David Busch's Nikon D7000 Guide to Digital SLR Photography

by David D. Busch

The D7000 is the most advanced mid-level camera Nikon has ever introduced, boasting 16.2 megapixels of resolution, full HDTV video, stunning image quality, the real-time preview system Live View, and blazing-fast 39-point automatic focus. As the owner of a Nikon D7000, you demand the ability to take outstanding pictures with your new camera. DAVID BUSCH'S NIKON D7000 GUIDE TO DIGITAL SLR PHOTOGRAPHY shows you how, when, and why to use all the cool features, controls, and functions of the D7000 to take great photographs. Introductory chapters will help you get comfortable with the basics of your camera before you dive right into exploring creative ways to apply D7000 file formats, resolution, aperture/priority exposure, and automatic exposure features. Beautiful, full-color images illustrate where the essential buttons and dials are, so you'll quickly learn how to use the D7000, and use it like a pro!

Genres: Photography

560 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2011

Reviews

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was fine, but not great. I'm not sure exactly what I expected. I'm the kind of person who reads the manual pretty much cover-to-cover, and I found most of this book redundant with the manual, despite the author's protestations to the contrary. While the explanations in this book are more complete in that they provide more context than the manual does, I mostly just found them extremely verbose. For legitimately complex settings like flash sync speed, I didn't actually understand his explanations (and I'm not sure he did either). And while he claims to cover not just what various settings do but also when you'd use them, there were few useful suggestions for the things I was interested in (admittedly somewhat arcane stuff, like focus point selection modes).

I'm probably just the wrong audience. I also found the tone a bit off-putting. While talking about formatting, he says "if you're an efficiency nut," you might be interested in the two-button format feature. Maybe I *am* a nut for using a shortcut to format my cards (which I do every time I go out shooting), but it's an almost anti-intellectual tone -- in a book on a pretty sophisticated camera!

I did learn some new photographic techniques, like trap focus. His tips on shooting in general and making movies (like storyboarding) are pretty helpful (and not things you'd find in the manual). But there are other books for that stuff too.

To summarize, if you're comfortable with dense technical content and already understand a lot about photography and DSLR features, just read the manual. If you want a gentler walkthrough of the camera's features, this book makes a lot of sense. If you want to get better at taking pictures, pick up a book about less camera-specific topics, like Digital Exposure Handbook by Ross Hoddinot (which covers much more than just basic exposure).

[Angelica Bergman · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am new to Dslr's. Perhaps this book isn't quite for the newbie, yet it has so much great information. David seems to pride himself at one point to not having to many plain diagrams, but I wish in the very beginning he did some. As he spoke about certain things I was searching for a location. (this is only because I have not bought the camera yet so I need a visual. Perhaps most people have the camera already) I am a planner! I do like this book. It has definitely been useful!

[Bill Wirth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great detail and good recommendations on settings and how he uses it. One of the best reference books on cameras I have read. Some of it is redundant if the manual, but not nearly as much as most books of this type.

[yacoob · Rating 3 out of 5]

I've decided to read this book after finding myself struggling with the camera interface at few occasions. Not much new in terms of functionality got revealed - but the book provided decent commentary on *why* I would want to use particular functions. Overall, good time investment, methinks.

[Tiffany · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good book. It helped clarify and easily illustrated the capabilities of the camera and not as dry as the manual. I periodically use it as a reference with ease through its extended index.

[Brian · Rating 4 out of 5]

I find David Busch's books to be the best for Nikon Cameras. Will help to get the most out of your gear!