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A Short Course in Nikon D70 Photography (book/ebook) (Spiral-bound)

~ Dennis Curtin (Author)
1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)


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This book/eBook package is your guide to getting more interesting and creative photos with your Nikon D70 digital camera. If you want to learn more about the concepts of photography, this book/ebook is for you. It discusses every camera setting in a clear, well-illustrated style, but it also does much more. You'll see why and when you use specific settings, not just how to set them. You’ll find that this guide helps you quickly master your camera so you’ll be getting the kinds of photos you hope for. The book is printed in black & white and has a well-liked spiral binding that lets the book lie flat or be folded back. The accompanying eBook on a CD disc is a printable and searchable full-color version of the same book in Adobe's popular PDF format. It can be read on a PC or Mac using the free Acrobat Reader or any current Web browser.

Just some of the things you'll learn about are how to take pictures in fully automatic point and shoot mode and how your camera captures digital images; how to play back and manage your images; use buttons, dials, and menus; control image size and quality; use all of the camera’s exposure modes and exposure controls to get photos that show the scene exactly as it is, or as you want to interpret it; how to control sharpness in your photographs; and how to use focus, depth-of-field, sharpness, softness, and blur creatively. Learn all about light and color and how to use them creatively. Understand how they change throughout the day and seasons, how they’re affected by the weather, and how light’s direction and quality affects highlights and shadows. See how to set your camera’s white balance to capture colors the way you see them. Learn how to use lenses creatively when photographing scenery, interiors, people, and very small subjects. See how zoom, wide-angle, normal, telephoto, tilt-shift, and macro lenses affect your images. See how to creatively use your built-in and external flash both indoors and out and in good light and bad. Explore special techniques such as fill and slow sync flash. See how to shoot continuously, bracket exposures, white balance and flash, control image qualities such as tone, sharpness and hue, select color modes, and use the setup, custom settings, and playback menus.



About the Author

For the past three decades Dennis Curtin has been an editor, author, and publisher in photography and computing. His latest books on digital cameras and digital photography have been widely praised for their quality and simplicity. On the publishing side, Dennis was editor-in-chief of one of Little Brown's educational divisions and also held similar positions in Prentice-Hall's technology and engineering program and Prentice-Hall International. In those roles, he has worked extensively with Ansel Adams and other leading photographers of our generation. In his roles as publisher, editor, and author Dennis has been fortunate to publish or write many best-selling books in photography and computing.

Product Details

  • Spiral-bound: 136 pages
  • Publisher: ShortCourses.com (June 2004)
  • ISBN-10: 1928873499
  • ISBN-13: 978-1928873495
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 1.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #907,968 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)


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208 of 211 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Primitive printing of shallow material, September 21, 2004
By D70 Fan (The Great Southwest) - See all my reviews
I am returning this book -- the first book of any kind I have returned to Amazon in many years of satisfied shopping.

In my opinion, the book was clearly printed on an ordinary black & white copier [and not a very good one], with very poor [no, terrible] half-tone photo images. Of course, we can always view the PDF file of the book, but that's not what we ordered, is it?

A lot of the material is very shallow: "When not using flash in dim light, you need to support the camera to prevent blur in your images. One way to do this is to lean against a wall or tree and brace yourself with your elbows . . . . . " ZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzz..........

As I investigated further, because this book looked like a cheap boiler-plate job applied to many different cameras, I discovered that my suspicions may be right -- he has "A Short Course to . . . " for what appears to me to be about 20 different cameras. I wonder how much of the material is identical in each of the books.

Of course, you may find this book to be delightful and informative. I didn't.

And, it costs as much as a ~real~ book . . .

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170 of 175 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars What a joke SAVE YOUR $ Read the manual, September 22, 2004
This book is nothing more than a reiteration of the manual that comes with the camera. He does throw in some basic photo techiniques and information that anyone buying a $1000 would probably already know. For $35 your money would be more wisely spent on a book dedicated to photographic technique, or taking a basic class. It is a cheap photocopy on cheap paper. I cannot believe the author Dennis Curtain can foist this off as helpful information. I will never order anything from this author.
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91 of 93 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Save your money!, November 7, 2004

If you want the examples and photos in this B&W book in color then you have to print out the book's 136 pages from the pdf file on the CD. Of course you pick up the costs in paper and ink and the wear and tear on your printer. WHAT A RIP OFF!!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dennis Curtain Photo Book Nikon D70
Dennis Curtin's explanations and upmost his examples are excellent! I have several books and ebooks from this author. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Angela Ponte

1.0 out of 5 stars Not very helpful
This is nothing more than a variation on the instruction manual. A waste of money - I feel ripped off and its not worth returning because I live outside USA
Published on November 16, 2005 by Noble Reviews

1.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't teach you anything D-70 specific
Most of this book is good for someone who has never taken a photograph with a digital camera. It is pretty useless for an experienced photographer that wants to learn the Nikon... Read more
Published on November 9, 2005 by Jason L. Weisberger

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
This, like other Dennis Curtin books, have way too much boilerplate "generic" information while not covering the specific camera sufficiently. Read more
Published on June 23, 2005 by J. Paulsonn

1.0 out of 5 stars Again - not worth the money...
This book is a total waste of time if you have the manual that came with the camera. Cheap quality + generic information = overpriced book. Read more
Published on April 20, 2005 by M. W. Rasske

2.0 out of 5 stars Rudimentary!
The D70's factory manual covers this exact same content to a better extent, and is actually a better read. Read more
Published on April 15, 2005 by Earle Neil Wester

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst books I've ever purchased
A book about photography that doesn't even have color pictures? Please. At $35, I expected much more than this books provides. It is nothing more than a re-worded manual. Read more
Published on February 22, 2005 by L. M. Jacobs

1.0 out of 5 stars This book is so cheap amazon.com should call back this book
This is cheap black and white photcopy print. No new info in this book . Author is trying to make money out of his name . I feel very sorry for my self by buying this book.
Published on October 27, 2004 by ROY C. CHAVADIYIL

5.0 out of 5 stars Complements the manual, excellent course
A well written book that shows how to achieve the most from the D70. The short "QuickSteps" instruct in a clear concise manner. Read more
Published on August 17, 2004 by J. McGinnis

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