Nikon D70 Digital Field Guide | 
 enlarge | Author: David D. Busch
Publisher: Visual
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  55 reviews
Sales Rank: 39359
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.6
ISBN: 0764596780
Dewey Decimal Number: 771.33
UPC: 785555904484
EAN: 9780764596780
ASIN: 0764596780
Publication Date: August 5, 2005
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Product Description
Congratulations! You have one of the most versatile, feature-rich digital SLRs on the market, and this full-color guide helps you make the most of it. Learn how to set up your Nikon D70 or D70s and adjust it for every subject and circumstance. Get professional advice on choosing lenses, composing more than twenty-five types of shots, even downloading and displaying your photos. Wherever your imagination takes you, take this book along. - Use the Quick Tour to get the feel of your camera right away
- Shift easily between semi-automatic and manual modes
- Work with flash and available lighting to achieve different effects
- Explore special lenses like macro, vibration reduction, and teleconverters
- Discover the secrets of perfect action, business, portrait, or nature photography
- Make downloading and editing problem-free
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 Outstanding manual companion February 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Digital Field Guide is an outstanding companion to the official manual that came with Nikon D70s camera. This book is in two large sections. First section thoroughly describes all the buttons and options in the camera body as well as lens. The other section gives valuable tips on how to shoot perfect, professional-style photographs. I discovered many new features in my D70s while reading this book and was amazed how easy it is to take great photos with these easy-to-understand instructions.
The book that Nikon should have sent with the camera September 5, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is way more informative than the manual. Not only does it cover all the capabilities of the camera, it covers the when to use them, and the why to use them. It also covers various types of photography, & the settings you use. I am a hobbyist photographer so I found this book extremely informative. I take along in my backpack, & have used it for reference frequently in the month since I purchased it.
Excelent Reading May 14, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book is well written in easy to understand terms. It provides greater detail than the owner's manual and give examples to help one understand. I recommend this book to anyone who recently purchased a D70/70s either new or used. The book explained why my auto show photos were terribly under exposed, the built in flash is far too weak, leading my purchase of an external flash.
I am happy with the book and sometimes refer back to it when photographing in unfamiliar circumstances. -G
A great Field Guide April 3, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
This book is designed as 30% how to operate the camera and 70% how to use the camera to take pictures in various situations. The first part of the book (the 30%) is a brief overview of things you would probably learn in the camera operators manual, with some tips that are a nice touch to help you understand practical applications of the camera settings. But the author notes that you need to go the Nikon user manual for more in-depth descriptions of the camera's operaton in some areas. This is probably true, but I found the book provided a fairly complete discussion of the camera operation and I could operate without the manual.
In the 70% of the book, as I see it, the author takes on other aspects of photography and using the camera to take "great photos". He begins with the basics of photography (aperature, shutter speed, ISO, etc.) Then he discusses things such as using different lenses and their effect, how to use the external flashes and how to set up lighting. He delves into things such as how to work with auto focus, and depth of field.
He then discusses the various types of photography (e.g.night photography, photographing children, photographing landscape, night scenes, on-line auction photography, etc) and gives some very practical tips for taking the pictures as well as specific things to do to set up the picture and ensure the camera is set properly; Things such as having help from a parent and sibling to help relax a child during a photo session. The author also takes you through the software that Nikon provides, and offers suggestions on other options (some less costly...free) for doing some of these same tasks. The author provides a candid snapshot of the software packages, telling you their capabilities and limitations. This includes the Nikon software. Finally, a glossary is provided that de-mystifies the language of photographers. I found the book to be unbiased, informative and properly named "Field Guide".
A must for D70 owners February 8, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Forget the manual that came with your camera. This book has everything you need to know and more. It just doesn't show you how to turn your camera on and use the functions. It shows you how to really use your camera to get fantastic photos.
The writing style is very entertaining and conversational. Not a ton of "techie" speak. Best of all is the size of the book. It is just the right size to go in my camera bag and not take up a lot of space. I carry it everywhere.
In a nutshell...if you own a Nikon D70...BUY THIS BOOK!
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