Product Description

This guide’s Quick Tour is the perfect way to get started with your new Nikon D40 or D40x digital SLR camera. Read on and learn to customize your camera’s settings; get perfect shots of sunsets, landscapes, people, or sporting events; identify and use all your camera’s controls and features; then learn to download your pictures, troubleshoot common camera problems, and tweak images right in the camera. This book fits in your camera bag to go wherever your Nikon goes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #242 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-25
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .70 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Synopsis
This guide's Quick Tour is the perfect way to get started with your new Nikon D40 or D40x digital SLR camera. Read on and learn to: customize your camera's settings; get perfect shots of sunsets, landscapes, people, or sporting events; identify and use all your camera's controls and features; and, then learn to download your pictures, troubleshoot common camera problems, and tweak images right in the camera. This book fits in your camera bag to go wherever your Nikon goes.

From the Back Cover
Picture yourself capturing the perfect shot

A new world of photographic experiences awaits you as you move up to a digital SLR with your Nikon D40 or D40x. Get started with your new D40 or D40x right away with this guide′s Quick Tour. Ready to customize your camera′s settings? Chapter 3 tells you how. Want advice on getting perfect shots of sunsets, landscapes, people, or your son′s soccer game? Check Chapter 7. But whatever you do, get out there and take pictures. And take this book along.

• Identify and use all your camera′s controls and features

• Discover how lenses work and select the ones you need

• Learn to fix minor problems, including red–eye, by using the Retouch menu

• Get complete recipes for shooting events, fireworks, night scenes, landscapes, people, pets, water, action, and more

• Find out how to download your pictures and troubleshoot common camera problems

About the Author
David D. Busch has operated a commercial photo studio, shot sports for a newspaper, and spent more than twenty years as a roving photojournalist. He has shared his experience in more than 90 books, including the bestselling Nikon D80 Digital Field Guide, Digital Travel Photography Digital Field Guide, and Digital SLR Cameras and Photography For Dummies, all from Wiley.

Customer Reviews

Great
This book tell you all you need to know when starting out with the Nikon D40 in an easy and comprehensive way unlike the original confusingly laid out manual. Additionally this book give good photo taking techniques in a variety of situations. Nice!

for newcomers
This book is brilliant if you are new to DSLR photography and the manual that comes with the camera confuses you-like it did me! I have learnt so much and have already been practising with it. Things have made sense and I have to reread it to then put it into practice, i can see me taking this book on holiday and not the manual!

Excellent Read
This is one of several books I have bought, and it is by far the best. Not only does it explain what all the camera controls do, but also why you use them. Also included are sections on exposure, lenses, using the flash and basic composition. It then goes on to cover how to compose and shoot different types of photos, including action shots, animals, landscapes and taking photos at night. All of this is presented in a very clear readable style and is accompanied by detailed colour photos throughtout. A thorough and compelling guide to the D40/D40x which I would highly recommend.