Canon PowerShot Digital Field Guide (Paperback)

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"...makes good use of accessible non-technical language throughout." (Business Network, August 2008)

Product Description

With this book and your Canon PowerShot, taking pictures becomes a lot more fun! The Quick Tour gets you familiar with all the settings and menus on your G, S, TX, A, or SD-series camera, so you can start shooting. Then spend some time exploring tips for getting super shots in dozens of situations, using manual settings for greater control, and telling a story with your photos. Finally, learn the best ways to download, edit, and print your pictures.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (December 17, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470174617
• ISBN-13: 978-0470174616
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #44,184 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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• This is item 7 in The Digital Field Guide Series.

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42 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great supplement to manuals, February 5, 2008

By	Old Cobol Programmer (SF bay area) - See all my reviews

The Canon PowerShot Digital Field Guide is clear, concise, well indexed and a high quality book. It supplements the myriad Canon Manuals in an easy to follow format. The color photos, high quality paper stock, and excellent easy to follow format are great and it includes useful information on basic photography as well. You can reference the well composed index to find answers that are hard to find in the Canon manual(s).

25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Watch Out Big Boys!!!, March 21, 2008

By	Reg 59 "book addict" (Charlotte) - See all my reviews

This book is about the little camera that could. The pages contain information that stretches out far beyond the Canon PowerShot manuals.
You will be amazed at what this little camera can do given the parameters set in this book.
Features abound in the PowerShot camera series that you probably didn't know existed! Since buying this book, I have used it religiously and believe me, my photos have improved 90%.
Most people think that the PowerShot cameras are just basically point and shoot. If that's what you want, that's what you get. However, this book can you from point and shoot to point and create. Word.
Well written and easy to understand. By no means does this replace the Canon manuals but, by all means it helps the manuals make sense.
If you don't own a PowerShot already, get one along with this book and discover one of the best kept secrets of digital photography!!!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, February 28, 2008

By	Stan-the-man (Brooklyn, NY USA) - See all my reviews

and well written. Not just for tekkies. Explains all about the Canon Powershot cameras. You can't miss a thing whether you are a novice or an expert in photography. It is much better than the User Guides that Canon supplies with its equipment. Not only explains how to work your Powershot but also how to get the most out of it. It is a must have for all Canon users. The most informative 288 page book you can read, all in color.