Magic Lantern Guides: Nikon D90 [Paperback]

Simon Stafford (Author)

Book Description

Series: Magic Lantern Guides | Publication Date: February 3, 2009

- The first DSLR with high definition movie capability demands new skills and techniques, and this is the only guide that can help the advanced amateur master them

 

- Written by best-selling author and Nikon technical expert Simon Stafford

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books (February 3, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1600595243
• ISBN-13: 978-1600595240
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 4.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,662 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Stafford is technical editor of Nikon Owner magazine, lifelong Nikon shooter, contributor to several photography magazines, and author of more than 13 Magic Lantern Guides.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of all the Guides, March 12, 2009

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Arnold B. Victor (Sacramento, CA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magic Lantern Guides: Nikon D90 (Paperback)

I also have the Dummies book and the Wiley Field Guide, both of which are good, but when I really need to look up something this is the book I turn to, and the answers are always there. Of all of the guides out there, this is the most useful, most detailed, most informative.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nikon D90 Guidebook, July 5, 2009

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G. Mencotti "Gregory Mencotti" (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Magic Lantern Guides: Nikon D90 (Paperback)

The Magic Lantern series is an old faithful - thorough and understandable. This guide is likely best suited for those new to Nikon DSLR's. It would also be useful to intermediate users. The awesome D90 performs so well out of the box that a guide like this is not necessary, but it is well worth the money.
Strong points include explanations of: focus, metering, flash, custom settings.
If you are relatively new to digital photography, a competing guide - Nikon D90 Digital Field Guide - contains much of the depth in this Magic Lantern Guide plus a good deal of solid advice on general digital photography technique. For those in this situation, if you were to buy one D90 book only, I'd go with the Field Guide.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Poor index, August 14, 2009

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R. Murphy - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Magic Lantern Guides: Nikon D90 (Paperback)

The book provides some additional insight into the operation of the D90 camera but it suffers from a very poor index. For me, a good index is critical to a technical book. This book leaves out so many topics that I found myself referring to the Nikon manual most of the time because it has a thorough index. Consequently, I would not recommend this book.