Canon EOS 40D Guide to Digital Photography

Product Description:
As the new owner of Canon's most advanced intermediate digital SLR, you want to get started taking professional-looking photographs using all of the exciting features at your fingertips. "Canon EOS 40D Guide to Digital SLR Photography" is a concise introduction and guide to your camera's essential controls and functions, such as Live View, built-in dust reduction, and the blistering 6.5-frames-per-second continuous shooting mode that is an action photographer’s dream. The book provides detailed instructions showing you how, when, and why to make optimized settings with the Canon EOS 40D’s enhanced menus, which include a half-dozen versatile new custom functions.You'll learn about the camera's improved automatic focus, flash synchronization tricks, how to choose lenses that will provide the perspective and effects you want, and which exposure modes are ideal for each picture-taking opportunity.Packed with full-color images and examples that illustrate the recommended techniques and settings for your Canon EOS 40D, this book helps photographers of any skill level begin maximizing their equipment as soon as you open the cover!

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Customer Reviews

Rating: - Handy guide
This was my first Digital SLR camera so most of the controls were new to me.I found this book to be more instructional than the owners manual.If you need a reference to take you through the full spectrum of this cameras capabilities then I recommend this book to you.
Rating: - Very Pleased
This is a really good manual and not just a book with pictures.Although it does get into the usual photography techniques, its detailed information on the camera itself is more thorough than others I've read for other cameras.5 stars for the content, presentation, and the fair price.
Rating: - Very readable, but basically a rewrite of the manual
I upgraded to the 40D from the 30D, and decided to get this book hoping to add to what I had learned from reading the Canon manual. While this book is well laid out and well written, it does not contain any new knowledge. In addition, a good part of it is devoted to basic photography, not the 40D itself.
If you are new to the XXD series cameras, you can add a star to my review and I would recommend this book. But coming from the 30D, I should have saved my money and put it towards my next ... Read More
Rating: - The #1 Authoritative Guide for the 40D
With any new camera, it becomes difficult to try and understand all of the features and functions. The manual that comes with this Canon camera just does not seem sufficient to give all of the details. Canon EOS 40D Guide to Digital Photography is a great companion to the owners' manual as it provides details and real world examples of how features should be set or at a minimum what they do.

After a few frustrating picture taking experiences, I decided to purchase this book. Since reading ... Read More
Rating: - Canon EOS 40D Guide by Busch
I now can appreciate the earlier review by Susan (many reviews ago - page back to see it) in pointing out a serious error in the Busch book "Canon EOS 40D". I agree with her completely, in spite of the flack that she has received from other reviewers subsequently. Her's is the only review that I have been able to find on the entire web that has pointed out this serious error - she should be congratulated, not criticized!

I only wish I had seen her review before I purchased the book months ... Read More