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    Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera

    Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera

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    Author: Bryan Peterson
    Publisher: Amphoto Books
    Category: Book

    Buy New: £21.22



    New (3) Used (3) from £8.69

    Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 71 reviews
    Sales Rank: 1750

    Media: Paperback
    Edition: Revised edition
    Number Of Items: 1
    Pages: 160
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
    Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.2 x 0.4

    ISBN: 0817463003
    Dewey Decimal Number: 771
    EAN: 9780817463007
    ASIN: 0817463003

    Publication Date: August 1, 2004
    Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
    Shipping: International shipping available
    Condition: Ships from US; Please allow 14-24 business days for your book to arrive in the UK. Reliable customer service and no-hassle return policy. / Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera Revised Edition

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    Customer Reviews:   Read 66 more reviews...

    5 out of 5 stars Superb for the beginner to DSLR   October 28, 2008
     1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    I cannot emphasise enough how well this book sets out the basics of DSLR photography. I am on my first DSLR and to be honest knew nothing about aperture, shutter speed and ISO and 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, and 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 books in their own right.



    5 out of 5 stars Fantastic book for DSLR beginners!   September 13, 2008
     1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    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 and understand the manual settings on your DSLR.


    4 out of 5 stars Good starter text   September 4, 2008
     2 out of 2 found this review helpful

    While the bias of this book leans heavily towards 35mm film cameras, with a vague nod in the direction of digital, it's still a worthwhile read. The information on aperture, shutter speed and ISO may be familiar enough, but the material on metering and exposure compensation is extremely interesting, not to mention useful. While Peterson's tendency to boast gets a little tiring (his comments discussing how he took a particular shot would be fine, if he didn't insist on showing off how quickly/well he'd done it) and occasionally his tone veers into patronising, but he clearly knows his stuff and manages to put it across in an informative and practical way. The book is reasonably useless unless you have a camera that allows you a high degree of control over settings, but if you have either a film or digitial SLR, I'd recommend you start with this text as an introduction.


    5 out of 5 stars Definetly a Great Book for Learners.   August 27, 2008
     3 out of 3 found this review helpful

    If you're new to digital photography or you think that you don't know the basics about exposure, which is very important for good pictures, you should definitely buy this book. I learned a lot about its theory. However it doesn't only tell about the theory itself but also gives practical tips and tricks, which help you understand how some wonderful pictures are taken. There are some exercises Bryan Peterson suggests doing and I found them very useful. Even if you are not able to do everything he says at the time of reading, there are pictures which show the results. So you can take it with you and read on the bus.

    It almost tells about everything but if you need a night or low light photography book it only tells about it a few pages. So if I feel I need more information about it, I would buy a different book.

    I'm very glad to buy it and it'll be always a good reference for me.

    If you're advanced photographer, you should already know about exposure and you should already take most of your pictures with correct exposures. So this is not a book for you.



    5 out of 5 stars Excellent book   August 18, 2008
     1 out of 1 found this review helpful

    I bought this book only based on its good reviews and I was not disappointed. It is written in simple, easy to understand language, it is illustrated with amazing pictures and it is full of good tips. Buy it !

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