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Introduction to the Nikon D50 Digital SLR

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This DVD will get using your D50 with confidence. Sure "almost" everything could be mined out of manual. But that thing is as dry as it gets.

I found the video to be more helpful than the product printed manual. Finding things in the manual is a task. The video is easy to understand and covers the points I could not easily find in the printed document.

... but I can't because ultimately the information doesn't go much past the manual. That said, though, the information presented is clear and well organized which makes it more useful as a teaching too than the printed manual. I found some of the advice very useful - it was in the manual, but somewhat buried. If you can learn to use products from a reference volume, you won't need this guide, but if you learn better from a visual presentation (along with trying things out with the camera) this video is worth the money.

This DVD makes learning, or just brushing up on your skills simple and easy.

A couple of years ago I bought the D50 for my wife, who loved taking pictures. She only used the Auto mode, verbalizing how she loved the pictures she got but wished she could learn to use the advanced settings and was frustrated and overwhelmed when she opened the manual each time.
Getting her this DVD and having her watch it was like opening a door into the sunshine for her. It is very clearly explained by a teacher the most basic to advanced settings in a very professional and intuitive manner to start giving the novice the confidence to advance themselves from a neophyte to one who can start to understand what they want to capture before they push the shutter button and control the camera to do it.
As a classroom teacher myself for 38 years, and loving photography, I can easily recommend this particular DVD to anyone who wants to get the most out of their D50. I would no doubt have confidence that the other videos from Blue Crane probably hit the mark for the particular camera they are instructing as well from watching this one. Good teaching is still hard to find, but this lesson is worth a lot more than the small sum being asked.

I was very disappointed when I watched this DVD.
This DVD does a great job at telling you what features the D50 has, but it does a horrible job on how to use these features.

Purchased the,ASIN # B000A0C71K Introductionto Nikon D50 SLR camera. Instructor on the DVD went fast. Had to go back to review to often. The seller was very good to respond with a refund.I would purchased from this seller again.

I haven,t finished this dvd yet ,but so far it is very helpful and enjoyable to watch and rewind. The narrator has a good voice for explaining the d50.This dvd would be a plus for you to have in your library. TR

Don't waste your time downloading a factory manual online.(Or worse,buying one) This DVD will give you everything you need and get you going much faster than any of the books ever will.

The video is very helpful, but you do need to have some familiarity with 35 mm cameras for it to make sense.