 |   Author : David Pogue Edition : 1 Number of Pages : 304 Publisher : Pogue Press List Price: Our Price: $13.99 You Save: $11 (45%) Used Price : $10.49 |
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If you're ready to jump into digital photography or would like to increase the skills you already have, David Pogue's Digital Photography: The Missing Manual is just what you need. Bestselling author David Pogue provides a no-nonsense guide to the entire process, including how to: buy and use a digital camera; get the same photographic effects as the pros; manage the results on your Mac or PC; edit photos; and, finally, share the results with your adoring fans -- on paper, online, or on mugs, jigsaw puzzles, and blankets.
After reviewing hundreds of digital cameras and photo services in his weekly New York Times column, David Pogue knows digital photography. With this new Missing Manual you will:
- Get expert advice on how to choose a digital camera, including information on the only specs that matter. (Hint: it's not about megapixels).
- Learn the basics of lighting, composition, and shooting lots of photos
- Understand how to choose the best camera settings for 20 different scenarios
- Unravel the problems of correcting images and storing them
- Learn David's tips and tricks for sharing and printing images
- Get a special troubleshooting section you can turn to when things go wrong
David Pogue's witty, authoritative voice has demystified the Mac, Windows, iPods and iPhones for millions of readers. Now, he offers step-by-step instructions and plenty of friendly advice to help you join in the fun and get real satisfaction from digital photography.
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Customer reviews
Comprehensive and Up-to-date 
by .. kwilk ()
David Pogue's Digital Photography: The Missing Manual is an outstanding resource for beginning and intermediate photographers. If you are buying your first digital camera, or trying to decide whether you should trade up from a compact point-and-shoot to a digital SLR, this book will answer all of your questions. Using an informal, conversational and friendly tone, Pogue covers the features and functions of all kinds of digital cameras, including recent developments such as geotagging and face recognition. He also tells how to improve your photographic skills. I especially liked Chapter 4 in which he discusses the "Ten Decisions" you should make when you are getting ready to take a photo. Chapter 6 explains how the professionals get the kinds of shots you see in magazines. His explanations are concise and easy to understand.
He goes beyond the shoot itself when he talks about what you can do with all your digital files. Chapters 8, 9 and 10 cover two popular photo storage and editing programs, iPhoto and Picasa. Chapter 11 is an excellent guide to printing your photos (he explains concepts like resolution and aspect ratio), and Chapter 12, Electronic Photos, explores the many ways to share your photos via email, web galleries and slideshows.
I would have liked more captions explaining exactly what the example photos are supposed to show, and I thought the use of blue type for emphasis was an annoying gimmick. But those are minor gripes. This is a clearly-written, up-to-date guide to every aspect of digital photography.
And the winner of "Best in show award is"...... by .. M. A. Filippelli (Roseville, CA, US)
The white dog on the cover of David Pogue's Digital photography the missing manual, and the winner of "Best in show award" for books on Digital photography is Digital Photography The Missing Manual.
Pogue covers many camera types from DSLR's to phone cameras. Pogue covers the basic hardware in each of these camera styles like CCD's, stabilizers, memory cards, view finders etc. for the person looking to buy a camera but is unsure about which camera style to buy there is a section that will help you determine your needs where you can then get an idea about a camera type that will best suit your needs.
Pogue goes into detail about the basic functions that almost every camera has and what effect it will have on the shot. Digital photography the missing manual also goes into situational shooting like night shooting, sporting events, portraiture and nature shooting.
Pogue has a number of tips and notes that are highlighted through out the book. The Tips highlights are mostly keyboard shortcuts on the computer for getting to options faster. The notes highlights are about what ever software or camera option is being covered at the time. Users will find these very helpful. There are two free digital software's that Pogue uses in the book, they are iPhoto (comes with the Mac) and Picasa, he does not use Photoshop in the book. In the sections covering the software there are ample screen shots to help the reader follow along. In The Camera operations sections of the book there are color photos that help illustrate the section and the photos them selves are outstanding.
Pogue covers everything about digital cameras with a depth and detail that is very easy to understand and he uses screen shots to enhance the book. Digital Photography the Missing Manual will satisfy a wide range of users because of the scope of coverage. I very highly recommend this book for the novice to intermediate user.
