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Ed mentioned a "circular polarizer". Pardon my ignorance, but what is that?
A polarising filter, used to cut reflections from some objects, glass, water and cut haze from distant landscape type images.
You mount it on the front of the lens and rotate the filter until you get the effect you want. Some lens front's rotate when they focus, that is a problem!!!
There are linear and circular polarisers the linear aren't supposed to work well with modern cameras, I think it's the AF they don't like but I still use mine. I don't have a circular one.
I have a buddy down the road who deals in camera stuff I tried about six before I was happy. Some don't do much at all. Get a Hoya or one of the other good makes.
Like this:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hoya-Digital-Circular-Polarizing-Filter/dp/B000KL1U1W/ref=sr_1_21?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1337801547&sr=1-21
But it's not essential, kinda icing on the cake.
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Robert.