Launching into digital photography means making a succession of comparisons, and this book has done most of the legwork for you. It examines the different brands of cameras and accessories, plus the hardware and software you'll need to process the images, from printers to papers. Appendices chart out the comparisons and list 46 pages' worth of digital resources (from Agfa to Zing Network, an online digital image community offering unlimited free storage).

The author, Ken Milburn, shares his experience as a photographer with tips and tricks on how to take a good image, whether it's the basics of high-quality photography or technical insights into working a digital camera (for example, compensating for shutter lag or the usually excessive depth of field). He touches on several image-editing applications but devotes the most time to the rudiments of using Photoshop.

If you have extensive experience taking and processing conventional photographs but have yet to dive into digital, you'll be able to appreciate how the book weighs all the variables involved. If you've already committed yourself to a particular camera and software, you will still benefit from the help on how to get the most from them. The author's gallery of colour photos shows examples of different problem-solving techniques covered in the text, and the companion CD-ROM contains demos of many of the applications discussed, including Photoshop 5.5. --Angelynn Grant, Amazon.com

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contains an impressive amount of photography information (PC How To Digital Photography, May 2004)

comprehensiveguide for anyone starting out in digital photography (Computer Arts, August 2003) --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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