On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 20:32:09 -0700, "Gene Hill" wrote:

>I would like to get a filter for my VX-2000. I like to shoot outdoors,
>mainly car racing and higher speed stuff. I don't know anything about
>filtering, so any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

*THE* basic filter is a UV, for protection of the
lens front surface purposes only. I generally
recommend the single-coated metal-rimmed version
of the Hoya as the best quality for money (avoid
Tiffen, they "self-fog"...). The color saturation
can be adjusted in-camera using the "custom
controls", so the usual polarizer advice is useless
except for reflection-control (there is about a
1.5-stop loss of light through a polarizer - and
a "circular" type is preferable, if you get one...).
The camera has two built-in neutral-density filters,
so buying these is unnecessary. Color-correction
filters are also unnecessary with this camera (use
DWB for most exterior shooting, adjust warm/cold
balance to taste using the "custom controls" [I
prefer "0" or "+1" for this for exteriors] - along
with AE-bias [I prefer "-1" for exteriors - and
"+1" for sharpness...]). So, you are down to a
58mm good-quality UV for protection (the lens
itself absorbs most UV...), and *possibly* a 58MM
circular polarizer...