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Nikon D40/D40x For Dummies [Paperback]

Julie Adair King (Author)
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0470239468 978-0470239469 March 17, 2008 1
The Nikon D40 and the D40x offer exciting new features that will enable you to take amazing digital photos. These compact cameras pack a big punch at a great price! With Nikon D40/D40x For Dummies, you’ll discover what each bell and whistle on your camera does so that you can confidently know when, where, why and how to put each feature to its best use.

This friendly full-color guide translates all of those techie words in your Nikon manual into plain English. You'll learn what terms like SLR, resolution, aperture, white balance, and file format really mean and how they effect picture quality. You'll also find out what happens when you press, jiggle, or twist all those serious-looking controls and how to use them to capture the great shots you imagined taking when you became a Nikon owner.   Discover how to:

  • Install batteries and memory card
  • Adjust viewfinder to your eyesight
  • Take great pictures automatically
  • Get creative with exposure and lighting
  • Manipulate focus and color
  • Control picture quality and size
  • Download, organize, and archive your photos
  • Print and share your photos
  • Use fast photo-retouching tricks

Packed with more than 200 beautiful color photos throughout, Nikon D40/D40x For Dummies is more than an easy-to-use handbook, it's the paperback version of an in-depth photography workshop tailored specifically to help you make the absolute most of your Nikon picture-taking powerhouse.

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Packed with tips on using your Nikon D40/D40x

Get the information you need to capture the photos you want

The Nikon D40/D40x comes equipped with features that enable you to take amazing digital photos. If you're not familiar with the controls of a digital SLR camera, this book will get you up to speed and shooting like a pro in no time. Illustrated with over 200 full-color images, this book demonstrates when, where, why, and how to put each feature to its best use.

Discover how to:

  • Get creative with exposure and lighting

  • Manipulate focus and color

  • Control picture quality and size

  • Download, organize, and archive your photos

  • Print and share your photos

  • Use photo-retouching tricks

About the Author

Julie Adair King is the author of many books about digital photography and imaging, including the best-selling Digital Photography For Dummies. Her most recent titles include Digital Photography Before & After Makeovers, Digital Photo Projects For Dummies, Julie King’s Everyday Photoshop For Photographers, Julie King’s Everyday Photoshop Elements, and Shoot Like a Pro!: Digital Photography Techniques. When not writing, King teaches digital photography at such locations as the Palm Beach Photographic Center. A graduate of Purdue University, she resides in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (March 17, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0470239468
  • ISBN-13: 978-0470239469
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,940 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Julie Adair King is the best-selling author of many books about digital imaging, including Digital Photography For Dummies, Shooting & Sharing Digital Photos For Dummies, and Digital Photography Before & After Makeovers. When not writing, she teaches at various locations, including such noted photography schools as the Palm Beach Photographic Centre in Florida.
A native of Ohio and a graduate of Purdue University, King now resides with her furboy, Mocha the Wacky Wheaten Terrier, in Indianapolis, Indiana.

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nikon D40/D40x For Dummies, March 23, 2008
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Very good book, easy to use. The best so far that explains how the D40 features work, especially for a beginner. I tried a couple of other books,I am new to the world of slr cameras and have not understood enough to venture away from the auto setting!! The other books I bought was supposed to be for beginners,but I had to look up every word to figure out what they were trying to tell me.
This author, actually goes through the menus and each function very carefully and in PLAIN language. Everything I wanted to know was in this book, even some things that I didn't know I needed to know.
I highly recommend this book if you are going from digital point aand shoot to slr cameras. The book tells you all about the Nikon D40, This is an AWESOME camera!!!!
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Excellent book for beginners easy to read and understand with clear illustrations.better than the magic lantern series. I always buy from Amazon for there low price and fast shipping.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great book, June 15, 2008
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Everyone who purchases a D40 or D40x camera should read this book. The information in this book will help you use your camera to the best advantage.

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multi selector, picture files, taking great pictures, image review, camera raw, shooting data, auto image rotation, closest subject, advanced exposure modes, active autofocus area, focus brackets, shooting menu, shutter button halfway, flash compensation, kit lens, compensation button, highlight your choice, automatic exposure modes, viewfinder display, photo software, actual image file, white balance mode, metering mode, autofocus mode, crop boundary
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Shooting Info, Fast Track, Custom Setting, Super Snaps, Image Size, Getting Creative, Taking Creative Control, Image Quality, The Part of Tens, Optimize Image, Ten Special-Purpose Features, Removable Disk, Digital Vari-Program, Getting the Lay of the Land, Putting It All Together, Archiving Your Photos, Image Comment, Rainy Day, Press the Info, Display the Retouch, Ten Fast Photo-Retouching Tricks, Unsharp Mask, Photoshop Elements, Reviewing Your Photos, Import Assistant
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