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Quick Snap Guide to Digital SLR Photography: An Instant Start-Up Manual for New dSLR Owners
by David D. Busch
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Binding: Paperback
Feature: ISBN13: 9781598631876
ISBN: 159863187X
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 208
Publication Date: 2006-04-04
Publisher: Course Technology PTR
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ISBN13: 9781598631876
Condition: New
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If you're a serious photographer, you know that no other camera offers as much sophistication and versatility as the digital SLR. The drawback to this sophistication comes in the form of tedious and lengthy user manuals that can make it difficult to find the essential information you need to get started. Quick Snap Guide to Digital SLR Photography provides you with a concise introduction to the most important features of your dSLR camera. Each topic is covered in two- or four-page spreads with plenty of illustrations and images, making it easy to follow along. Eliminating the frustration of timeconsuming user manuals, this book is the ideal guide for any new dSLR owner who wants to start taking great pictures right away.
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Featured Customer Reviews:
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Great intro to dSLR concepts
This a very simple, easy to comprehend description of all the core concepts in digital photography. David Busch has a great ability to explain complex issues in simple terms without glossing over any of the necessary details. These concepts make it much easier to figure out camera settings using "first principles".
The only thing missing for me was the table of settings for dummies. It's great to be able to think things through from first principles, but I was also looking for advice along the lines of "In these circumstances, set this button to x, this button to y and click..." There are a few examples of that level of guidance and if there were more this would get 5 stars.
If you want to understand what's going on with your dSLR, this is a great easy-to-grasp intro.
Not quite start-up.
The information in this book is good, it starts almost at the beginning... but I am a beginner's beginner. Unfortunately, this book starts two weeks into the semester. The real "start-up" material is missing. It doesn't help the reader to know all of the terms that are being used. The glossary in the back only has some of the definitions. I am having to do some catch up just to know what is being said. It is a beautiful book with great touch appeal, however the book is literally falling apart on me. The binding is worthless, of course that would not be the author's fault. It is however very easy to read.
Too general to help. Save your money; you really don't need this book.
I am new to dSLR cameras and was looking for a book that would get me beyond the point and shoot world I had been living in for so many years. Basically, this book just tells you what buttons to look for on the camera and sort of what they do; but this is something my Pentax User's Manual already does in better detail. This book does try to present some principles of basic photography, but ends up doing so in broad vagaries, so do not buy it if you are looking for a clear discussion of aperture vs. ISO vs. shutter speed, etc. Buy it only if you want some direction on what buttons you should be looking for on your dSLR and nothing more. I checked out The New Manual of Photography by John Hedgecoe from the local library and found it to be infinitely more helpful and informative. I might buy that one instead, but I've already sunk $20 once, so this time I am going to be careful.
It's okay
This is extremely basic. Very vague. Save your money and google "photography for dummies". You'll get the same result.
Just like it says
It is exactly what it advertises. It helps you understand the SLR world and what you would want out of a camera. I loved it.
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