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This title is presented in a perfect camera-bag size and includes a quick reference guide - great for on the go! It comes from UK author, David Taylor. It is strong enough to withstand the rigors of travel photography yet lightweight with simple controls and intuitive ergonomics make the EOS 6D easy to use. The powerful DIGIC 5+ image processor and the 20-mega pixel full-frame CMOS sensor combine to deliver images packed with detail, clarity, subtle and natural tonal gradation and accurate colours. Author David Taylor's comprehensive step-by-step guide includes practical tips on how to get the best from this versatile camera. Access to a wide-angle EF lenses will help the user discover new approaches to a full range of photography from landscape to interiors. The EOS 6D's HDR shooting mode preserves detail in both highlights and shadows and helps create composite images with its multiple-exposure facility. The EOS 6D has wi-fi connectivity and, coupled with an iOS and Android app, allows Live View of the image on a smartphone's screen to allow the user to trigger the shutter remotely - ideal for the wildlife and macro photography user.
Canon's new flagship camera in the Rebel Line, the Rebel T5i/EOS 700D, boasts a plethora of functions and intuitive control. At its heart is a high performance 18.0 Megapixel CMOS (APS-C) sensor and DIGIC 5 Image Processor, resulting in incredible image quality and performance. Its extensive ISO range can capture crisp, detailed images, even in low-light situations. The Hybrid CMOS autofocus system functions speedily in Live View mode, while compatibility with Canon STM lenses allows smooth, quiet AF performance. Full HD Movie mode with Movie Servo AF enables shooting of high quality movies. Seven Creative Filters, viewable in real time, puts composition control directly in the hands of the user, promising the tools to experiment with creativity.
This book is a handy field guide that goes beyonce the standard camera manual. Author David offers practical tips on how to get the best from this versatile camera. Flagged as the world's smallest and lightest DSLR camera, and an ideal model for those stepping up from a smartphone or compact camera, Canon's Rebel SL1/EOS 100D packs an impressive specification into its petite body. With its 18.0 Megapixel CMOS sensor and fast DIGIC 5 Image Processor, the camera is capable of delivering high quality images, and boasts an impressive ISO range of 100-12800 for stills and 100-6400for video. To ensure crisp and clear photos and movies, the SL1's Hybrid CMOS AF II delivers accurate AF tracking during Live View shooting. The SL1 has an Optical Viewfinder in addition to a bright, wide Touch Screen 3.0" Clear View LCD monitor II. Special scene modes and Creative Filters are available in real-time display.
This is the perfect reference to help maximise the potential of Sony's A500 & A550 cameras for keen enthusiasts/amateurs and semi-professionals. It has perfect camera-bag size and includes a quick reference guide - great for on the go! This is the latest in the highly successful "The Expanded Guide" series, from a UK author. Written by expert photographers, "Ammonite's The Expanded Guides" explain each featured camera in complete detail, providing a comprehensive user's manual that includes: a step-by-step guide to the camera's basic and advanced functions, professional guidance, advice and practical tips on getting the most out of your model and a pull-out quick-reference card. This title focuses on the A500 and A550, Sony's digital SLRs for keen enthusiasts/amateurs and semi-professionals. Both models feature a 3-inch LCD screen, SteadyShot INSIDE, Quick AF Live View, high-speed autofocus, rapid continuous shooting, facility to connect to HD Ready TV and much more.
This is a comprehensive user's manual to the world's most compact full-format digital camera system. It includes a step-by-step guide to the camera, professional guidance, advice and practical tips, as well as a pull-out quick-reference guide card. With a price tag that places it in the realm of the aficionado who appreciates fine quality and stylish good looks, the Leica M9 is the world's most compact full-format digital camera system and carries the 100-year heritage of the original Ur-Leica film camera into the digital age. Written by expert photographers, "Ammonite's Expanded Guide" to the camera explains it in complete detail, providing a comprehensive user's manual that includes a step-by-step guide to the camera's basic and advanced functions, professional guidance, advice and practical tips, as well as a pull-out quick-reference guide card. Professional photographer David Taylor explains how to get the very best from this modern classic.
The EOS 70D is a mid-range SLR for enthusiast photographers that is an upgrade to the EOS 60D. It borrows many of the best elements from Canon's existing SLRs, including the autofocus sensor from the EOS 7D, the articulated touchscreen from the EOS 700D (Rebel T5i), and built-in Wi-Fi from the EOS 6D. Inside, however, is a new sensor that offers 20.2MP resolution, but uses a Dual Pixel CMOS AF design in which each pixel is split into two separately-readable photodiodes, capable of phase detection autofocus in Live View and movie mode, working across 80% of the frame in very low light levels and apertures down to F11. The camera functions as a conventional SLR, too, using a 19-point AF sensor for viewfinder shooting. Capable of firing off shots at 7fps for up to 65 frames in JPEG or 16 in RAW, its standard ISO range covers 100 - 12800, with ISO 25600 as an expanded option. Image processing is via a DIGIC 5+ processor. It has a full set of external controls to operate most key functions, with the Quick Control screen covering most other functions. It features an excellent touchscreen interface.
