Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D Digital Field Guide
by Charlotte K. Lowrie
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Author: Charlotte K. LowrieEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-02-12
ISBN: 0470110074
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Wiley
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- ISBN13: 9780470110072
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Book Reviews of Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D Digital Field Guide
Book Review: A mediocre and misleading guide
Summary: 2 Stars
At around ?9 it is not bad value for money; I just expected more. The book is of little, if any, use to an experienced photographer and I think it will confuse beginners. [I had better explain who I am - a middle aged, amateur photographer, who started with 35mm SLRs, progressed to digital cameras and have now got my first Digital SLR, the 400D]. In places, the book is confusing and incorrect and even annoying to read; which I can illustrate with three examples near the beginning.
(Example 1) In the Quick Tour (pp1-10) there are four good illustrations, except that two are of small details that a beginner will not know where they are on the camera. It is not until pp14-16 of Chapter 1 that the whole camera is illustrated; but even here the back view, which has all the important buttons, is only half a page wide and too small to show what is written beside the buttons.
(Example 2) The Quick Tour (p5) states that "Program AE ... is a fully automatic, but shiftable mode. Shiftable means that you can CHANGE THE EXPOSURE [my capitals] by changing (or shifting) either the shutter speed or apperture ...". This is rubbish! You cannot change the exposure this way - turning the main dial changes both the shutter speed and the apperture together (not either/or) so that the exposure remains fixed. The Glossary (p246) does give the correct definition of exposure.
(Example 3) The first paragraph about white-balance bracketing (p26) states that "White-balance bracketing captures three images, each with +/-3 one-stop differences in colour ..."; the explanation in the Camera's Instruction Manual is much easier to understand. All in all, a disappointing book that I would not recommend to anyone who was not already familiar with the main concepts of digital cameras; in which case they would not really need this book.
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