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Nikon D60 Digital Field
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Nikon D60 Digital Field details
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As an introductory level digital SLR, the Nikon D60 offers one-button simplicity using the Auto function or countless options using the more complex manual controls. Nikon D60 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know to capture amazing photographs using your Nikon 60. Starting with a Quick Tour, which will help you use your Nikon D60 straight out of the box, this book will help you graduate from using the Auto function in every situation to using the more complex manual controls with confidence. This full-color portable guide walks you through the essential controls, features, and functions of the Nikon D60 digital SLR using step-by-step instructions and full-color images of each menu screen. This robust guide not only shows you how to adjust white balance, autofocus, exposure, and choose lenses, it also teaches you when and why you should adjust each of these key settings. Additionally, the Nikon D60 Digital Field Guide goes beyond camera settings to offer you a refresher guide to the principles of digital photography, covering the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure. Filled with amazing examples of actual Nikon D60 photography6, this book also presents a variety of tips and tricks to capturing portraits, candids, sports, travel, macro photography, and much more.
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Here's what our customers said of the Nikon D60 Digital Field
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Summary: D60 Book Review
Comment: This is an excellent book covering the options of the D60 camera. I am new to Nikon but have been taking pictures for a while the book was easy to read and pointed out many functions in the camera that are going to help me take better pictures. The book also gives a good review of the basics for taking good pictures.
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Summary: Wouldn't call it a "field guide" but....
Comment: A most excellent book. I agree with the other reviewer that said this should come with the camera(grammar is much better here:)). Well put together and has an intellectual flow. Paper is a bit weird, but my guess that is just so the photos look better.
All in all, a great buy!!!
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Summary: Excellent introduction and reference tool!
Comment: The D60 field guide is an absolute must have for anyone who has a D60 and is new to DSLR photography. If you are not new to DSLR, I would still recommend getting yourself a copy anyway as it serves as an excellent reference tool.
I anxiously awaited the release of this guide after I got a D60 in May. While I waited for its release I used various resources on the internet to familiarize myself with the camera and learn important basics for DSLR photography. Although I was fairly successful on my own, this book would have saved me hours of researching and frustration (not to mention an entire set of photos from the zoo that came out terribly grainy).
Overall, the book does a wonderful job introducing the user to the features and functions of the D60. Also, it is intuitively organized and presents information in a way that makes sense (unlike the user's manual which I find equally as useful as the spanish version that came with the camera too).
For the novice, a first read through will answer a great deal of the seemingly infinite amount of questions that one may have starting out with DSLR and the D60. For the intermediate to experienced user, the book will prove to be a handy reference guide for specific types of photography.
I keep the book in my backpack wherever I go to take shots and I find that most of the time there are a few pages specifically dedicated to explaining tips and techniques on how to approach and shoot the exact type of photos that I am trying to take. The full color examples with a brief discussion of how to achieve the same are extremely helpful as a starting point for a specific type of shot.
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Summary: Digital Field Guide Indeed
Comment: "Nikon D60 Digital Field Guide" is an in-depth, detailed description of the functions and controls of the Nikon D60. The book also includes general, need-to-know photography information and tricks of the trade.
Many photography guides out there have great information, but have to generalize for multiple camera models, or if it is camera specific, they go over the controls without going into general photography information. This book contains it all, describing every aspect of your camera and explaining how it pertains to the art of photography.
This book has too much information to read once and remember. The information and organization, however, makes it indeed a "Field Guide" for digital photographers. It's easy to go back, find the subject you are searching for and get the exact information you need.
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This is a guide for basic photography information. Everything you need to know to take a good shot and view it.
If you are looking for a guide to teach you how to get better photographs or how to do special processing, then this is not the book for you. That kind of information is in the next level of photography instruction.
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Summary: Nor very good
Comment: I'm an absolute beginner DSLR user, keep that in mind!
Sure, it covers most aspects of the camera, but it jumps from almost "tedious basics" to long text sections. I mean, it's a book about pictures so why not use some pictures to illustrate concepts, ideas, and settings. In the advanced sections there are some example pictures and then tables detailing the settings. BORING! Uninspired, a typical example of how software books used to be: quick rewrites of the manual.
Get the "Magic Lantern's Nikon D40 DVD guide" instead (the D60 is almost identical to the D40.
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List Price: $19.99
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