- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (1 April 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0596159870
- ISBN-13: 978-0596159870
- Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 14 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 111,925 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Through easy-to-follow lessons, this handy book offers a complete class on digital photography, tailored specifically for people who use the Nikon D90. This is not your typical camera guide: rather than just show you what all the buttons do, it teaches you how to use the D90's features to make great photographs-including professional-looking images of people, landscapes, action shots, close-ups, night shots, HD video, and more.
With Ben Long's creative tips and technical advice, you have the perfect, camera-bag-friendly reference that will help you capture stunning pictures anywhere, anytime. The Nikon D90 Companion will show you how to:
- Take creative control and go beyond automatic settings
- Learn the basic rules of composition
- Capture decisive moments, including fast-moving objects
- Discover ways to use a flash indoors and outdoors
- Learn about different lenses, and the best time to use them
- Understand the options for shooting RAW, and whether it's right for you
- Use the D90's ability to shoot high definition video
About the Author
Ben Long is a freelance writer, photographer, and videographer based in San Francisco. A long-time computer journalist, he has written hundreds of features, reviews, and how-to's for magazines such as Macworld, MacWeek, Macworld UK, MacUser, Computer Graphics World, Maximum PC, and eMediaWeekly. He is currently a Senior Editor for CreativePro.com, where he writes a regular digital photography column. His most recent books include Apple's Pro Training guide for Aperture, Real World Aperture, Getting Started with Camera Raw, and Complete Digital Photography, 3rd edition.
As a photographer and videographer, his clients have included Blue Note Records, 20th Century Fox, the Pickle Circus, Global Business Network, Head Start, the Oklahoma Arts Institute, and the National Endowment for the Arts. You can learn more about him and his work at www.completedigitalphotography.com.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book is quite superb and stops you being a muppet with an expensive camera. For all those people who have forgotten what all the buttons do on a camera and actually how to use one correctly after years of not being able to afford a DSLR camera and using a compact you should buy this book.
It explains everything really well (with diagrams and red circles- I still am a muppet really) and explains how to get the best results from the kit you have. Also really useful advice on different lenses and the advantages and disadvantages of using them top notch. It has given me the confidense to fiddle with the buttons and use different mode settings and try different things and if that fails it describes how to get the settings back to before your fiddling.
Ace book that even none muppets will find useful to get the best from their D90. I will be double checking what to do before I try to take some sports pictures this afternoon, my pictures are getting better all the time. Don't buy the D90 without buying this book.
It explains everything really well (with diagrams and red circles- I still am a muppet really) and explains how to get the best results from the kit you have. Also really useful advice on different lenses and the advantages and disadvantages of using them top notch. It has given me the confidense to fiddle with the buttons and use different mode settings and try different things and if that fails it describes how to get the settings back to before your fiddling.
Ace book that even none muppets will find useful to get the best from their D90. I will be double checking what to do before I try to take some sports pictures this afternoon, my pictures are getting better all the time. Don't buy the D90 without buying this book.
18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being new to DSLR's I needed all the help I could get in order to get the most from my Nikon almost instantly. This is a great book, which I would recommend as your first purchase after, or maybe even before you get your camera.
I have found the book most helpful and continue to pick up the book to read certain areas. Book is full of pictures in order to make comparisons which helps and the guy who wrote the book knows exactly what new photographers are going to want to do....i.e run before you can walk and he encourages you to follow him through the book, with guidance on the various settings, in order for you to make progress and most importantly.....understand.
This Gent has also written a book on Nikon Capture NX which is written in the same easy to understand style.
So would recommend......enjoy
I have found the book most helpful and continue to pick up the book to read certain areas. Book is full of pictures in order to make comparisons which helps and the guy who wrote the book knows exactly what new photographers are going to want to do....i.e run before you can walk and he encourages you to follow him through the book, with guidance on the various settings, in order for you to make progress and most importantly.....understand.
This Gent has also written a book on Nikon Capture NX which is written in the same easy to understand style.
So would recommend......enjoy
15 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Nikon D90 comes with a fat manual that tells you absolutely everything but explains absolutely nothing.
Ben Long's Companion book takes a far more practical approach, moving in easy stages from automatic point-and-shoot use of the camera to topics so esoteric that I cannot believe even professional photographers really need them.
It covers most features of the camera, and includes practical examples of how to use it in its various modes---and explains what you can gain from learning to control the camera yourself instead of leaving it in Auto.
As a bonus, there are chapters on how a DSLR works, the technical details of photography (for example the relationships between aperture, shutter speed and "film" speed), plus practical help with how to take good photos.
Written in a clear and easy-to-understand way, this book is definitely recommended, either for a beginning photographer or someone new to the D90.
I would even recommend it for anyone who just wants to know more about digital photography in general.
So why not five stars? Well the book is let down by a few spelling mistakes, missing words, and one strange contradiction. Is the camera 12 MegaPixels or 10? The author seems to have two views on this subject.
Maybe it's the way you count them.
Ben Long's Companion book takes a far more practical approach, moving in easy stages from automatic point-and-shoot use of the camera to topics so esoteric that I cannot believe even professional photographers really need them.
It covers most features of the camera, and includes practical examples of how to use it in its various modes---and explains what you can gain from learning to control the camera yourself instead of leaving it in Auto.
As a bonus, there are chapters on how a DSLR works, the technical details of photography (for example the relationships between aperture, shutter speed and "film" speed), plus practical help with how to take good photos.
Written in a clear and easy-to-understand way, this book is definitely recommended, either for a beginning photographer or someone new to the D90.
I would even recommend it for anyone who just wants to know more about digital photography in general.
So why not five stars? Well the book is let down by a few spelling mistakes, missing words, and one strange contradiction. Is the camera 12 MegaPixels or 10? The author seems to have two views on this subject.
Maybe it's the way you count them.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
NIKON D90 Companion.
Just an easy to follow guide . Not a substitute for the Nikon Manual but as it says ' a companion ' .
Published 7 months ago by John Cobham
Excellent D90 companion book for the beginner
This book is very much for the amateur photographer who is new to digital SLR's, if this sounds like you then you will not be disappointed. Read more
Published 8 months ago by B. Williams
hard to understand
I haven't finished it yet - it's a bit hard to read and to understand. I wish I had bought the Nikon d90 for dummies instead.
Published 12 months ago by Aiga
Fine
Having bought this book based on the reviews I was fairly disappointed, as it was only until the last third of the book that I felt I was actually learning anything. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jen Lancashire Lass
Great book for any photographer
I first downloaded a digital version of this book through the Android Market and read some of it but later purchased the paperback as I prefer reading from paper. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Luke Addison
ideal to learn the D90 and expand your skills
I did a lot of research to choose the right book to complement the manual which comes with the camera, as we found the manual too much like a boring text book (indigestible). Read more
Published 16 months ago by duckandgrouse
Very good!
An easy to understand Nikon D90 guide.
Written in easy to understand laymen's terms.
Highly recommended.
Written in easy to understand laymen's terms.
Highly recommended.
Published 18 months ago by Jimbolarue
Must have
You should buy this one before reading the boring Nikon user manual.
Easy to go with practical exercices it's a great introduction to start to use your camera , i,ve... Read more
Easy to go with practical exercices it's a great introduction to start to use your camera , i,ve... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Rogerio
Excellent
I'm new to the world of the Nikon D90 and i found this book easy to understand and very helpfull. I would recommend this book for beginners.
Published 19 months ago by Candy
Easy guide
This book is easy to follow, easy to read and understand and is far better than the original Nikon manual. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. T. E. Short
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