- Paperback: 160 pages
- Publisher: David & Charles (29 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0715318276
- ISBN-13: 978-0715318270
- Product Dimensions: 24.9 x 19.3 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 977,926 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Appealing to the fast-growing number of people who are replacing their point-and-shoot cameras with digitals, Simon Joinson explains the basics - how digital cameras work and basic information about image files, how to take better pictures and how to manipulate them using any of the basic free manipulation software packages available (as well as Photoshop). There is also detailed information on how best to print digital images, arrange them into electronic albums, send them by email, post them on a website, as well as a host of other uses not possible before the advent of digital cameras. A really versatile book that will help everyone and anyone have fun with digital photography and use it to its full potential.
About the Author
Simon Joinson is a writer, designer and photographer who has been working with digital cameras and imaging software since the early 1990s. He has been editor of What Digital Camera and Better Digital Photography and is currently editor of Total Digital Photography. He has also written several books including two titles in Rotovision's Digital Photographer's Handbook series. Simon lives in London.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent starter book.,
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This review is from: Get the Most from Your Digital Camera: The Ultimate Guide to Digital Cameras, Software, Printing and Technique (Paperback)
I bought this book as a gift,and naturally had a quick flick through before giving it away. I ended up having to buy a second copy as I ended up using the first copy myself.
This book is great for people, like myself, who are just getting into photography. It is not full of jargon and explains each point it makes clearly and concisely.I recommend this book to anyone just starting out in photography.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Creative commonsense guide,
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This review is from: Get the Most from Your Digital Camera: The Ultimate Guide to Digital Cameras, Software, Printing and Technique (Paperback)
Had reasonable knowledge of SLR use ,on switching to digital SLR checked several guides stumbled on this short snappy absolutely wonderful book.
Being on a digital learning curve I keep it to hand I even keep it by my bed to find quick concise solutions to the silly problems that come into my head before sleep.Superb!!!!
2.0 out of 5 stars
It's okay but there are better books for beginners.,
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This review is from: Get the Most from Your Digital Camera (Paperback)
Unlike the two other reviewers, I felt that the book is fairly disappointing. The book consists of 4 parts: Camera Basics, The Digital Image, Taking Pictures and The Digital Darkroom. The "Camera Basics" part discusses the different camera types that are on the market and will be not very useful to most starters in photography because it is very likely that you already own a camera and what you want to learn is how to make the most of it. And there are much better books explaining how you can make the most of what you own.
The second part ("The Digital Image") is all about file types and equipment to edit and print files and again focuses on additional purchases that you could make without talking about what would be most helpful to new photographers: how to improve the photo's in the first place. Although there is nothing wrong with what's discussed in this part, it's also not very inspiring. The third part discusses some of the technical aspects of photography but not in a lot of detail and only towards the end (composition + a few chapters on how to take photos under specific circumstances, e.g. flash, portraits, action, low-light, landscapes, close-ups, etc.) do you get some useful ideas on how to improve your photography. The final part (Digital Darkroom) is the most disappointing section. It's okay for people who have never edited an image in their life before, but there are much better books available on photo editing and this book fails spectacularly in that it doesn't explain how most of the edited images are obtained. It really is like buying a cooking book with great photos of nice things to prepare with neither a list of ingredients nor a set of instructions. I'd look in other books for beginners which explain what you can do with the camera you own and a book dedicated to photo editing instead.
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