David Busch's Nikon D300 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

EAN:9781598635348 Label:Course Technology PTR Author:David D. Busch Binding:Paperback

I recommend this book to anyone who is fairly new to DSLRS Good Reference Guide. This is the second book from David Busch that I have bought (the other is the guide to D60), and this book is a much better read than the manual2009-03-08 Rating 4. I like the fact that Mr. Busch goes through in great detail each of the various menu options and explains what they do. I found those explanations helped a great deal with setting up my camera. My main criticism of the book is that there is too much of bringing up a topic in one chapter and then saying he would explain in a later chapter (perhaps a hundred or so pages later). It made the book much harder to read through. Why not just make the explanations flow better by discussing the topic at the time it's brought up? I also didn't find much use in the comparisons of the camera to other models. All in all, a very good book to have, easy to understand (some parts I had to read twice, but that's not the author's fault) and I keep it handy as a reference guide. . When you buy a Nikon D300 and by no means a cheap camera you expect a manual supplied with this camera to help understand how to use this fantastic camera it fails on all fronts, And it hard to believe Nikon would produce such a bad manual, Where David Busch guide to Nikon D300 explains in such a way you understand how to get the best from the camera and use all the features that makes this camera such a joy to use Davids book should replace the manual supplied by nikon, The only book you need for the D300. 2009-03-02 Rating 5 This book is easy to read Very Detailed and Helpful Book. The words just flow and I always read more than I can absorb at one time! David Busch explains how the D300 works, where all of the buttons are located and what to do with those buttons2009-01-09 Rating 5. I can't wait to get into the later chapters. This book is a great companion for the D300. I recommend it. The manual that comes with the camera tells you little more than how to use the controls So much more than you get in the manual. This book goes far beyond that to explain why you'd want to make each setting, and how to use the features of the Nikon D300 to improve your exposures and take better pictures2008-12-24 Rating 5. The sections on working with histograms, or that show how the D300's autofocus system works are worth the price alone. In its 450 pages Busch spends about 120 pages just to explainging the nuances of the menu entries and what each option means. There's a 12 page section (which should have been in the manual, but wasn't) that offers recommended settings for each of the four Shooting Banks and Custom Setting Banks. Nor does the manual that comes with the camera contain an exhaustive look at Nikon lenses, their features, and descriptions of the cream of the crop. None of the other three books available for this camera have this much detail or this much information. Mastering the Nikon D300 is a very small book with about 200 pages of descriptions of the menu options, plus an excellent section on using electronic flash. The Magic Lantern D300 Guide is similar, but it is also a small book with only black and white illustrations. The Nikon D300 Digital Field Guide is little more than a general photography book with only a small proportion of information applying directly to the D300 itself. Most of that book is padded with simplified formulas for shooting very general photo categories, such as Landscapes or Portraits, and the example photos were mostly taken with non Nikon lenses. If you want much more information and solid advice than you get in the manual that comes with the camera, this book should be your first choice. This book is OK but not really worth the money Not a whole lot more than the manual. Just read the manual2008-12-23 Rating 3. Have you unpacked your new Nikon D300 digital SLR camera and want to get started right away taking professional quality pictures? David Busch’s Nikon D300 Guide to Digital SLR Photography will show you how, when, and why to use all the cool features, controls, and functions of your camera to take great photographs of anything After a brief introduction to the camera to help you get your bearings, you’ll dive right into all the exciting, innovative capabilities of the D300 including the focus controls, flash synchronization options, how to choose lenses, and which exposure modes are best. Beautiful, full-color images illustrate where the essential buttons and dials are, and you’ll find tips and techniques that can be applied to any type of photography to help you take better pictures with your new digital SLR