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Nikon D7000 For Dummies
Learn all about the Nikon D7000?the fun and friendly For Dummies way! Whether you?re a digital camera beginner or an experienced photographer, this is the book you need to get the most out of the Nikon D7000, the update to Nikon?s popular D90 model. The helpful tips and tricks in this fun and easy guide will get you quickly up to speed on the D7000?s 16-megapixel sensor, 1080 HD video capabilities, eight-frames-per-second burst, improved ISO, and much more. Shoot stills, shoot video, and shoot, you?re a professional photographer! It all starts here, with this great guide.
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400 pages, Paperback
First published January 4, 2011
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June 27, 2020I remembered reading this after my father has his first ever DSLR
March 21, 2011
This book is OK. 3 stars, "i liked it," otherwise I'd give it a B.
I knew buying this that it would be rather simplistic and light on the advanced features, but I found much of it less useful than it should. It did exactly what I thought it would do: present a lot of things I already knew, but tell me about some nifty, nitty-gritty features I had otherwise not known about, with some tips and pointers along the way. My largest complaint about this book is the over-excessive amount of pages (even an additional entire chapter at the end) of in-camera editing techniques. Yes, it's nice the camera does this, but what a waste! Who buys nearly $2,000 worth of equipment (camera + lens + bag + memory chip) to not take advantage of what advanced cameras are all about? This is not wrong, but spending so much time on learning simple edits to ruin your original negative (not to mention doing all this on a tiny screen with limited detail) is a waste. If you bought this camera and have no means to do these edits on your computer, you should have bought the camera. Adobe lightroom is $150 often on amazon, so there are no excuses.
I grew up with a manual SLR and recently replaced it with this Nikon D7000. Much of it came natural to me being a filmmaker, but there are LOTS of features on this camera (menus and buttons alike) that I never used. This book does a great job of explaining your options.
Two other complaints about this book is that the "guidance" it gives is moreso for any photographer: tips on taking pictures and not so much on "tips on taking pictures using your D7000." There weren't nearly enough before/after pics or with/without certain options. Also, this author loves using a flash outside during daylight. This is a neat oncept, but very wrong if you are using your built-in flash, which no matter what you do, will make it look like a picture taken from a $100 snap-shoot camera. It's a great concept, but will probably only work in very rare cases and shouldn't be raved about. Again, Adobe Lightroom costs $150 and digital negatives are VITAL in good photos.
I learned a good amount from this book, but I also skimmed pages more than I thought I would because they were talking about features I will never use (built-in flash, in-camera editing, when to use a fast shutter speed, etc). I wish this book touched more into advanced features such as the manual mode, which is the only mode that the camera doesn't "take over" and adjust half the settings. Example: you are shooting a scene with well lit objects but many shadows and don't want the camera to adjust it so everything is well-lit.
In the end, I am glad I read this book, but also wish it had more meat. It's an intro book and remember the title "for dummies" so I have no right complaining its not advanced enough. It's worthwhile if you are not a professional and regardless if your preferences, you will pick up new tricks.
I knew buying this that it would be rather simplistic and light on the advanced features, but I found much of it less useful than it should. It did exactly what I thought it would do: present a lot of things I already knew, but tell me about some nifty, nitty-gritty features I had otherwise not known about, with some tips and pointers along the way. My largest complaint about this book is the over-excessive amount of pages (even an additional entire chapter at the end) of in-camera editing techniques. Yes, it's nice the camera does this, but what a waste! Who buys nearly $2,000 worth of equipment (camera + lens + bag + memory chip) to not take advantage of what advanced cameras are all about? This is not wrong, but spending so much time on learning simple edits to ruin your original negative (not to mention doing all this on a tiny screen with limited detail) is a waste. If you bought this camera and have no means to do these edits on your computer, you should have bought the camera. Adobe lightroom is $150 often on amazon, so there are no excuses.
I grew up with a manual SLR and recently replaced it with this Nikon D7000. Much of it came natural to me being a filmmaker, but there are LOTS of features on this camera (menus and buttons alike) that I never used. This book does a great job of explaining your options.
Two other complaints about this book is that the "guidance" it gives is moreso for any photographer: tips on taking pictures and not so much on "tips on taking pictures using your D7000." There weren't nearly enough before/after pics or with/without certain options. Also, this author loves using a flash outside during daylight. This is a neat oncept, but very wrong if you are using your built-in flash, which no matter what you do, will make it look like a picture taken from a $100 snap-shoot camera. It's a great concept, but will probably only work in very rare cases and shouldn't be raved about. Again, Adobe Lightroom costs $150 and digital negatives are VITAL in good photos.
I learned a good amount from this book, but I also skimmed pages more than I thought I would because they were talking about features I will never use (built-in flash, in-camera editing, when to use a fast shutter speed, etc). I wish this book touched more into advanced features such as the manual mode, which is the only mode that the camera doesn't "take over" and adjust half the settings. Example: you are shooting a scene with well lit objects but many shadows and don't want the camera to adjust it so everything is well-lit.
In the end, I am glad I read this book, but also wish it had more meat. It's an intro book and remember the title "for dummies" so I have no right complaining its not advanced enough. It's worthwhile if you are not a professional and regardless if your preferences, you will pick up new tricks.
April 11, 2012
This is a great book and a good replacement for the user's manual. The book explains the basics of photography very briefly and describes each and every feature on the camera, how and when to use it.
Beginners might be happy buying it, advanced users might want to borrow it from the library.
Beginners might be happy buying it, advanced users might want to borrow it from the library.
February 21, 2013
Wow - took me forever to get through this book. I was taking notes on stuff too, so that's my excuse. I found it very informative. Probably not much use if you don't actually have a Nikon D7000, but it was good for me - because I DO!!
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