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David Busch's Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Guide to Digital SLR Photography | 
| Author: David D. Busch
Publisher: Course Technology PTR
Category: Book
List Price: $29.99
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 10084
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 311
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 1598635786
Dewey Decimal Number: 775
EAN: 9781598635782
ASIN: 1598635786
Publication Date: June 25, 2008
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Product Description
As the new owner of a Digital Rebel XSi/450 you are serious about photography and want to take professional-looking photographs. You also want to quickly and easily discover how, when, and why to use the most important features of your cutting-edge camera. "Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450 Guide to Digital SLR Photography" provides you with a concise guide to the essential functions and features of the Digital Rebel XSi/450, teaching you how to select the best autofocus mode, shutter speed, f/stop, or flash capability to take perfect pictures of any kind under any conditions. Brimming with full-color images and examples, this book will help photographers of any level enhance their digital photography skills and techniques. You will also learn how to edit and enhance your photographs, as well as troubleshooting tips to maintain the condition of your Digital Rebel XSi/450 and its accessories.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
great book! November 23, 2008
Rutu Mehta (San Diego, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a glorified manual.. which is exactly what one needs if they have a good photographic eye, but are not sure how to work the camera with their artistic angle... Lots of details and pictures! Love this book!
 More readable than the manual November 2, 2008
Karen L. Vandewater (Jackson, MI USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Most of the information I found in this book was similar to the manual but in a format that made it easier to understand.
Dave Busch's Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Guide to Digital Photography October 24, 2008
William Kerns
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Helpful in clarifying the manual furnished with the camera. Unfamiliar terminology is sometimes used in this guide as it is in the manual. Believe it would be improved with a little more "how to" prose.
Style of writing subpar October 22, 2008
Amused
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Busch's Xsi Guide is comprehensive, covering many topics in greater detail than the manual. However I found his writing style to be extremely bland. Granted, I understand this is a technical manual of sorts. But even still, Busch's writing skill is average at best. A wide reader of books may instantly feel annoyed once they delve into the first few pages of the book, as if they are in for a boring ride.
I find it akin to the level of writing found in those e-books online you can purchase on topics which include Get Rich Quick, Gain 10 pounds of muscle in 2 weeks, Winning the Lottery, etc.
Maybe I'm just being picky, but I always found 4.5 star-Amazon-rated book purchases to be a very entertaining and educating read. This one was not.
 Very helpful supplement to the manual September 18, 2008
Raymond W. Wolfgang
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
As one reviewer put it, this is a glorified manual - but that is the strength of this book, and I recommend it highly to beginners, intermediate users and anyone who is "manual challenged." The book goes beyond the manual, however, in discussing lighting, for example, lenses, maintenance, and updating the firmware. None of this additional material is going to do anything for a professional or an advanced amateur, but will be very helpful to all us lesser photographers.
A new Canon XSi user, I wanted to change a camera setting on several occasions, could not find the instructions in the manual or locate the menu item or button, but promptly got the help I needed in this book. I don't go anyhwere without it.
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