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5.0 out of 5 stars
This book helps you get the most out of your T1i, July 17, 2010
This review is from: Canon EOS Rebel T1i/500D For Dummies (Paperback)
I am a very casual photographer and to be honest I have very little experience with photography in general. I have had almost no experience with aperture or ISO. I bought the Canon EOS Rebel T1i/500D for Dummies simply because I wanted to learn more tricks and tips about the camera as well as how to change the camera settings. I knew that I wouldn't get the information I wanted, or possibly needed, out of just the user manual that came with the camera. This "For Dummies" book is my first foray into these types of self-help books and I have been very pleasantly surprised. This book is extremely well written and is most definitely not written in a condescending way treating the reader as if that person is a child. I found this book very easy to follow and it handled very complex information in a way that can be understood and practised by the user. The numerous pictures showing step-by-step instructions make this book more easily understandable. This book gives the reader a much better understanding of features that are hard to grasp as well as features that can be easily missed. If you are an experienced user you might not get too much out of this book other than a reference guide. However, if you are new to (Digital SLR's) like I am, then this book is an incredible tool to help you progress. Its important to note that you will not learn everything overnight because there is so much information, but in time you'll be thrilled at what you have accomplished with the help of this book. I have had this book for three months and I find myself referring to it as a reference guide quite often and I am slowly trying new things, things that I would not have known about on my own. There are quite a few parts of this book that I have not attempted to learn because I am not proficient enough yet, but for my abilities this book has continued to be very useful.
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23 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
"Almost as good as a personal tutor!"..., October 1, 2009
This review is from: Canon EOS Rebel T1i/500D For Dummies (Paperback)
Unlike other similar books, this one, I'm actually reading page by page. Why?....because of the way the author has written it, and by that I mean I CAN UNDERSTAND IT!... and after reading a page, I know that I've learned something quite necessary about this camera. What I do is, I HIGHLIGHT various KEY WORDS with a highlighter pen and that I find very important for my learning process, especially when I want to go back and refer to the book about something... So, I'm still in the process of reading the book and I even look forward to that, knowing that I can read, and LEARN stuff about this wonderful Canon T1i camera!... Just buy the book, and I really don't think you'll be sorry you did!..
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32 of 39 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great book, but not as funny as other "Dummies" books, July 24, 2009
This review is from: Canon EOS Rebel T1i/500D For Dummies (Paperback)
This is a great book for anyone who owns a Canon Rebel T1i/500D, especially if this is your first DSLR. I just bought my T1i at the beginning of June. The manual, while good, left me confused in a number of ways. This book gave me the info I needed, along with some great pictorial examples, to really let me learn to use my camera. While I doubt I will ever be able to use everything the author taught, I will start to use a lot of the advanced features that I might otherwise have put off using. I am already playing with the aperture settings and changing the ISO. My only complaint is that this book is not as funny as the other books in the "Dummies" series. I have gotten used to a certain level of humor that just was not present more than a couple of times. The cartoons were funny, but there were fewer of them than there used to be. I can remember when every chapter of the book had a cartoon. (Ah well.) Over all this was a great book. I read it cover to cover and I finished it yesterday. It is well worth the money for anyone who wants to really learn to use their T1i. By the way, I highly suggest having the camera with you when you read the book. It is great to be able to read about a feature and then snap some pictures and see how it works in your own hands.
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