Magic Lantern Guides: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D/Dynax 5D [Paperback]

Peter K. Burian (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (May 28, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579908667
• ISBN-13: 978-1579908669
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,441,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Peter Burian is a Toronto-based freelance stock photographer specializing in outdoor, travel, nature and active lifestyle images as well as photo/text packages. He markets his images through peterkburian.com and through Corbis, Alamy and The Stock Connection.

He is a Contributing Editor with several magazines, writing illustrated test reports of photo equipment and articles on photo technique for HERE'S HOW, Australian Photography, PHOTO LIFE & PHOTO SOLUTION, and Marketnews. (In the past he contributed to Shutterbug for 13 years, and was Editor of Shutterbug's Outdoor & Nature Photography magazine).

Peter K. Burian is also an instructor with BetterPhoto.com, teaching two on-line courses re: digital photography (equipment and techniques).

Co-author of the National Geographic Photography Field Guide, he has written many Magic Lantern Guide books: Sony and Pentax DSLRs & the Powershot G12. He is currently co-authoring David Busch's Guide to the Nikon Coolpix P7100, to be published in early 2012.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced book......., December 8, 2006

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lordhoot "lordhoot" (Anchorage, Alaska USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Magic Lantern Guides: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D/Dynax 5D (Paperback)

Konica Minolta 5D is no longer in production so finding this book will be getting harder. Fortunately I brought mine's on a sale rack. Overall, I would say that reading this book is so much easier then reading the instruction booklet. The book reads well and explained how 5D work and why. Its well written so I was able to get a faster grasp of 5D then I would have reading the instruction booklet that came with the camera. However, it doesn't add much more to the instruction booklet and it definitely not worth the $13.95 that Amazon is asking for.

One thing I find bit puzzling is why all the photos in these books are in black and white. Why bother with b/w when explaining color shots?? Yes it cheaper to produced the book in b/w but that will defeat the purpose of such a book.

If you can get it super cheap around the same time that you brought Minolta 5D like I did, it well worth reading it since its superior to the instruction booklet that come with the camera. However, if you are already an long time 5D user, this book will offered little or no insights into the 5D that you don't already know. If you can get it super cheap, it might be an semi-useful reference guide. It also might go well if you decide to sell your 5D some day and add this book with the camera.

Otherwise, this book serves very little purpose for anything else.

9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars disappointed, May 18, 2006

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Audrina M. Mcjunkin "photoenthusiast" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magic Lantern Guides: Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D/Dynax 5D (Paperback)

I was looking for a "how-to and why" book with step by step instructions on using the 5D and this book did not measure up to my expectation. A good marketing sales book for Minolta.