  Just average after reading Ben Long' XSi Companion Book
I found this book to be quite gimmicky and just average after reading Ben Long's excellent book called the "Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Companion." Save your money and buy Ben Long's book.
cannon EOS Rebel xsi/450D Digital field guide
Excellant book, work. very detailed, informitive, and info. packed. this is a very good book to own and learn from. if you dont have it get it you wont regret it at all.
Very Good Reference
This book is a very good reference to use to learn the functions available for the XSi/450D camera. Much more user friendly than the instruction manual included by Canon with the camera.
Still full of lingo that the average user may not be familiar with. If there would be any improvements to this book, I would like to see a little more space devoted to describing and defining some of the more obscure photographic terms that the average user may not come across.
Well worth the cost for a new SLR user!
I went from a point and shoot to a Canon Rebel XSI SLR. It has been somewhat of an intimadating experience, but with the field guide book explaining so many features and settings, I can breath a sigh of relief.
It is well layed out and easy to read. The index covers all the necessary cross reference pages so a user can quickly find what he or she needs to operate the camera.
After reading the first couple of chapters, I am now ready to get off the Basic mode settings with confidence.
Boilerplate tech stuff but no help for newbies
Totally agree w. Shortstack above, this is a fancy manual, more concerned about completeness and boilerplate than taking the time to select the 30 most useful things a newbie could use. Most owners of this entry-level SLR are stepping up fr. point and shoot, otherwise they'd buy a mid level "prosumer" model. Will someone tell me 10 quick tips to take a portrait. For Instance, how hard it is, and how complicated it is, and if it is worth it, to get a better portrait by just using the portrait button or instead by making real adjustments in say Program or Aperture mode? Two pix, side by side, one taken w. Portrait button, the other taken w. some quick and realistic changes using Program or Aperture mode. Is it worth it? How hard is it? At what point do you need to leave the buttons, and who can realistically do that. Stuff like that, and the same for landscapes, kids, sports, etc. and basically some down and dirty basics for the 99 percent of pics folks like me and Shortstack take. Then you can use rest of book for Advanced stuff, if someone has the time and energy. Scot Kelby's books attempt to do this, but are seriously annoying b.c. of Scot's juvenile and egotistical style,but at least he 'gets' it. When Scot, or someone like him, takes his meds and writes a book dedicated to one camera, like the Canon EOS, SIGN ME UP FOR THAT BOOK. AMAZINGLY, the great how to photo book for interested newbies is YET TO BE WRITTEN. Do you really need to adjust White Balance by having subject hold up a white card? And taking two test photos?? Can't you correct that in like Picassa, and how many serious amateurs do that? Stuff lkke that.
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