PCPhoto Digital SLR Handbook (A Lark Photography Book) [Paperback]

Rob Sheppard (Author)

Book Description

Series: A Lark Photography Book | Publication Date: October 1, 2004

From the editors of PCPhoto magazine, the number one digital photography magazine, comes the most comprehensive guide to the fastest-selling cameras made today.

Here is a photographer’s dream manual, with the newest and hottest cameras, high-quality images, and unequaled, in-depth information provided by an expert author and PCPhoto, the best photography magazine on the market. The handbook includes a thorough, in-depth examination of what makes digital photography special, and how the LCD monitor changes the way you shoot. There’s a discussion of the importance of resolution, the various formats and file options available, and memory cards and storage choices. Tips on getting the best exposure, making the most of flash, using different lenses and filters, and finding effective ways of applying image-editing software will all help photographers get truly creative.

Rob Sheppard, the editor of both Outdoor Photographer and PCPhoto magazines, is also the author of the Epson Complete Guide to Digital Printing.

PCPhoto magazine is designed to help readers understand how to best use digital photography technologies from a photographic rather than computer perspective. It is the most popular photo magazine of its type.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Lark Books; illustrated edition edition (October 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1579906028
• ISBN-13: 978-1579906023
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #673,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rob Sheppard is a naturalist, nature photographer and videographer who says his favorite location is the one he is in at any time. He is the author/photographer of over 30 books, as well as a well-known speaker and workshop leader. He was the long-time editor of the prestigious Outdoor Photographer magazine and helped start PCPhoto (Digital Photo). Presently he is editor-at-large for Outdoor Photographer. He does workshops around the country for all levels of photographers.

As author/photographer, Sheppard has written hundreds of articles about photography and nature, plus books including the Magic of Digital Landscape Photography, The Magic of Digital Nature Photography, the Digital Photographer's Complete Guide to Shooting HD Video, Top Tips Simplified: Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 and the National Geographic Field Guide to Digital Photography.

His website is at www.robsheppardphoto.com; his blog is at www.natureandphotography.com.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction to What you get with Digital SLRs, July 25, 2005

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PCPhoto Digital SLR Handbook (A Lark Photography Book) (Paperback)

Digital SLR's offer two real advantages over the much more common point and shoot cameras.

First, these cameras are the top of the line from the various companies. Here is where they put in all the new technology first. So any improvements in components such as the CCD's will be here first. While point and shoot cameras now usually have 3 to 4 megapixels of resolution, the digital SLRs start at about 6. The new Nikon D2X has 12. Do you need this much, maybe, maybe not, but Digital SLR's get this kind of thing first.

Second, Digital SLR's have more controls, interchangable lenses, every accessory known to man and so on. More control give you more the ability to do things that you simply couldn't do with the earlier cameras. It also offers you more opportunity to screw up, but with the LCD viewer you can catch this faster.

This book is a general introduction to the features you typically find on Digital SLR's and what you get with those features. It is not so much a description of what cameras are available with what features, there are magazines to do that -- and still they go out of date quickly. Here you will find more generalized information to help you decide what features you really need.

This is the most complete generalized introduction to what these cameras do that I've ever seen. Buy it before you spend a lot of money on a camera, relatively speaking it's cheap.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars User Friendly SLR Handbook, March 19, 2007

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BillieJean (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: PCPhoto Digital SLR Handbook (A Lark Photography Book) (Paperback)

I found this particular book to be more user friendly than other SLR books. Color photos help as opposed to black and white. The information is easily understood and the book is not overwhelming. For a beginner using a SLR camera, I would recommend this book.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great moving from "regular" digital to SLR, August 23, 2010

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Linda Rae Williams "Rae" (Central Maryland, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: PCPhoto Digital SLR Handbook (A Lark Photography Book) (Paperback)

Having used digital cameras for a number of years, I was ready to move to digital SLR. I bought a Nikon D80, which has many automatic features. I used those exclusively until I read this book. Understanding white space, lenses, and what the various settings can do beyond automatic has been very valuable. My photographs are now getting attention and even being purchased. Understand, I had never used an SLR camera before, but this book made me much smarter. The author does a very good job of pointing out those things that must be in the original photo and those that can be edited with photo software.