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Title: Canon Speedlite System Digital Field Guide
ISBN: 0470045280
Author:
J. Dennis Thomas
Publicate Date: 2007-04-09
Publish: 2007-04-09
List Price: $19.99
Average Customer Rating: 3.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Less informative than the manuals
The Speedlight system has a wealth of features. This book covers two of the models, a rather outdated 430EX and the newer 580EX. There is a still newer model, the 580EXII that is not specifically covered, but is only a minor upgrade to its predecessor.
The first two chapters are on settings for both Speedlights covered. They're overview level. The reader is told that there are automatic and manual modes and how to switch between the two, but not how to make manual settings changes or why. This takes 30 pages.
Then there are two chapters that deal with using these flashes in a master=slave arrangement. (Owners of two or more Speedlights can set up one to fire when the shutter is pressed and have that one --the master-- cause the others --the slaves-- to fire at the same time.). This takes 12 pages. (Remember, it covers settings for two different models.)
The remaining 150 pages apply to any flash. There are chapters on posing people, using bounce flash, pet photography, etc. None of them are particularly informative or insightful. Interspersed on these pages are a few Speedlight-specific settings, but they're so generic that the author could use them for a book on Nikon flashes and just change a few paragraphs without anyone noticing.
Skip this book. Mine went into the trash. It would have been unfair to someone to sell it as a used book.
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2: Canon Speedlight System Fieldguide Comments
I was surprised when I started reading this book. It is packed with good info for the amateur photographer. Not only is how to set up a speed light system there, but how to place lights, reflectors and pose subjects. The inner workings of the speed light itself are completely uncovered. Nice value.
dalemackeown@bellsouth.net
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3: Very Good Guide for Understanding the Canon 580EX Flash
I found this book to be a very good guide to understand the 580EX flash unit made by Canon. It is well organized and illustrated with easy to understandable text. I would recommend it to anyone who has not mastered this flash unit which is complex. The author makes it easy to understand the functions and procedures to obtain a desired purpose that I believe is better presented than the Canon manual.
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4: Amateurish waste of money
This was a big waste of money. The writing was amateurish, the examples poorly described, and I learned almost nothing from reading this book. I had to Google to learn about my 430EX because the book failed to explain key concepts.
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5: Helpful Book
It's good to find a book that can help you to understand the functionality of the speedlite, and this book is what I was searching for.
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