The Nikon D80 Dbook: Your Interactive Guide to DSLR Photography [Hardcover]

Rainer Dorau (Author), Rudolf Krahm (Author), Helmut Kraus (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 6, 2007

Rocky Nook Dbooks are the ideal companion for anyone who wants to get the most from their Nikon D80. With more than 580 digital pages in Acrobat format, you will discover the fundamentals on all aspects of the digital image creation process: digital photography basics, taking pictures, image optimization, lenses, accessories, and much more.

Rocky Nook Dbooks go well beyond the Nikon camera manuals and are well-organized, beautifully illustrated introductions to digital photography with the Nikon system.

The Dbooks offer clickable examples and digital images that explain before-and-after situations and clearly illustrate the individual stages of the processes involved. Navigation is easy with the built-in hyperlinks or the detailed index and Acrobat search functions. Rocky Nook Dbooks make reading just as exciting and interactive as digital photography itself. High-resolution RGB images help to illustrate subtle differences and effects which would hardly be visible on a printed book page.

Rocky Nook Dbooks also include a handy booklet for use on the road, which is filled with practical overviews of your camera and menu options.

The Rocky Nook Dbook series is a must for all serious amateur, semi-professional, or professional photographers who want to get the most out of their Nikon equipment, and who strive to produce impressive, polished, digital images.

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About the Author

Based in Bad Homburg, Germany, information designer Rainer Dorau specializes in user interface design and user assistance systems where digital photography touches his daily work in various ways. For many years the committed photo enthusiast has been contributing to numerous book projects on digital imaging, both as a writer and a layout designer. His passion for digital photography emanates from his fascination for modern technologies and his enjoyment of photographic images.

Helmut Kraus is director of the design agency exclam! and is visiting professor of design at University of Applied Sciences Duesseldorf, where he lectures in the theory and practice of digital photography. He is the author of many books and articles on the subjects of design and photography and is a pioneering observer of the development of digital communications and productivity tools. He considers the high-speed evolution of the visual media-typified by digital image creation and processing-to be one of the most exciting aspects of life in the early 21st century.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 580 pages
• Publisher: Rocky Nook (December 6, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933952156
• ISBN-13: 978-1933952154
• Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 0.5 x 8.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,311,781 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great content, great format, June 6, 2008

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E. Taylor "E. Taylor" (SF Bay Area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nikon D80 Dbook: Your Interactive Guide to DSLR Photography (Hardcover)

As a novice DSLR user who was brand new to the D80, I found "The Nikon D80 Dbook: Your Interactive Guide to DSLR Photography" to be indispensable in learning how to get the most out of my new camera. The book quickly helped me to move beyond the "AUTO" mode to maximize the capability of the equipment using clean, clear direction and examples made even easier to grasp by the 500+ pages of electronic pages on the included DVD, which I felt to be the true advantage of this help text. If you, like me, are a visual learner, this is the book format for you. Having had difficulty grasping abstract concepts and visual examples in other static written text, the "Dbook" was a refreshing change. Dynamic examples, demo's and comparative shots made understanding the potential of the camera (and me as well) much clearer. Finally, the 50 page text was a great reference guide that now resides in my camera backpack for use in the field.

Overall: cool content in an extremely well designed format. Highly recommended.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Content On CD (CD!!), February 29, 2008

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Daniel McKinnon "Dan" (Tewksbury, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nikon D80 Dbook: Your Interactive Guide to DSLR Photography (Hardcover)

'The Nikon D80 Dbook: Your Interactive Guide to DSLR Photography' is more like a book that comes with a disc. Yes there is a hardcover 50 page book that has bright, nice pictures, but the content of how to use your camera and what it can do for you is all found on the enclosed CD with the book. Does this type of 'book' work for everyone? Probably not. It's a very niche way to teach and learn. If you are the type that likes thumbing through a book and book only to learn how to use things, this will NOT be for you. If you are the interactive type of person that wants to sit in front of the computer and flip through pictures and learn in an interactive way, the content on the CD is thorough and usable.

Recommended for those that don't care about how the information is presented and want to learn how to use their Nikon in a good way. Also recommended for those that prefer to learn on the computer. Not for those the want to do it "old school" and sit with a huge reference manual on their lap.

**** RECOMMENDED

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Yet, February 7, 2008

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Robert Russell (Sterling Hts., MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nikon D80 Dbook: Your Interactive Guide to DSLR Photography (Hardcover)

This computer based manual is superior to all the other D80 books to date in that it is interactive and allows one to see how different settings can yield differing results. If it were on paper, it would be over 600 pages and still would not be interactive.