What it Digital Photography the Missing Manual covers.
Chapter 1: Camera kinds
Small medium or large
Camera phones and iPhones
Where to buy a camera
Chapter 2: The only features that matter
A big sensor
Stabilizer
Zoom
Shutter
View finder
Manual controls
Face recognition
Auto focus
Flip out screens
Memory cards
Burst mode
Hi-Def jack
Battery
Movies
Scene modes
Wireless
Touch screens
Mega pixels
SLR shopping
Chapter 3 taking the shot:
Composition and screen displays
Chapter 4: The 10 decisions
Auto mode
Scene mode
Manual mode
Burst mode
White balance
RAW or JEG
Exposure
ISO
Chapter 5: The Anti- Blur chapter
Shutter speed
Aperture
Image stabilization
Flash
Tripod
Timers
Chapter 6: How they did that
Sports shots
Vehicles
Panoramas
Trailing car lights
Fireworks
Lighting
Star trails
Sunsets
Underwater
Close-ups
Portraiture
Chapter 7: The SLR chapter
Lenses and accessories
Chapter 8: Camera meets computer
Picassa and iPhoto
Transferring and importing photos
File formats
Chapter 9: The digital shoe box The source list
Working with thumbnails
Selecting photos
Hiding photos
Creating Albums
Photo info
Flagging photos
Backing up photos
Chapter 10: Fixing photos
Editing photos
Reducing red eye
Fixing colors
Saturating
Sharpening
Chapter 11: Photos on paper-and everything else
Making your own prints
Resolution
Printing in Picassa and iPhoto step-by-step
Creating slideshows
Demystifies digital cameras by .. Allen Stenger (Alamogordo, NM USA)
When I read my camera's manual for the first time, my eyes started glazing over about a quarter of the way through, but after reading this book I re-read the manual and understood everything! It is definitely a good book for getting everything possible out of your digital camera.
This is two books in one. The first half is a very clear guide that demystifies taking digital photographs, and covers both compact cameras and SLRs. The second half is a more routine look at managing and manipulating digital photographs on a computer. It covers both Macintosh and Windows.
The first half of the book does an excellent job of separating out the most important camera options, explaining how they interact with each other, and why we need so many settings. One especially interesting item is a discussion of the "megapixel myth": the author thinks megapixels are overrated and he even ran a taste test once (p. 29) with poster-sized blowups of 5, 8, and 13 megapixel photos; most people couldn't tell the difference. There is also quite of lot of information, applicable to any camera, about composing the shot and a chapter "How They Did That" about how to get special effects and difficult shots such as frozen sports shots.
The second half of the book covers how to use the free photo programs iPhoto and Picasa. It is not nearly as good as the first half of the book; it does not provide much "value added" over what's in the online help. It is largely a catalog of the program commands, without much guidance on which are valuable and which are not, or when to use each command. The emphasis of this half is on managing your collection of photographs and on what you can do with them, such as getting them printed on all kinds of tangible objects. There is one short chapter on enhancing and fixing defects in photos, which essentially lists all the commands and doesn't go into any depth.
The book has a very useful appendix on "Where to Go from Here", that lists helpful web sites and magazines, and takes a brief look at more advanced photo software. The online Missing CD-ROM has a number of bonus appendices covering additional ways to share your photos.
Very good information by .. E. Hayes (Dayton, Ohio)
This is the best book for someone like me who is new to photography and bought a very nice SLR. The information is invaluable and sent me back to the manual and the camera to make sure I did the settings correctly. It explains everything very clearly. I can say I finally understand what the other books are talking about. Highly recommended, specially for a beginner.
Best Book I have read on this subject by .. James L. Fletcher (Acworth, Ga.)
Mr. Pogue has written this book in a manner that can be understood by anyone. His examples and definitions are well laid out and easily understood. My understanding has been increased tremendously even after reading 4 or 5 other books about digital photography.
I am comfortable with this gentleman's word without checking behind him. I not only trust his confidence, but now, mine as well.
Thanks, David Pogue
Jim Fletcher
Acworth, GA