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D100 Fujifilm S5 (well it was a nikon really wasn't it) D200 D300 D300s D4 D3100 D750 D500 D810 and now none :-( as I decided to give up landscape photography and have sold all my Nikon DSLRs and Lenses.

I have always considered worrying about such things a waste of valuable (and in my case, seriously limited in quantity) imagination

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I have been going through a similar exercise and decided on the Dell UP2516D

My pleasure Chris. As well as filters, take something to cover them / clean them with if you are going anywhere near a waterfall. There will potentially be lots of spray, which may freeze on the filter. A handy tip I read somewhere was to use a clear shower cap to cover the lens to keep it dry...

Polariser. 6 stop for the waterfalls. Soft grads are more useful than hard - not many straight horizons.

I just have the odd moment where my photographs DO come out the way I want them to....

Thanks Dan

Dan, Thanks for the tips - I had heard about Highway 1A. I have 1 night in the Canadian Rockies Chalets on my last night...

Andy, I was thinking more about the mechanical aspects of taking a photo once I have decided to do so, but the above are all good points

Good one - thanks

The Solihull (West Midlands) store is also closing down and has 30% off everything

I am off on a landscape photography trip shortly. On previous trips, I have always got home and thought 'if only....[I had done something I had forgotten to do]'. Which got me thinking about the mechanics of the process of taking a landscape shot, so that I could write a list of things to check...