put your filter on, screw it on like a lid on a jar!. I've found it easiest to put the lens in manual focus mode and extend the lens to the largest size!. That gives you something to hold onto while screwing on the filter!.

As for filters, you can get all sorts of colors and effects!. A good general filter is a plain UV filter which mostly protects the front glass of the lens!. I recommend using one of these on every lens you get!. A circular polarizer is another common filter used to create more dramatic skies!.

Here's some you can buy: http://www!.amazon!.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw!?url!.!.!.

I recommend Hoya brand filters, as those are what I use!. Avoid super-cheap filters unless you absolutely have to buy them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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There are filters in pretty much any color you could imagine!. They just screw on to the front of your lens!. You should notice a lip and threads on the very front of your lens, where it moves in and out to zoom!.

I would recommend a Circular Polarizer and maybe an ND Grad filter!. I would get the Polarizer first, however, since they help remove reflections in pictures!. They're pretty much impossible to duplicate in Photoshop, like many other filters!. ND Grad filters are similar, but they make one half of your picture darker than the other!. That's useful when you are taking a landscape; the sky won't be all white while the foreground is either OK or too dark!. They help even out the two for the camera!. They are also difficult to duplicate in Photoshop!.

Your lens takes 52mm filters!. If you see yourself buying more lenses in the future, however, I would recommend buying larger filters (say 72mm or 77mm) and buy step-up rings to allow your current lens to take the larger filters!.

EDIT: Apparently you will need a 58mm filter!. I have the Nikon version of that lens and it takes 52mm filters!. Go figure!. As for UV filters, that is debatable!. I am of the opinion that cheap UV filters are just glass, with no coating at all!. What that means is it greatly increases the risk of lens flare!. There are 2 types of lens flare: the kind you see (ghosts, halos, etc around lights), and the kind you don't: the kind that bounces around your lens and takes away contrast)!. I use a lens hood (a sleeve of plastic or metal that snaps onto the front of the lens and blocks out side light, like blinders on a horse)!. Lens hoods help reduce lens flare AND protect the lens!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Depends on what the stock lens is - a lot of kits come with the 18-55mm IS lens, and that would be a 58mm filter!. Definitely get a clear UV filter, as this one can stay on your lens all of the time - as a fellow photographer told me, it's much cheaper to replace a cracked UV filter than it is to replace a cracked lens! You will probably also get some use from a circular polarizer (takes glare off of water, glass, etc!. so that you can see the true colors)!. You can get "starter" sets of filters that contain a UV, polarizer, and warming filter!.

http://www!.adorama!.com/FLK58!.html

To put the filter on the camera, you would put the filter on the front of the lens and screw it on like a bottle cap (threaded mount)!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Look up the lens on B&H and find the filter size!. Just screw it on!. You should always have a UV on to protect the filter!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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