Product Description

This full–color book is designed to tap the exploding market in serious digital photography with over 250 pages of new and beautiful photos, essential photography how–to information and no–fail formulas for getting great digital pictures with the newly announced Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D. It goes above and beyond competitive digital SLR books with step–by–step techniques that cover exposure, composition, and professional shooting tips on perspective, impact, and more. Charlotte K. Lowrie, author of two previous Digital Field Guides (see below), is an acclaimed photographer who was managing editor of editorial content for MSN Photos and now writes online instructional content for Canon.

Charlotte K. Lowrie (Woodinville, WA) is a freelance editorial and stock photographer and an award–winning writer. Her work has appeared in Popular Photography & Imaging and PHOTOgraphic magazines, and she is the author of the bestselling Canon EOS Digital Rebel Digital Field Guide as well as Adobe Camera Raw Studio Skills, the Canon EOS 30D Digital Field Guide, and Teach Yourself Visually Digital Photography, Second Edition, all from Wiley. Charlotte also teaches photography classes through BetterPhoto.com.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #65217 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-09
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

From the Back Cover
Photography is now. Don′t miss another magic moment

Miss the moment, and it′s gone forever. That′s why you bought a digital SLR—and why you need this full–color guide that covers not only using every feature of your XTi/400D, but also getting great shots in more than two dozen situations. You′ll find step–by–step techniques that enhance exposure, composition, and perspective, plus professional advice for photographing children, pets, sporting events, concerts, street scenes, landscapes, even fireworks. Wherever you take pictures, take this book along.

• Master your Digital Rebel XTi/400D′s features so you get the best shot every time
• Experiment with different settings, lighting, and lenses
• Review the basics of good photographic technique
• Get advice on effective ways to shoot indoors or out, take panoramic views, capture action, and create fine art photos
• Learn to use Custom Functions to customize your camera′s operation

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About the Author
Charlotte K. Lowrie is a freelance editorial and stock photographer and an award–winning writer. Her work has appeared in Popular Photography & Imaging and on the Canon Digital Learning Center. She is the author of the bestselling original Canon EOS Digital Rebel Digital Field Guide, the Canon EOS 30D Digital Field Guide, and Adobe Camera Raw Studio Skills, all from Wiley. Charlotte also teaches photography classes through BetterPhoto.com. You can see more of her photography at www.WordsAndPhotos.org.

Customer Reviews

A mediocre and misleading guide
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.

Good but complex
A good guide, but very complex and quite hard to understand. Does go through all areas of the camera thoroughly though.

Concise and easy to follow
I an am amateur photographer and new to DSLR cameras. This book thoroughly explains all aspects of the Canon EOS 400D with useful guidelines on photography. I would recommend this to amateurs who want to know this camera inside out.