Customer Reviews
Excellent purchase - By: Craig Reilly, 06 Jan 2009 
I received this book just before January & have read it cover to cover already, as I've not put it down. Bryan Peterson writes this so clearly to understand & you really do get a few moments of "Wow that really makes sense". And since reading it, I look even more forward to going out & taking more creative exposures.
Not up to date - more for film than digital - By: Ion Paciu, 28 Dec 2008 
I was hoping to broaden my knowledge of exposure, spot metering, how to meter, how meters work, however this book is more about of a series of pictures with camera setting details, rather than an educational tutorial . If you are a total beginner it might worth it, not for advanced photographers. Also, I was under the impression that it's more for film shooters than the digital. Quite poor & not up to date.
Buy this one! - By: Mrs. S. M. Macandrew, 08 Dec 2008 After a long time away from SLR's I needed a quick refresher & this relatively inexpensive book wipes the floor with other more expensive ones I purchased. Its easy to read, has practically everything you need to know. The practice lessons are very useful too. It helped me enormously & I'm sure beginners & old hands alike will find it indispensable. If there were 6 stars I'd give them.
Superb for the beginner to DSLR - By: C. Sanders, 28 Oct 2008 I cannot emphasise enough how well this book sets out the basics of DSLR photography. I am on my first DSLR & to be honest knew nothing about aperture, shutter speed & ISO & how the 3 interelate. This book sets these out so clearly that the layman can understand. Been wondering how/when to use the P, M, A or S buttons on your camera
?, This explains it perfectly, & gives nice glossy examples of a scene when you would use f/4 vs f/22. I also have the David Busch book to "replace" the manual, but this far exceeds what you can learn from that. Both good booksin their own right.
Fantastic book for DSLR beginners! - By: Eamonn Bolger, 13 Sep 2008 In a nutshell - this is everything you need as a DSLR beginner. Concise, to the point, and, quite simply, well explained. You won't get better. Buy this book if you want to progress quickly & understand the manual settings on your DSLR.
