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Canon EOS 40d Guide to Digital Photography

by David D. Busch

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Publisher Comments:

As the new owner of Canon's most advanced intermediate digital SLR, you want to get started taking professional-looking photographs using all of the exciting features at your fingertips. "Canon EOS 40D Guide to Digital SLR Photography" is a concise introduction and guide to your camera's essential controls and functions, such as Live View, built-in dust reduction, and the blistering 6.5-frames-per-second continuous shooting mode that is an action photographer's dream. The book provides detailed instructions showing you how, when, and why to make optimized settings with the Canon EOS 40D's enhanced menus, which include a half-dozen versatile new custom functions. You'll learn about the camera's improved automatic focus, flash synchronization tricks, how to choose lenses that will provide the perspective and effects you want, and which exposure modes are ideal for each picture-taking opportunity. Packed with full-color images and examples that illustrate the recommended techniques and settings for your Canon EOS 40D, this book helps photographers of any skill level begin maximizing their equipment as soon as you open the cover!

About the Author

With more than a million books in print, David D. Busch is a best-selling author of books on digital photography and imaging technology, and the originator of popular series like "David Busch's Pro Secrets" and "David Busch's Quick Snap Guides." He has written six hugely successful guidebooks for Nikon digital SLR models, and the most comprehensive manuals for dSLRs from Canon, Sony, and other vendors. His many other books devoted to digital photography include "David Busch's Digital Infrared Pro Secrets" and "Mastering Digital SLR Photography." As a roving photojournalist for more than 20 years, he has illustrated his books, magazine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. Busch has operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photographs and articles have been published in magazines as diverse as "PhotoGraphic," "Popular PhotographandImaging," "The Rangefinder," and hundreds of other publications. He's also reviewed digital cameras for CNet Networks and Computer Shopper.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Shooting Your First Canon EOS 40D Picture Chapter 2: The Canon EOS 40D Roadmap Chapter 3: Setting Up Your EOS 40D Chapter 4: Getting the Right Exposure Chapter 5: Photography with Your EOS 40D Chapter 6: Working with Lenses Chapter 7: Working with Light Chapter 8: Downloading and Editing Chapter 9: Troubleshooting Your Canon EOS 40D Appendix A: Upgrading to the Canon EOS 40D Glossary

Product Details

ISBN:
9781598635102
Author:
Busch, David D.
Publisher:
Course Technology
Author:
Busch
Subject:
Information Theory
Subject:
Techniques - Digital
Subject:
Photography
Subject:
Digital techniques
Subject:
Machine Theory
Subject:
Canon digital cameras
Subject:
Photography -- Digital techniques.
Copyright:
Publication Date:
November 2007
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
324
Dimensions:
9.03x7.44x.78 in. 1.96 lbs.

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