Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Digital Field Guide by David D. Busch
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Book Reviews of Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Digital Field Guide
Book Review: Great book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has been a lifesaver for me! It's written very clearly, and I've found it very helpful for my Sony Alpha camera.Book Review: DSLR-A10 Field Guide
Summary: 5 Stars
Very good. Much easier to follow than the Sony manual, pictures and diagrams assist in understanding.Book Review: Don't leave home without it.
Summary: 5 Stars
This very clearly written book goes with me in my camera bag all the time.
Pete b
Book Review: An excellent beginner/intermediate book
Summary: 4 Stars
Since you're reading this review, I'm guessing that you bought the Sony A100. Also since you bought the entry level A100, I'll also guess that you're a beginner to DSLR photography.
This is a great book to start off with. The manual that comes with the camera is just that. It simply explains the what of all the settings but not how or why.
Photography is a fine art (and a science) and to take good pictures is not a matter of accident. Toward this end, the A100 has lots of features which let you fine tune the way the picture is captured. Depending on where you're taking the picture, you might need to manually correct the white balance, increase aperture, set the color saturation and contrast, just to name a few. Or else the picture won't make it into the next issue of National Geographic! But how and, more importantly, why?
This is where this book steps in. It first explains all the menus and buttons on the camera, and next, very importantly, tells you how changing each option will affect the picture. And everything is explained with full color photos.
The explanation is excellent about how each option affects photos, like white balance, dynamic range optimization, ISO speed etc.
Once you've digested this, you can then proceed to understand how to set these in the A100 to get the feel that you want to.
An SLR is only as good as the lens, and there is an entire chapter devoted to the types of lens available and which is best suited to each situation.
Since you're capturing light, there's a chapter on light essentials, shadows, kinds of lighting etc.
And the best part: there is a big chapter of exercises suggested in typical photography: portraits, landscapes, sunset/sunrise, evening, night photography. This really helps you in practicing what has been preached (to you).
All in all, since you're a beginner to DSLR and have Sony A100, this is an excellent buy.
Good luck in you adventures in photography!
Book Review: Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Digital Field Guide
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great book for anyone learning to use the Sony Alpha A100, DSLR.
I found the Sony manual some what lacking.
This book includes excellent illustrations & instructions in simple layman's terms,
It spells out when to use certain settings & when not to!
MDD