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Canon EOS Rebel XSi/450D Digital Field Guide Your Digital Rebel XSi/450D, with its 12.2 megapixel resolution, 3-inch view screen, and the option for “Live View” shooting, is designed for simplicity without sacrificing creative freedom. This guide is ideal for helping you use that creative control and get great shots anywhere, anytime. If you’re new to dSLRs, it makes the transition easy. If you’re already comfortable with the various modes and settings, the book helps you make the most of every one.
- Set up your camera and learn when to choose automatic, semi-automatic, and manual modes
- Understand the camera’s controls, menus, and when to use different metering and autofocus modes
- Explore Canon Picture Styles and custom functions
- Learn to manipulate ISO, exposure, depth of field, and shutter speed
- Create intriguing night and low-light images, capture sports action, portraits, and get tips for better macro photography
Customer Review: Great Guide
Well written, excellent guide for the Canon Rebel XSi. Many of the features that were unclear in the user manual are clearly explained in this guide. After reading this book, I have a much better understanding of my XSi than before, even though I read the user’s manual from cover to cover. This book is easy to understand and will put you in touch with all the features the XSi has to offer.
Customer Review: Less helpful than owner’s manual
I bought this book based on the reviews of the author’s “field guide” on the XTi, which were quite positive, with only a few critics. Usually, that’s enough to steer me away if there’s another choice, but I thought since there were so many positive reviews, the book must be pretty good. I was very disappointed, however, and I agree with the analysis of those critics of the XTi book.
If you’re looking for a version of the owner’s manual that’s larger and in full color, you might be happy with this “field guide”, but if you’re looking for something to help you take advantage of what the XSi can do (i.e. tips and techniques), you’ll be disappointed too. It was actually less helpful to me than the owner’s manual was. For example, I’m new to SLRs (as most of the audience for this book should be), and I didn’t know very much about the 4 metering modes that this camera offers. Both the owner’s manual and this book describe what they do, but only the owner’s manual gives a recommendation (spot metering and center-weighted average are labeled “for advanced users”). Perhaps Lowrie wouldn’t agree with that, but at least it’s something besides the nuts & bolts.
I can’t imagine how Lowrie went about taking up so much space without saying something valuable, or even subjective, about this camera. Perhaps it was all the “full color photos”. I also can’t imagine ever bringing this “field guide” into “the field”. I’d much sooner stick the owner’s guide in my back pocket. I found Lowrie’s blog much more informative and useful than this book.
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