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Summary: Great for quick information.
Comment: I'd have to say this book is an excellent purchase for people who want to learn how to improve the look of their photos quickly rather than tedious work, trying to find 10 books on everything that's involved with digital photography.
This book may not be for the advanced user. But even still, I've read over 50 books on photography and digital photography - and I still found things I did not know in this book. All helpful info of course. There was some humor in the book, but instead of looking at it as a defect or flaw, I see it as an out of norm that makes the book less like a text book.
Really any book on photography will be a little differ from another, and this one gave me some new ideas for adjustments to make with my normal work. I highly recommend this book and the first book by scott kelby.
My favorite books are the digital photography books by Rick Sammon but they each are at the moment 30 dollars and there are 4 of them so either these two or those four are my recommendations.
Rick's books are much larger and many many more pictures but for scott's price of less than 20 dollars, you really can't argue that it's not worth the buy. (because it certainly is)
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Summary: Good info
Comment: Lots of good info in this book but I would classify it more as a reference or tip book. He's pretty comical and writes about 1/2 a page of info concerning each topic he's telling you about. He gives you pointers and when telling you about items that will make your life more simple he knows that not everyone can afford the best so he gives you a middle item and a cheap item. Usually adding prices too.
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Summary: Not recommended.
Comment: The tips found in this book are mostly intuitive and doesn't need one or two pages to be explained, they all can be found pretty easily on the Internet. Also, a better sense of humor (or no jokes at all) would have made this book easier to read.
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Summary: Scott did it again. Excellent Book.
Comment: Excellent book if you can read through Scott's sense of humor, or lack of it at times. Gives lots of terrific tips and techniques. Try them all at least once. You'll be a better photographer for it.
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Summary: Buy This Book!
Comment: Fast, effective, "go to" book! Need to de-mystify how to fire your flash remotely...it's in there; Need to know about ISO settings and why important....it's in there! The 2nd edition has got everything that you CAN'T find in the user manual in a logical, easy to understand format!
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