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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Berkerk" data-source="post: 33348" data-attributes="member: 6804">Welcome to a great community. 1. Personally I think UV filters are a waste of time on a digital camera (they were originally used in the film days to protect against UV damage to the film itself), you'd be better off with just a protector (Hoya HD are good at a reasonable price, B+W are better but expensive) if you're concerned about damage to your lens. Just remember that anything you put in front of your lens is going to effect the image, although you may or may not even notice it!Haze, Circular Polarising, ND filters etc are probably a waste of time on a portrait lens like the 35mm, unless you're planning to use it outside a lot and even then I'm not sure how often you'd use them. They're far more useful on wide angle lenses when shooting landscapes. 2. If you are planning to do a lot of PP in PS then RAW would be a better option as you have more flexibility in your editing, especially if you are considering Lightroom.You might also want to have a look at Elements 10, the cataloguing has been improved and it's a lot cheaper than Lightroom (unless you're in Education - big discounts).Not sure if Camera RAW works in Elements or just PS but is much like Lightroom. 3. Adobe TV has great resources for learning Lightroom (mainly videos), there's also Lynda.com but I've not used them.Hope I've been of some help with my opinions.</blockquote>