David Busch's Compact Field Guide for the Sony Alpha SLT-A55/A35/A33 (David Busch's Digital Photography Guides)
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David Busch's Compact Field Guide for the Sony Alpha SLT-A55/A35/A33 (David Busch's Digital Photography Guides) Details
From the Author Just the essentials for your Sony Alpha SLT-A55/A35/A33When a command card doesn't provide enough information, and a small camera guide has too much padding, pull this Compact Field Guide for your Sony Alpha SLT out of your camera bag and get the advice and recommendations you need quickly.I don't believe you can have too much of a good thing, but readers who have been using my 400-page in-depth guides (individually tailored for each of these cameras) to master their Sony Alpha SLT have asked me to distill the most essential information into a portable field guide for on-the-go reference. In the approximately 150 pages of this lay-flat, spiral-bound book, you'll find in-depth descriptions of every control, menu option, and capability of the SLT-A55, SLT-A35, and SLT-A33. Each choice is accompanied by my recommendations and a description of when you should or should not use a particular setting. There are six no-nonsense chapters:Quick Setup Guide. You -- or someone you loan your SLT camera to -- can set up the key exposure, autofocus, and other settings in minutes with the step-by-step instructions in this chapter.Streetsmart Sony Alpha Roadmap. Can't recall what a particular button or dial does, or don't remember how to access bracketing or another feature you seldom use? This chapter has photos of every control and a description of how to use it.Menu Settings. Command cards and cheat sheets provide a menu listing and a recap of each of the menu options. This chapter explains how to use them, too.Using Flash. Reference guide to working with the Sony Alpha's internal flash, and Sony's external units.Shooting Movies. I've managed to squeeze in instructions on using the Alpha's advanced movie-making capabilities, along with tips on shooting better movies in the field.Shooting Tips. Pages and pages of tables listing settings recommendations for a variety of situations, such as stage performances, long exposures, landscapes, and portraits.I know many SLT owners are buying both my "big book" for their particular camera and this Compact Field Guide, which summarizes the operations of both, so they're equipped with the information they need whether at home or on-the-go. Sit down with me, and we can explore these great cameras together. It's an exhilarating ride! Read more About the Author With more than a 1.5 million books in print, David D. Busch is the world's #1 selling digital camera guide author, and the originator of popular series like David Busch's Pro Secrets, David Busch's Compact Field Guides, and David Busch's Quick Snap Guides. He has written dozens of hugely successful guidebooks for digital camera models, including the all-time #1 best-sellers for many Sony models, additional user guides for other camera models, as well as many popular books devoted to digital cameras, including Mastering Digital SLR Photography, Third Edition and Digital SLR Pro Secrets.As a roving photojournalist for more than 20 years, he illustrated his books, magazine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. He's operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His articles and photographs have appeared in Popular Photography & Imaging, The Rangefinder, The Professional Photographer, and hundreds of other publications. He's also reviewed dozens of digital cameras for CNet and Computer Shopper, and his advice has been featured on NPR's All Tech Considered. Read more
Reviews
I purchased this field guide to supplement the author's Sony Alpha SLT-A55/A33 Guide to Digital Photography, which is absolutely necessary in order to fully understand all of the camera's "bells and whistles" and their proper uses. The tiny pictogram booklet provided by Sony is simply inadequate. It shows "what and where" but provides very little "why". David's book does all that and more, but it is a tad on the bulky side and won't fit in my camera bag. The Field Guide does. The dimensions listed are for the larger, more comprehensive book. The actual dimensions of the Field Guide are 8.1 X 5.75 inches. While not as comprehensive as the full book, it hits the high points and serves the role as reminder more than adequately, which is what field guides are supposed to do, and much better than the Sony provided booklet. The lay-flat spiral binding is a great feature. As long as the wind isn't blowing too hard, all you'll need in the field is a flat surface to put it on, and it will remain open to the page or pages you need, thus freeing your hands and allowing you to concentrate on photography. Indispensable, and a real bargain here at Amazon.
