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The Exposure Field Guide: The essential handbook to getting the perfect exposure in photography; any subject, anywhere (The Field Guide Series) 1st Edition

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ISBN-13: 978-0240817743
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Product Details

  • Series: The Field Guide Series
  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Focal Press; 1 edition (January 25, 2011)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0240817745
  • ISBN-13: 978-0240817743
  • Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 0.5 x 6.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 starsSome Good Ideas about Style, but the Most Confusing Explanation of Exposure I've Read.
By mirasreviews HALL OF FAMETOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on April 11, 2011
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"The Exposure Field Guide" is a pocket-size guide to exposure for digital SLRs by prolific author of digital photography books Michael Freeman. It's about 6.25 x 4.75 x 0.5 inches in size, suitable for tucking into a camera bag. But whether you will be able to read it in the field is another matter. The font is very small, and the font for the captions, where the exposure is explained, is even smaller. Freeman is trying to present a practical method for determining exposure quickly in the field, "a distillation of the ways in which many professionals make exposure decisions." He presents his ideas in 5 sections: Fast-track & Foolproof, Technical, The Twelve, Style, and Post-Processing.

The bulk of the information about exposure is in the sections entitled "The Twelve" and "Style", though you need to read the first section and commit his chart on "brightness" to memory in order to understand the exposure system that he presents in the subsequent sections. This book is aimed at digital photographers, as evidenced by the references to clipping, histograms, review and reshoot, and the prominence of post-processing. Sometimes Freeman points out the differences between digital capture and film, and this book could be used as a reference for film photography in a pinch, but I wouldn't recommend that for reasons I will explain below.

The "Technical" section explains some of the issues particular to digital cameras, such as how digital sensors work, digital noise, highlight clipping, dynamic range, as well as some exposure issues common to film and digital photography. "The Twelve" is considered by the author to be the heart of the book. In it, he presents 12 exposure situations divided into 3 groups: range fits, low range, and high range.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsGood generalist book on exposure, not a quick ref field guide
By Storm TOP 1000 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on April 9, 2011
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Unlike Michael Freeman's other "field guide," The DSLR Field Guide: The essential guide to getting the most from your camera, The Exposure Field Guide takes a much less broad spectrum of a subject and tries to drill it down into simple information. Unfortunately the "field guide" format is more of a detriment to Mr. Freeman's books as it does not work as a quick reference guide. The topics covered in the Exposure Field Guide read more like a full-fledged how-to on how DSLR exposure works in the real world. So if we're going to treat it as a full-fledged book instead of a field guide, how does it measure up?

Well the information provided is rather textbook; going over subjects as basic as metering, the histogram, and other general terms dealing with light in photography. However since the book is 'shortened' by the Field Guide format, Freeman's other book Perfect Exposure: The Professional's Guide to Capturing Perfect Digital Photographs is actually a better option as it contains the fully fleshed-out explanations and examples. However neither one of these books compares to the reference standard which is Understanding Exposure, 3rd Edition: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera.

Short version: Skip Michael Freeman's "Field Guide" books - if you like the author's writing style check out his full-sized books instead.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsappears to be a slightly abridged mini version of the book Perfect Exposure by same author
By Jim TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on April 1, 2011
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Michael Freeman's The Exposure Field Guide appears to be a slightly abridged miniature version of his book, Michael Freeman's Perfect Exposure: The Professional's Guide to Capturing Perfect Digital Photographs. I assume this on the basis of comparing the content of a physical copy of Field Guide to the digital content viewable in Amazon's "Look Inside" feature for Perfect Exposure.

The content is excellent, though speaking as a amateur photographer, I find Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide: How to Shoot Great Photographs with Any Camera more user friendly. Peterson is the author of Understanding Exposure, material from which is reprinted in Bryan Peterson's Understanding Photography Field Guide.

The diminutive size of Freeman's Exposure Field Guide (approximately 6 1/8 x 4 5/8 inches) does make it more convenient to carry into the field than Peterson's larger field guide (approximately 6" x 9"), but as other reviewers note, the print in Freeman's book is painfully small (the print that accompanies the many images in the book is the size of the finest fine print you'll encounter in the literature that accompanies over the counter pharmeceuticals, and the rest of the print in the book is reminiscent of the size of the fine print on grocery products).Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsIntriguing

I'm giving this five stars because while the writing is kind of confusing, this book has inspired me more than most any other book I've read in the field. Read more

Published 6 months ago by Janet Reed
5.0 out of 5 starsThis is a thorough explanation of exposure, problems, ...

This is a thorough explanation of exposure, problems, and solutions for digital cameras. It may be out of date since it was written in 2009 and doesn't seem to allow for... Read more

Published 10 months ago by David Callow
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

This was a great guide....

Published 19 months ago by Richard L. Thorkildson
5.0 out of 5 starsFive Stars

Great field guide for photographers of all levels.

Published 20 months ago by econmatrix
3.0 out of 5 starsFont too small to read.

I have had this for a while. I do use reading glasses, and have not trouble reading other books, but the font on this is too small to be comfortable to read. Read more

Published on January 24, 2014 by kbrn
5.0 out of 5 starsA great baseline.

Though many will shoot in auto and look for that great image setting on their expensive camera, for those who want to be photographers will read this book. A great baseline.

Published on January 13, 2014 by Michael Schertz
4.0 out of 5 starsOdd design choices

While I appreciate this book's intentions, I'm not sure it completely achieves them. It's a small book which would seem to indicate that the author expects the book to go into... Read more

Published on April 8, 2013 by Evan Jacobs
3.0 out of 5 starsThe Exposure Field Guide is great if you can read it.

This is an interesting guide to improving your skill with exposures while using a digital SLR camera. This guide, however, is not really a guide for a rank beginner. Read more

Published on June 21, 2012 by Resips
1.0 out of 5 starsYou need a degree in ........

I had finished reading this book and I don't understand at all what I have read. It is too technical of which in my opinion, this book is not suitable for photography beginners or... Read more

Published on January 31, 2012 by Albert
5.0 out of 5 starsJim-Monson

I've only glanced through it, but seems to have a very good depth on photographic areas that are applicable to exposure. Read more

Published on January 19, 2012 by James E. Brien

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