David Busch's Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Guide to Digital SLR Photography

David Busch's Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Guide to Digital SLR Photography | David D. Busch | Very helpful supplement to the manual

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	David Busch's Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Guide to Digital SLR Photography David D. Busch Course Technology PTR, 2008 - 311 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

As the new owner of a Digital Rebel XSi/450 you are serious about photography and want to take professional-looking photographs. You also want to quickly and easily discover how, when, and why to use the most important features of your cutting-edge camera. "Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450 Guide to Digital SLR Photography" provides you with a concise guide to the essential functions and features of the Digital Rebel XSi/450, teaching you how to select the best autofocus mode, shutter speed, f/stop, or flash capability to take perfect pictures of any kind under any conditions. Brimming with full-color images and examples, this book will help photographers of any level enhance their digital photography skills and techniques. You will also learn how to edit and enhance your photographs, as well as troubleshooting tips to maintain the condition of your Digital Rebel XSi/450 and its accessories.

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Tells you how and why to use the features

I've mastered the controls of my Rebel XSi, but what I really need is some guidance on how to apply those features to take better pictures. That's what this book does, in spades. Unlike the manual that comes with the camera, this book goes into a great deal of detail on WHY you would use each feature. For example, in the section on Picture Styles, the book shows how to use this setting, then explains how you can use Picture Styles to create a soft, romantic look, or reproduce the appearance of certain types of film. The description of how to choose a format setting was followed by two pages explaining when you'd want to use JPEG, when you'd want to use RAW, and when you might want to use both. These explanations of why I want to use features goes far beyond what you find in the factory manual.

I also liked the more than 200 pages of advice on how to use the XSi to take better pictures. For example, in Chapter 4, there are descriptions of WHEN and WHY you'd want to use each of the different metering modes. I learned that there are some situations in which Aperture Priority may work best for sports (I'd always thought that Shutter Priority was the only choice for action.)

In sum, this book has it all. It's a great introduction to the Canon EOS Rebel XSi, but is also a comprehensive photography book that clearly shows how to use the camera's features to improve your images.

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Very helpful supplement to the manual

As one reviewer put it, this is a glorified manual - but that is the strength of this book, and I recommend it highly to beginners, intermediate users and anyone who is "manual challenged." The book goes beyond the manual, however, in discussing lighting, for example, lenses, maintenance, and updating the firmware. None of this additional material is going to do anything for a professional or an advanced amateur, but will be very helpful to all us lesser photographers.

A new Canon XSi user, I wanted to change a camera setting on several occasions, could not find the instructions in the manual or locate the menu item or button, but promptly got the help I needed in this book. I don't go anyhwere without it.

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Great Guide for Beginner DLSR User

As someone just entering the DLSR world, this book gave me alot of information of all the available functions of this camera. Written well, easy to understand....even for me :) Highly recommend this book if you are a new user of this great camera!!

Dave Busch's Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Guide to Digital Photography

Helpful in clarifying the manual furnished with the camera. Unfamiliar terminology is sometimes used in this guide as it is in the manual. Believe it would be improved with a little more "how to" prose.

Style of writing subpar

Busch's Xsi Guide is comprehensive, covering many topics in greater detail than the manual. However I found his writing style to be extremely bland. Granted, I understand this is a technical manual of sorts. But even still, Busch's writing skill is average at best. A wide reader of books may instantly feel annoyed once they delve into the first few pages of the book, as if they are in for a boring ride.

I find it akin to the level of writing found in those e-books online you can purchase on topics which include Get Rich Quick, Gain 10 pounds of muscle in 2 weeks, Winning the Lottery, etc.

Maybe I'm just being picky, but I always found 4.5 star-Amazon-rated book purchases to be a very entertaining and educating read. This one was not.

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