One of the things I've noticed that holds true for both digital and film cameras when landscapes are taken is that it really helps to use filters on your lens. I'm not a landscape guy, but the ones that I know who are swear by split neutral density filters. They allow you to get decent exposure on the land/foreground and the sky without getting totally underexposed land or blown out skies. Many also love using a polarizer with a warming filter (like an 81A). Many of todays consumer digital cameras have filter threads on the lens. Even those that don't, companies like Cokin make filter adapters that fit on any camera with a tripod mount on the bottom. Filters can help you to decrease or eliminate haze and give you more dramatic skies with better color. -=>Donald