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New Camera Ethan
Never used a DSLR before, and a friend of mine bought the Canon Rebel XTi and a really nice EFS 17-85MM lens the other day. Since he isn't a huge photo buff (mostly a point and click guy) I an testing this thing out. I would have to say that so far, for the cost (about 1k total (lens and body purchased separately) it is a very nice DSLR camera, and the lens just makes it that much better.

My questions:

Besides a nice set of FDL, polarization and UV filters, what other filters are a must have? I know that it really depends on the circumstances, but what would a good all around set consist of?

The lens he got is great, but we are looking into a better telephoto and getting a wide angle (around $300-400 apiece would be a good price range). What are some good lenses (in your experience) that would fit the budget and use?

I figure a few people on here have this camera, so it can't hurt to get opinions.

Thnx in advance. I hope to buy one myself as soon as I can afford it, otherwise, I'm gonna steal his for a bit.

(Attached is one of the pics i took with the XTi, only a bit of post processing of levels in photoshop, resized from the 10meg RAW, and a conversion to png)