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Title: How to Do Everything with Your Digital Camera by Dave Johnson ISBN: 0-07-212772-4 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 26 February, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.08 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good investment in both time and money
Comment: I found this book ideal as it is written for the amateur photographer that is new to digital photography, which basically describe my status. There is a lot of useful information in its 376 pages. It is well indexed and organized so that topics are easy to find.
The book is an easy read and is well illustrated, but suffers from a lack of colour. Obviously by eliminating colour and binding with a soft cover the publisher has been able to meet a price point. It's too bad the author does not published colour plates on his website to compensate for this lack of colour.
While I own a Kodak DC4800 3.1 Digital Camera and therefore would like to see more information on my specific camera, the author balances that desire by covering digital photography without being too camera brand specific.
I have read Dennis Curtin's A Short Course in Nikon Coolpix 950 Photography and would rate Dave Johnson's book as a more instructive book. I think Johnson's book will remain a good reference work for some years.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent help for exploring your new digital "toy"
Comment: As a person experienced with technology but not knowledgeable about photography, I found this book to be a great resource. I bought my first digital camera, but didn't know how to get its features to "work for me" to take the pictures I wanted. So once I got the book I skipped straight to the chapters on basic photography -- including exposure, composition, and lighting -- which were invaluable. The author has a casual style (humorous on occasion, but the book is not burdened with quips), and he explains concepts in a way that's accomodating to novices, yet with enough detail to satisfy the technically oriented. After reading the chapters through once, I felt as if I had completed a basic photography class.
However, while I think the photography info itself merits 5 stars, the book as a whole fell a bit short. First, there are a few blatant errors, such as incorrectly referenced figures and wrong pictures, that were irksome (although they didn't much hinder the learning experience). Second, the large portion on image editing doesn't provide much new info for those already familiar with popular photo editing software -- it's strictly for newbies. Third, the black and white photos were poorly suited to illustrate certain concepts, especially those involving color. A color insert containing all the photos as they were originally shot would have helped.
In summary, this is definitely a worthwhile book for the overall digital photography novice. Those who are also new to computer hardware and software will likely reap the greatest return for their investment. Computer "geeks" may need to supplement this book with something more advanced on software.
Rating: 3
Summary: Could be a lot better
Comment: This book is basically has two parts. The first talks about your camera, and the second shows you how to modify your digital pictures on your computer. In my opinion, too many chapters are dedicated to the second part, and not enough to the first.
As the owner of a new and expensive digital camera, I knew I needed help in using it. The manual showed me what the camera could do, but not what I should do. This book doesn't help me enough. I need to find another book.
The discussion on photography is too sparse. I think part of the problem is that the book is old. Lots of features on my camera are not even discussed, presumably because they were not common when the book came out. In addition, some topics are only glossed over.
The chapters on using your computer to modify the images was of no use to me, even though it's more than half the book. If I had known that, I wouldn't have purchased it.
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Title: Digital Photography: 99 Easy Tips To Make You Look Like A Pro! by Ken Milburn ISBN: 0072225823 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 25 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: 50 Fast Digital Photo Techniques by Gregory Georges ISBN: 0764535781 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Digital Photography for Dummies, Fourth Edition by Julie Adair King ISBN: 0764516647 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 28 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Complete Digital Photography (2nd Edition) by Ben Long ISBN: 1584502312 Publisher: Charles River Media Pub. Date: 03 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Digital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies by David D. Busch, Dan Simon, Laurie Ulrich ISBN: 0764518003 Publisher: For Dummies Pub. Date: 15 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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