KODAK Guide to Digital Photography

By Rob Sheppard

Following in the footsteps of the best-selling KODAK Guide to 35mm Photography comes a comprehensive guide with something for every digital photographer--be it an amateur looking for new techniques or a seasoned pro who's brushing up. Written by a highly respected editor of PCPhoto and Outdoor Photographer magazines, its authoritative text helps readers choose the right camera, understand the workings of the camera's sensor, master exposure measuring techniques, and determine the best shutter speed and aperture combinations for shooting various subjects. There's an expert discussion of white balance and lighting, from daylight to artificial setups to flash photography, and entire chapters devoted to filters, close-up photography, and action shots. Finally, get practical information on digital file types, downloading, retouching, image processing, converting RAW files, and storing and retrieving images. This book has it all!

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579909698
• ISBN13: 9781579909697
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent digital photography book

This is a superb book for digital photographers. The book has an almost encyclopedic scope, and the level of detail in the individual entries is just right, with very little redundancy. Highly recommended!

Insight to D-SLR Photography

This is an excellent resource for those just venturing into SLR digital photography all the way to the enthusiast.

A concise trove of reliable information

Written with digital in mind throughout, this is a wealth of *accurate* information about what matters (and what doesn't) regarding different types of cameras, lenses, megapixels, ISO, noise, internal camera processing, composition, white balance, and much more. It has the best and most complete explanation of digital sensors that I have seen. (Most of the camera comparison spreadsheets I've seen in magazines seem to list every feature BUT the sensor and "crop factor." Those are important when selecting a D-SLR, as far as I'm concerned, because I want to know what lenses I will need, another thing explained in this book.) There is a crash course in Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. It also covers basics such as how to hold a camera and release the shutter so that your slow shots don't blur. This gave me a satifying feeling of having learned a lot, and that's what I liked about it so much. It's upbeat and encouraging: he has a tendency to explain the bright side of things that may seem daunting to a beginner, such as Photoshop. He encourages individuality and discusses how to make a photograph, as opposed to just making a copy of a scene. I started reading this in a bookstore, and two hours went by before I knew it.

Best teacher

This book will be a teacher to all photographers,new and others trying to improve on already known facts about digital photography.