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As the new owner of Canon's most advanced intermediate digital SLR, you want to get started taking professional-looking photographs using all of the exciting features at your fingertips. "Canon EOS 40D Guide to Digital SLR Photography" is a concise introduction and guide to your camera's essential controls and functions, such as Live View, built-in dust reduction, and the blistering 6.5-frames-per-second continuous shooting mode that is an action photographer’s dream. The book provides detailed instructions showing you how, when, and why to make optimized settings with the Canon EOS 40D’s enhanced menus, which include a half-dozen versatile new custom functions. You'll learn about the camera's improved automatic focus, flash synchronization tricks, how to choose lenses that will provide the perspective and effects you want, and which exposure modes are ideal for each picture-taking opportunity. Packed with full-color images and examples that illustrate the recommended techniques and settings for your Canon EOS 40D, this book helps photographers of any skill level begin maximizing their equipment as soon as you open the cover!

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With more than a million books in print, David D. Busch is a best-selling author of books on digital photography and imaging technology, and the originator of popular series like "David Busch's Pro Secrets" and "David Busch's Quick Snap Guides." He has written six hugely successful guidebooks for Nikon digital SLR models, and the most comprehensive manuals for dSLRs from Canon, Sony, and other vendors. His many other books devoted to digital photography include "David Busch's Digital Infrared Pro Secrets" and "Mastering Digital SLR Photography." As a roving photojournalist for more than 20 years, he has illustrated his books, magazine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. Busch has operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photographs and articles have been published in magazines as diverse as "PhotoGraphic," "Popular Photograph & Imaging," "The Rangefinder," and hundreds of other publications. He's also reviewed digital cameras for CNet Networks and Computer Shopper.

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digital photography, custom function, creative zone, mode dial, shutter priority, exposure compensation, single autofocus, metering mode, continuous autofocus, photo downloader, automatic reset, white balance sequence, point selection button, main dial, shutter release halfway, long exposure noise reduction, autofocus points, bracketing sequence, silent shooting, sensor dust, exposure compensation button, auto cancel, sensor cleaning, autofocus lens, flash exposure compensation
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Compact Flash, Quick Control Dial, Setting Up Your Canon, Basic Zone, Advanced Shooting, Picture Styles, Press Set, Digital Photo Professional, Getting the Right Exposure, One Shot, User Def, Digital Rebel, Shooting Your First Canon, Quick Command Dial, Photoshop Elements, Camera User Settings, Red-Eye Reduction, Flash Off, Canon Speedlites, Safety Shift, Dust Delete Data, Adobe Camera, Adapter Kit, Firmware Ver, Bibble Pro
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79 of 87 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Fails to Reveal the Secrets of the 40D, June 2, 2008
By Jacques49 (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
The Canon EOS 40 D Guide by David Busch is a very readable book, but it fails to reveal the secrets to shooting the Canon 40 D at the highest and most efficient levels. Four months ago I took a big leap and went from a Kodak point and shoot camera to a Canon 40 D with four very good (and expensive) lenses. I was initially very disappointed with my images compared to ones I had shot with my Kodak camera; they weren't very sharp and the colors seemed washed out. So what did I do: I bought three books on the 40D, a DVD guide to the 40D, and took an on-line course with a professional instructor on the 40D. The Busch's book was the first one I purchased ,and after reading it in detail, my picture taking did not improve.

Half-way through my on-line course, I bought my third book, the Digital Field Guide by Charlotte Lowrie, and only then did I really learn the secrets of the 40D.Here is what the Digital Field Guide revealed to me: 1. The importance of Picture Styles and how/why each owner of a 40 D should explore modifying the default style settings. 2. A detailed review of the 40 D's Custom Functions with suggestions from an experienced 40 D user. 3. How to set up Camera User Settings (C1, C2, and C3 on the Mode dial). 4. Some real practical insights to using the 40 D in the field and some further insights to the 40 D and Canon lenses by listing the lenses and settings for the photos contained in the book.

Busch's book is much easier read than Lowrie's, but it does not get into customized Picture Styles in enough detail and failed to discuss entering Camera User Settings at all. Maybe if I had been an experienced user of the Canon 30D moving up to the 40D the Busch book might have worked for me, but I needed the more specific guidance on set-up and use in the field that I got from the Lowrie book. If you are buying just one book on the 40 D get Lowrie's, but I am glad that I have both.
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62 of 68 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent detailed explaination of Canon 40D, December 27, 2007
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The book is about 300 pages dedicated to the 40D. The book is extremely detailed. Basically, everything you will need to know including the included software that came with the 40D. It's written in a very personal way from David Busch and its kinda like having him actually there. Highly recommended.
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75 of 84 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If you have a Canon 40D you need this book, December 24, 2007
By aputerlady "aputerlady" (Myrtle Beach, SC United States) - See all my reviews
If you have a Canon 40D you need this book. It has great pictures and illustrations and explains each setting on the Canon 40D and why you care. It's the equivalent of a "missing manual". Do yourself a favor, read this book and skip the unreadable manual.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very easy to understand....
After trying to deciper the manual that accompanied the 40D, this book is a breath of fresh air. Very readable and easy to understand. Lots of great stuff! Read more
Published 1 month ago by D. Utterback

4.0 out of 5 stars Good introduction to Canon EOS 40D
This is a good book if you've never used Canon EOS digital cameras, or if you're new to digital SLR photography. The book is very clear and well-illustrated. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars BUY THE DVD SET CANON 40 D MADE EASY
I had high hopes for this book based on reviews. The book is well written from a technical aspect but gets over the semi-literate average persons head very quickly. Read more
Published 3 months ago by L. Kelm

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Guide for the 40D I have found.
I have tried several guides for the EOS 40D and have been extremely disappointed with all of them except for this one by David Busch. Enough said.
Published 4 months ago by Pierre LeJaque

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Very informative, well written. Outstanding photos of menus. A great way to learn how to use the 40D as well a learn photography.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excelent manual for the EOS 40D
This book was about half the price of Barnes & Noble and arrived in just a few days after placing the order.
Published 6 months ago by Richard M. Noble

5.0 out of 5 stars Worthwhile!
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Published 7 months ago by Pierre Gauthier

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for every Canon 40d owner
This is a guide, a manual for the Canon Eos 40D. It is not a photography book. It describes all the technical features of the 40D, some digital tips and theory. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Santiago Villa Michel

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book so far !!!
Well, I just started reading this book and I've already picked on somethings about the 40D that I did not know. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Orville H. Fudpucker

4.0 out of 5 stars The bible
This book became my learning bible. Unlike the manufacturers book this one made sense and I did not have to jump from section to section. Lots of large color photos. Read more
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