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Mastering Digital SLR Photography (Paperback)

by David D. Busch (Author)
Key Phrases: capturing action, photographic solutions, freezing action, Technology Made Easy, Photography Figure, Nikon Capture (more...)
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This unique guide emphasizes digital "photography", rather than software. You'll learn how to take compelling pictures and make great images using imaging technology while focusing on the special strengths of digital SLR cameras. Whether you're a snap-shooting tyro, or an experienced photographer moving into the digital SLR realm, you'll find the knowledge you need inside the pages of "Mastering Digital SLR Photography." If you have mastered you digital camera's basic features and now wonder what to do with them, this is your dream guide to pixel proficiency. Learn how to overcome the quirks and maximize the strengths of your dSLR camera. From lens selection and creative exposure techniques to controlling composition and mastering special features, this book will help you effectively combine the essentials of photography with digital technology.

About the Author
Two-time Computer Press Association winner David D. Busch has been demystifying arcane computer and imaging technology for PC and Macintosh owners since the early 1980s. As a writer, photographer, and contributing editor for ten leading computer magazines, he has more than 70 books and 2500 articles to his credit. To name a few, he authored "Adobe Photoshop CS: Photographers' Guide" (Course Technology PTR, 1-59200-172-6), "Mastering Digital Photography" (Muska & Lipman Publishing, 1-59200-114-9), "Digital Retouching and Compositing: Photographers' Guide" (Muska & Lipman Publishing, 1-932094-19-9), and "Digital Photography Solutions" (Muska & Lipman Publishing, 1-59200-109-2). In the computer and imaging field, he’s been a contributing editor, columnist, or writer for magazines as diverse as HomePC, MacWorld, Internet World, NetGuide, Windows Magazine, Windows Sources, Computer Shopper, and many other publications.

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  • Paperback: 280 pages
  • Publisher: Course Technology PTR; 1 edition (December 21, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1592006051
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592006052
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (48 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #355,748 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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capturing action, photographic solutions, freezing action, camera vendors, mini hard drives, shutter lag, optical viewfinder, photo enthusiasts, older lenses, prime lens, action photography, camera shake, larger sensors, image stabilization, electronic viewfinder, bad pixels, scene modes, smaller sensor, shutter speed, electronic flash units, manual focus
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Technology Made Easy, Photography Figure, Nikon Capture, Special Features, Mastering Digital Photography, Konica Minolta, Lens Lust, Close-Up Photography, Secure Digital, Noise Ninja, Four Thirds, Region of Interest, Canon Digital Rebel, File Viewer Utility, Super Fine
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239 of 245 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book from Digital and SLR Angles!, January 16, 2005
It's about time we had a book of techniques for using digital single lens reflex cameras. For a long time, only the pro photographers could afford a digital single lens reflex, and they mostly already knew everything they needed to about photography. But now that the Canon Digital Rebel is available for less than $1000, and the Nikon D70 costs only a few hundred dollars more, there are millions of serious amateur photographers who are moving up to a digital SLR and who need some tips on how to use them.

For example, I was completely in the dark about some funny spots on my photos, and I learned from this book that they are dust on the sensor and how to remove them. I also wondered about sports photography because shutter lag with my old Minolta digital camera made shooting action almost impossible. I got some great tips about action photography from this book and have already taken some great pictures at my son's basketball games.

I like that this book is aimed at the SLR owner, who is likely to be very serious about photography. It offers lots of tips and tricks that go beyond the mundane and show you how to use a digital SLR to take better pictures. Although the explanations are not complicated, the author goes into lots of depth, making this book very comprehensive. I purchased his previous book on Mastering Digital Photography, and found that this one had not much overlap, so I could enjoy both. It covers the topics with more of an SLR slant.

SLR photographers who are shooting digital must have this book to learn how to get the most from their cameras, and to pick up some valuable photography advice. I recommended it highly.
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157 of 165 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Needs a good editor, August 25, 2005
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I know bad reviews get rated as "not helpful", but I'll put this in anyway in case it helps someone who is really trying to master digital SLR. I found this very repetitive and dull. The photographic reproductions are very poor. Too much "digital history" weighed this down and the author makes continuous references and plugs for his previous books. He should have started this one where his other books left off and not made continuous summaries and references to his previous book. It came across very "cut and paste". Very annoying. The glossary is the saving grace and why I gave it two, rather than no stars. Very disappointing because this genre needs a good bible. An attentive publisher and editor could have trimmed this into a useful reference.
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221 of 240 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Timely Book Well Done, March 29, 2005
First three comments on what this book is NOT.

1. This is NOT a book on using Photoshop to fix digital images to get what you want.
2. This is NOT a book on the do everything automatically point and shoot digital cameras.
3. This is NOT a feature comparison of all the different models of Digital SLRs.

This book IS a book on the general features and capabilities of digital SLRs as opposed to the point and shoot cameras. And it IS on how to use these features and capabilities to their best advantage so you can get the best possible picture in the camera rather than in the computer.

When I first looked at a "real" digital camera for the industrial pictures I was taking at the time, people were talking in terms of numbers starting at $5,000. And then there were the new lenses. I kept using film.

Now the situation has changed. New camera bodies, some of which can still use older lenses (although not quite as automatically), have come out to completely change the picture.

This book is very timely, and covers a subject that has been lacking.
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