Product Description

With 12.3 megapixels, a three–inch LCD, Live View, and the ability to shoot up to eight frames per second, your D300 is an awesome camera. The more you know about using it, the more you’ll get for your money, so take this guide with you on every shoot. Along with detailed instructions on using every feature, it provides full–color images of menu screens, helps you select lenses, and offers guidance for getting magnificent images in many situations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #226258 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: .95 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 288 pages

From the Back Cover
Harness the power and potential your D300 promises

With 12.3 megapixels, a three–inch LCD, Live View, and the ability to shoot up to eight frames per second, your D300 is an awesome camera. The more you know about using it, the more you′ll get for your money, so take this guide with you on every shoot. Along with detailed instructions on using every feature, it provides full–color images of menu screens, helps you select lenses, and offers guidance for getting magnificent images in many situations.

• Become familiar with the function of the D300′s controls

• Refresh your knowledge of photography basics such as ISO, aperture, and depth of field

• Explore the possibilities with each type of lens and a variety of light sources

• Experiment with useful tips and advice for more than 15specific shooting situations

• Learn the secrets of getting great portraits, action shots, or night photos

About the Author
J. Dennis Thomas has been behind the lens of a camera for almost 20 years. He photographs a wide variety of subjects for various clients and runs his own custom photography company, Dead Sailor Productions. In addition to this he teaches black–and–white film photography and can be found playing guitar in music venues and acting on movie sets in and around Austin, Texas. This is his fourth Digital Field Guide.

Customer Reviews

Save your money read the user manual
Save your money and read your manual. This book only briefly touches on the D300 and believe it or not the manual that comes with the D300 is a lot better written. The information in this book about the D300 is very basic, and you will pick up similar or better information by skim reading the user manual that comes with the D300. I gave the book 1 star because it is cheap and gives some basic photography tips.

Don't waste your money
You might as well just read the manual which comes with the camera. I don't think this book is well written and compiled as some bullet pointed information seems to be under the wrong bullet point and some explanations, for example about polarising filters, are to put it charitably "confused". There is also a lot of repetition in the first half of the book. It gets one star for being cheap and giving a few valuable points of information.

Better than any tutorial DVD.
As mentioned elsewhere, I am in the process of converting from film to digital photography and there are certain aspects which I have found quite daunting. Altogether, I have purchased several books and tutorial DVDs on the subject as that process of conversion continues and this product is one of the best.

Having already worked my way through this particular title (with camera in hand) I found this book was able to provide instruction which was far superior to any of the tutorials I had also studied. Basically, if you are new to the Nikon D300, this book will provide an excellent grounding.

Beginning with an introduction to the camera, the book is then carefully laid out in the best possible way where the author meticulously builds on the information imparted so far until the structure of the book is complete. Part 1 contains an explanation of the many and varied facets of this outstanding camera and are far too numerous to list here. Part 2 then expands on this knowledge by giving examples of how to create great images and includes a chapter on working with light and other aspects of the art.

Altogether a complete product for the complete photographer.

NM