Professional photography advice for D3000 beginners The Nikon D3000 is Nikon′s new entry–level camera. With the D3000, you get all the features of Nikon′s older cameras along with an updated battery, larger monitor, and improved focus features. In addition, the D3000 also offers simpler menus to help first–time DSLR users. Assuming no prior dSLR knowledge, veteran author Julie Adair King offers you a tour of the camera body, a hands–on how–to on all the features of the D3000, and a step–by–step walkthrough of how to get the photos you want. Explains shooting in auto mode, reviews the new video option, and covers working with file size and quality Walks you through shifting out of automatic mode and using the D3000′s lighting, exposure, focus, and color features Demonstrates getting photos from your camera to your PC, developing an effective file system, and sharing photos via print, online, or other ways Packed with useful tips, this helpful guide encourages you to take control of your camera.
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Explore your camera′s creative options and learn to get great shots with your dSLR! Congratulations — you′ve chosen to take greater control over your photos with a dSLR camera! Now get expert advice on making the most of your Nikon D3000. Learn how to use its many settings, how to get the best results in automatic mode, when to use the built–in flash, how to produce prints that look as good as they do on your monitor, and more. Lenses, modes, and more — learn to attach and remove lenses, set the focus mode, and use all the controls Quality control — discover how to get the best picture quality and solve common image problems Cultivate creativity — explore automatic Scene modes and then step up to full control with manual exposure modes Processing your pictures — download your images to yourcomputer, process RAW files, and organize your photos Share — find out how to get perfect prints, optimize photos for e–mailing, and create a digital slide show Open the book and find: Details about every camera option Answers to common photography questions Secrets for capturing great action shots Pro techniques for photographing people and pets Ways to avoid red–eye and other photo problems Fun effects you can add with your camera When to use JPEG and when to use RAW Simple explanations of f–stops, shutter speed, ISO, and other photo terms
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Julie Adair King has been writing about digital cameras and photography for more than a decade. She is the author of several books on various Nikon and Canon cameras as well as Digital Photography For Dummies , and she teaches beginning digital photographers at the Palm Beach Photographic Centre.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Nicola
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Having recently purchased a Nikon DSLR D3000, and wanting to get more from it than just using automatic modes, I set about to find a good book for complete DSLR beginners.
I found this book to be written in easy to understand language, jargon is broken down so you can understand what it all means and gently pushes you along to want to take 'creative control' and just mess about with the settings, but understand the settings so you can begin to create the look you want.
If you really are a complete beginner and have moved up from your point and click automatic to the world of DSLR, then I would recommend this book to you. If you already have a good idea what the settings are and know about fstops etc, then it might be a bit too basic and no doubt other publications that go into more technical details will be more appropriate.
I found this book to be written in easy to understand language, jargon is broken down so you can understand what it all means and gently pushes you along to want to take 'creative control' and just mess about with the settings, but understand the settings so you can begin to create the look you want.
If you really are a complete beginner and have moved up from your point and click automatic to the world of DSLR, then I would recommend this book to you. If you already have a good idea what the settings are and know about fstops etc, then it might be a bit too basic and no doubt other publications that go into more technical details will be more appropriate.
20 of 22 people found the following review helpful
By John
Format:Paperback
I got my City and Guilds in Photography more than ten years ago, film cameras were the norm. Hours in smelly darkrooms to produce an image good enough to be used.
Then digital came along, I resisited for a while then got a hybrid as this was all I could afford recently retired, it was adequate but not a real camera, my photography waned to just the usual holiday, which was rare, and christmas shots.
So when that camera gave up the ghost I got myself a real camera, a Nikon D3000, then discovered just how much I had forgotten and also the extent that technology had moved on.
The booklet was of limited use, I needed to relearn and in basic easy to read and follow instructions, someone recommended the Dummies range of books, so I got one.
It is easy to read and follow so that a complete novice can grasp a working understanding of the camera and also reawaken long forgotten techniques of photography for people like me, perfect, I have read it twice now and still refer to it on occasions.
Best book I have bought in ages.
Then digital came along, I resisited for a while then got a hybrid as this was all I could afford recently retired, it was adequate but not a real camera, my photography waned to just the usual holiday, which was rare, and christmas shots.
So when that camera gave up the ghost I got myself a real camera, a Nikon D3000, then discovered just how much I had forgotten and also the extent that technology had moved on.
The booklet was of limited use, I needed to relearn and in basic easy to read and follow instructions, someone recommended the Dummies range of books, so I got one.
It is easy to read and follow so that a complete novice can grasp a working understanding of the camera and also reawaken long forgotten techniques of photography for people like me, perfect, I have read it twice now and still refer to it on occasions.
Best book I have bought in ages.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Absolutely Brill...just what I needed to help me through ....Excellent Book...well worth the money !!! Would buy others in the "Dummies" section .
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This book is great ,it is the best book for the d3000 camera it explains everything in detail and well worth the money
Published 1 month ago by Sandra arpa
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Excellent book
Learnt more from this book than reading the software literature that came with the camera. Clear and concise information and easily digested, esp as I am new to using a DSLR... Read more
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Good but not so good
This was my first book to purchase when I started photography as a hobby. It is packed full if information, and this is where I ran into trouble. Read more
Published 4 months ago by treasadeb
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Help for an idiot.
First class help, with everything explained in clear terms. Most helpful. It is the latest in the Dummies books that I have bought. Read more
Published 20 months ago by John E. Bourgaize
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good book, well written
can't complain, does exactly what it says, takes a dummy through the basics and a bit beyond, good way to start if you don't have much of an idea about SLR's.
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Published 21 months ago by Mr. N. D. White
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EXCELLENT
BEING THE FIRST TIME I HAVE HAD A PROPER CAMERA (NIKON 3000) FOUND THI ITEM INVALUABL FOR SETTING THE CAMERA UP - EASY TO UNDERSTAND AND SO SIMPLENikon D3000 For Dummies (For... Read more
Published 23 months ago by ACONANDOYLE
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This was the first book that I purchased for my DSLR - because I was new to photography and wanted something that could help me and teach me from scratch. Read more
Published 23 months ago by elsmag10
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Handy Guide
Knowing very little about photography this is a great book that explains the concepts of taking a good photo along with the D3000 technical details. Read more
Published on 24 May 2011 by R. Shirt
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Good stuff
I just bought a new Nikon D3000 and I wanted to learn how to use it. I really liked this book, not only because it introduced me to the basic settings of the camera, but also it... Read more
Published on 15 April 2011 by Leonidas Spiliopoulos
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ive been using this book as my 'bible' really easy to use and understand. i pick it up and read a few pages here and there, to eventually get full use and understanding of my... Read more
Published on 4 April 2011 by Ms. P. A. M. Gordejczuk
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