The Four Thirds system is an innovative, open standard for digital SLR cameras that is designed to optimize their size, performance, compatibility and extendibility. Standardization of lens mounts enables photographers to mix and match interchangeable lenses and camera bodies from different makers. Because lenses traditionally optimized for film cameras don't always perform well with the digital camera's image sensor (the device that captures light in the form of electrical signals) the Four Thirds system, introduced by Olympus and Kodak, was the first digital-dedicated design. This authoritative guide from professional photographer David Taylor gives in-depth, jargon-free information on the pros and cons of this pioneering system. It includes reviews of popular Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds cameras as well as advice on choosing lenses and accessories, guidance on exposure and flash and practical tips on lighting and camera care.
This is a comprehensive user's manual to a camera suitable for both enthusiasts and professionals alike. It provides practical advice, tips and professional guidance. Written by expert photographers, "Ammonite's The Expanded Guides" explain each featured camera in complete detail, providing a comprehensive user's manual that includes a step-by-step guide to the camera's basic and advanced functions, professional guidance, advice on lenses and accessories and practical tips on lighting and camera care. Canon's G12 is the latest model in the PowerShot G-series of compact digital cameras, widely used by enthusiasts and professionals alike. This guide provides the information needed to get the best from the camera and features a pull-out quick reference guide card.
The Rebel T4i/EOS 650D is the latest in a long line of Rebel/XXXD series of DSLR cameras that began with the Digital Rebel/300D camera of 2003. The Rebel T4i/EOS 650D builds on the strengths of its predecessors, making it the most refined model in the series to date. The camera features some intriguing new technology: the most significant change is the Hybrid CMOS AF system that improves the speed of focus when shooting still-images and movies in Live View. It's also the first Canon DSLR that can continuously autofocus when recording movies. Sound is important to the shooting of movies, and the Rebel T4i/EOS 650D is equipped with a stereo microphone (a first for the Rebel series) as well as a jack to plug in an external microphone. The Rebel T4i/EOS 650D is also the first Canon DSLR to feature a touch-sensitive LCD. Virtually all of the camera's operations can be set using the 3in. (7.7cm) LCD rather than using the physical buttons on the camera body. This includes setting menu functions, selecting the focus point in Live View and even firing the shutter once focus has been locked.
To make the use of the LCD easier, the panel is hinged and can be set in a variety of positions allowing the camera to be used overhead or down low, close to the ground, more easily.
To make the use of the LCD easier, the panel is hinged and can be set in a variety of positions allowing the camera to be used overhead or down low, close to the ground, more easily.
Written by experts, "Ammonite's Expanded Guides" cover all the capabilities of each featured camera. Jargon free and in full-colour, this title covers Sony's A230, A330, & A380 DSLR cameras. The A230 is one of the lightest DSLRs on the market, and features an APS-C sized image sensor and in-body image stabilisation. Fewer buttons and an interface on the 2.7-inch LCD screen offers a choice of six Scene Selection modes. The A330 and A380's LCD screen tilts up or down, increasing options for comfortable shooting. The A330 and A380 also feature Quick AF Live View, combining the benefits of live image preview with autofocus. Imaging quality is superb, thanks to the APS-C sized CCD sensor working with the BIONZ image processing engine. The BIONZ processor allows continuous shooting at up to 2.5 fps (2 fps in Live View mode, A380 only). Self-timer drive mode grabs a burst of 3 or 5 frames. All three models feature SteadyShot INSIDE for clearer pictures when shooting handheld, and connect to any HD Ready TV. PhotoTV HD support ensures excellent still image reproduction on compatible BRAVIA models and allows control of slideshow and other playback functions using a TV remote.
Alternatively, the camera's optional Memory Stick can be used to share images with other HD viewing possibilities.
Alternatively, the camera's optional Memory Stick can be used to share images with other HD viewing possibilities.
The PowerShot G1 X is the latest and, arguably, the greatest of the 'G' series of compact cameras produced by Canon, aimed at advanced amateur and professional photographers, has achieved through tactile controls, a wide range of creative functions and a more functional design aesthetic. The G1 X is well specified, with logical, easy-to-use controls. UK Author David Taylor's comprehensive step-by-step guide includes practical tips on how to get the best from this versatile camera.