The Nikon Field Guide: A Photographer's Portable Reference [Paperback]

Thom Hogon (Author), Thom Hogan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1998

The true Nikon user's bible, it's the only guide you'll ever need for getting professional results with any Nikon camera. Instructions, advice, and data for every setup gives you quick answers to any question about exposure, equipment, or shooting techniques. Master all your Nikon's most advanced features, without having to memorize steps and settings. Refer to it to protect your equipment when shooting under extreme conditions. Consult its troubleshooting tips to save a trip to the repair shop. Other expert advice helps you expand your horizons: tips on stalking and attracting wildlife, shooting aerial and night views, and mastering a broad range of special effects for making more creative photographs. Complete technical information covers daylight and flash exposure, reciprocity effects, and filters, plus concise operating instructions for Nikon F5, F4, N90s/F90X, N70/F70, and FM2n cameras and popular Speedlight flash units. The author lives in Breinigsville, PA. 256 pages, 35 b/w illus., 5 x 7 1/2.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc; 1 ed edition (March 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883403448
• ISBN-13: 978-1883403447
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 4.9 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,648,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a good for Nikon users; it's worth buying., December 26, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Nikon Field Guide: A Photographer's Portable Reference (Paperback)

This book is very good, but slightly out of date. For example on Kodak's website, the data shown indicates better reciprocity performance on Kodak Gold 100/200 speed film than for 400 speed(or 800 speed), but in this book it has different information. Also some newer Nikon lenses like the 70-300mm 4-5.6 D zoom lenses are not included in the charts. It doesn't contain very much information on data backs or Photo Secretary either, but does contain very complete operating instructions for the cameras that it lists (The F5, F4, N90s/F90X, N70, and FM2). It includes quite a bit of information on techniques and some helpful tips.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of useful information, but where's the Nikon F3??, November 12, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Nikon Field Guide: A Photographer's Portable Reference, Second Edition (Paperback)

As an avid user of Nikon cameras and accessories, I very much appreciate what THE NIKON FIELD GUIDE offers: a comprehensive guide to using Nikon equipment to produce high quality photographs of a wide variety of subjects under varying conditions, along with reference sections devoted to the F5, F4, N90s, N70, FM2n, F100, and N60 cameras. Conspicuously absent from the camera sections, however, is the F3. That one of Nikon's most successful and recognizable professional system cameras of the past twenty years would be given short-shrift here is perplexing and disappointing, especially considering the fact that the F3 is still listed in Nikon's product guide. That's a minor criticism, however, and I would still recommend this book based on the wealth of generic information it provides.

21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended for all photographers new and old., March 6, 2000

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Yu Boon Chaw (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Nikon Field Guide: A Photographer's Portable Reference, Second Edition (Paperback)

I just bought a NIKON F3hp camera, and together with the NIKON field guide I am ready to start learning the art of photography. This book is very detail in both the technical aspects of photography and also some basic rules that most photographer may overlook. Every time I read through this book I found something new and interesting to learn. This is the only Photographer handbook you will ever need to buy. This book has become the fixed item in my camera bag, and I will never never leave home without it.