A Short Course in Canon Powershot G9 Photography book/ebook
This book/eBook package is your guide to getting more interesting and creative photos with the 12 megapixel Canon Powershot G9. It discusses every camera setting on this high-quality camera in a clear, well-illustrated style, with many integrated tips and QuickSteps, but it also does much more. You'll also learn the concepts of photography as you learn why and when you use specific settings, not just how to set them. You'll find that this guide helps you quickly master your camera so you'll be getting the kinds of photos you hope for. The book is printed in black & white and has a well-liked spiral binding that lets the book lie flat or be folded back. The accompanying eBook on a CD disc is a printable and searchable full-color version of the same book in Adobe's popular PDF format. It can be printed out in whole or part and read on a PC or Mac using the free Acrobat Reader or any current Web browser. This eBook also includes clickable links to 50 or so interactive animations that illustrate the core concepts of digital photography such as exposure compensation, lens focal lengths, histograms, and much, much more. (To use these animations you do need an Internet connection.) Just some of the things you'll learn are how to take pictures in fully automatic point and shoot mode and how your camera captures digital images; how to play back and manage your images; how to use buttons, dials, and menus; control image size and quality, including using the popular and very high-quality RAW format; shoot continuously, use all of the camera s exposure modes and exposure controls to get photos that show the scene exactly as it is, or as you want to interpret it; use histograms for the best possible exposures; see how to control sharpness in your photographs; and how to use focus, depth-of-field, sharpness, softness, and blur creatively. Learn all about light and color and how to use them creatively. Understand how they change throughout the day and seasons, how they are affected by the weather, and how light's direction and quality affects highlights and shadows. See how to set white balance to capture colors the way you see them. Learn how to use your zoom lens creatively when photographing scenery, interiors, people, and very small subjects. See how to creatively use the built-in, and optional external flash, indoors and out and in good light and bad and how to use studio lighting for product shots and portraits. Explore little known but essential flash techniques such fill and slow sync flash. Finally, see how to use panoramic and continuous photography; shoot movies and record sounds; control tone, sharpness and hue; shoot in black & white; customize the camera to better suit your shooting style; and enter a print order.
A Short Course in Canon Powershot G9 Photography book/ebook Accessories
 Canon PowerShot G9 12.1MP Digital Camera with 6x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom
Canon NB-2LH Rechargeable Battery Pack for Digital Rebel XT/XTi, PowerShot S30/40/45/50/60/70/80, G7 & G9 Digital Cameras
SanDisk 4 GB Extreme III SDHC Card with MicroMate USB 2.0 Reader (SDSDRX3-4096-A21, Retail Package)
Canon LA-DC58H Conversion Lens Adapter for Canon G7 & G9 Digital Cameras
Canon PSC-5000 Semi-Hard Leather Case for the Canon G7 and G9 Digital Cameras
PhotoBert Photo CheatSheet for Canon PowerShot G9 Digital Camera
Canon TC-DC58C Tele Converter Lens for Canon A650IS, G7 & G9 Digital Cameras
Canon WC-DC58B Wide Converter Lens for Canon A650IS, G7 & G9 Digital Cameras
Canon PowerShot Digital Field Guide
Canon PowerShot G9 ClearTouch Anti-Glare Screen Protector (Single Pack)
A Short Course in Canon Powershot G9 Photography book/ebook Reviews
Worth every penny. After reading some of the reviews about this book not being specific enough to the Canon G 9, I decided to see for myself. This is a "must have" for any G9 owner. Would have been nice to have it in color and printed on better grade of paper, but the content is the important thing and it is very specific to the G9. I am glad I did as I don't see how it could get any more specific.
I'm quite happy with this book so far and am glad I got it. I am going page by page, and am already discovering things I didn't know this camera would do. I think that is true of all "how to" books. It is certainly more helpful than the shamefully tiny abridged manual that comes with the camera. This book expands on the manual a lot and gives you info, in understandable language,that Canon doesn't. It makes much more sense when I have my camera right there and try the features. I find the book reasonably easy to follow. This was not a "cheap" camera, and I think Canon could afford to include a better manual.
I've gotten better manuals with $20 software. I don't think you can just read it and understand, at least I can't. While I haven't read all the way through this book yet, I have learned a lot so far. I'm a novice to intermediate camera buff.
For those of us outside the USA without a printed manual , this book really helps to bring out an understanding of the advanced features. I had expected the book to be more generic like the "Canon Powershot , A Digital Field Guide" but this author has made every effort to relate the sections to the subject camera. My copy arrived wet thorough thanks to my postman so I wasn't in the best of moods when I first attacked its pages.
I actually bought two of his books based on information from his website and was really disappointed. I just wish I had gotten my money back on this turkey before my return for refund time was up.
Several publishers put out a Canon Powershot cameras guide book much better bound and with color photos that is as good or better than this book. He uses the same boilerplate digital photography information and adds the Canon specific settings just like Magic Lantern guide books.
I thought I was getting a Canon G9 specific digital camera book and was disappointed with the not only the lack of Canon G9 specific information but also the quality of the printing and binding of book. If this is what you want and what nyou need there are several publishers that deliver more camera specific information and far better presentation and clarity of material for $15 to $20 less money through Amazon or Barnes and Noble. Curtin writes the same information for 90% of his books and covers a bit Canon G9 specific settings and information.
The accuracy of his digital photography information is good which why I was generous enough to give him 2 stars but the printing is photocopied double sided laser jet paper and mediocre black and white photographs. For $37 you can get far better books on the Canon Powershot series of digital cameras.
Very useful and complete guide to using the G9 along with some basic instruction in photography techniques. The included cd provides the text and photos in color. The wire bound book is in black and white and this is the only reason this book gets 4 stars instead of 5.
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