Customer Reviews

A Short Course in Canon PowerShot S100 Photography

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This book covers all of the features of the Canon S100. It is a very good book for the beginner as well as for the seasoned photographer who is looking to get more out of the equipment. The author speaks in detail about all of the different options and controls on the camera as well as how to get the results you want with them. I found it especially helpful when he details how to do advanced photographic techniques with some of the more limited options. I highly recommend this book.

This book starts out by explaining some of the basics of general photography, and then uses that knowledge to explain all of the features of the Canon Digital Elph S100. I, being a beginner photographer, found that with the S100 as my first camera ever I had a lot to learn about the camera before I could take good pictures. This book explains everything about photography and then applies it specifically to the S100 with detailed instructions on how to use the manual features of the camera to get better quality photographs. It has definitely helped me in my approach to taking pictures and told me tricks to use in order to get the best picture possible out of the camera. If you're going to buy the S100 you should know a little about photography and this book explains all the connections between the two.

In spite of the low rating, I'd still suggest it to an inexperienced photographer who got an s100 or s110 as a first camera. It covers the details of good shooting (framing, exposure, composition) with very concrete examples, and will certainly help someone find reasons to try all of the nifty features of the camera.

However, the S200 is the "current" camera in that line, and the book needs an update, though the general features are still applicable.

The *real* disappointment is that this is a black-and-white printing, with velobind-style binding -- nice in that it lays flat, but I can do as well or better in any copy shop off of a web page. The example pictures do lose a lot (the captions indicate that the authors are aware of this, and explain in words, but really, I want a book, not excuses.)

I can't fault the writing - I just wish it had been produced with more quality; magazine style, perhaps...