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Title: Canon PowerShot Digital Field Guide
ISBN: 0470174617
Author:
Michael Guncheon
Publicate Date: 2007-12-17
Publish: 2007-12-17
List Price: $19.99
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: Helpful
My Canon owner's manual must have been written by complete digital-camera geeks who have drunk so many pixels, they can't even imagine how a beginner sees this little silver box, let alone explain the basic steps to take a picture with this little contraption. Thankfully, Michael Guncheon's Canon PowerShot Digital Field Guide does explain what the functions and settings do. Although there is a section on Getting the Most Out of Your PowerShot Camera, which helps me think more strategically, I would benefit from even more basic 1-2-3-type-This-Is-What-You-Do-Each-Time instruction.
Guncheon also includes The Fundamentals of Photography, which I guess is good for beginner photographers, but I'm an experienced photographer who is a beginner with all things digital, and I would have preferred that 1-2-3 thought-process instruction I mentioned above. If you're looking for clear explanations and a well-rounded, helpful digital photography guide though, I can recommend this one.
One added bonus is Guncheon's specific photography tips, such as for pets and people, sunrises and sunsets. His color photos, used as examples in the book, are stunning. Another bonus is the Downloading, Editing, and Outputting section, which I haven't gotten to yet, but thought I'd mention, because it looks very helpful.
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2: A Canon Powershot for everyone! (and this book to go with it).
This Field Guide describes the myriad PowerShots and their features and, more importantly, how to get better pictures using them. Among many PowerShots, the features and menus are quite similar and the author does a commendable job of covering them. It's a bit cumbersome early: A spreadsheet of which models had which features would ease skipping the parts our camera doesn't have, and more early pictures of the various menu screens and mode dials would help.
That said, once we know our camera features, the final 75% of the book excellently guides us through working with our PowerShots to get excellent photographs. Part II "Creating Great Images..." is an excellent and concise guide to doing better photography in general, but within the PowerShot feature set and limitations. The author starts with the fundamentals - Simplicity, Composition, Sharpness, Light, Exposure - then moves on to special situations - sports, animals, architecture, children/people, fireworks, flowers, landscapes, motion, night, pets, streets, sunsets, travel, and winter - giving good basics, tips, and practice for trying each. You only need this one field guide - it'll help you use your PowerShot to take great photos.
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3: Canon PowerShot Digital Field Guide
Canon PowerShot Pro Series S5 IS 8.0MP Digital Camera with 12x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom4GB Cameta Bonus Accessory Kit - for Canon Powershot S3 IS, S5 IS & SX100 IS Digital Cameras
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4: Nuts and Bolts of Canon Powershots
I love this book because it explains the nuts and bolts of the Powershot series cameras. It has great explanations and sample photos to illustrate each of the techniques. I reference this book all the time and take pictures using the tips learned. This was a smart purchase. I highly recommend this book.
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5: Disappointed
All the other Digital Field Guides I've gotten have been great, but I think they tried to cover too many different cameras in one book. The menues tend to be different in many of the cameras but the direction paragraphs aren't labeled which cameras they are for unless there is a special paragraph for one particular camera. I didn't find it any help at all.
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