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Rainstir
27th of October 2008 (Mon), 01:20
I'm looking to further my beginner knowlage of DSLR. I have recently bought a 50d kit. It takes great pics but I don't seem to make shots like I have seen by others with the same camera. Hence I need to learn more. Could folks suggest some books I could study to improve my skills with DSLR photography.

bw!
FlyingPhotog
27th of October 2008 (Mon), 01:26
Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson would be a good read.

Nice alternative use of the "Book Worthy" icon!
Karlo
27th of October 2008 (Mon), 06:42
Understanding Exposure by Bryan Peterson would be a good read.

Nice alternative use of the "Book Worthy" icon!


+1 on that ... I just got it and red it in two days its just so interesting and really does give you a new look on things ! :)
Rainstir
27th of October 2008 (Mon), 09:01
Thanks! I will order it today.
PFDarkside
27th of October 2008 (Mon), 09:07
When I bought my XSi, the first two books I bought were Understanding Exposure and David Busch's 450D/XSi guide. I don't know if his 50D book is out yet, but when it is it'll cover absolutely every technical aspect of the camera in an easy to understand format. I now feel like I have complete command of the camera (just my technique creative side that needs work now;))
JIJ123
27th of October 2008 (Mon), 19:51
+1 from me too...I am looking forward to reading Bryan Petersen's other book - Understanding shutter speed

+1 on that ... I just got it and red it in two days its just so interesting and really does give you a new look on things ! :)
luigis
27th of October 2008 (Mon), 20:05
Understanding exposure is a very nice book but is too based on film, the author suggests and uses apertures such as F22 that on a digital camera would make the IQ horrible due to diffraction.
Great reading as long as you know the differences between film and the digital world.

Luigi
FlyingPhotog
28th of October 2008 (Tue), 01:11
Understanding exposure is a very nice book but is too based on film, the author suggests and uses apertures such as F22 that on a digital camera would make the IQ horrible due to diffraction.
Great reading as long as you know the differences between film and the digital world.

Luigi

Fairly certain that diffraction is a lens related issue...
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/u-diffraction.shtml

The concepts in Understanding Exposure are the same for either film or digital.

Shutter - Aperture - ISO When, why and how to adjust any/all for optimal image capture.
luigis
28th of October 2008 (Tue), 11:35
Whatever lenses the author used when the book was written behave different than the lenses we use today in digital photography.
The book is full of quotes such as "to render everything sharp I dialed F22 and then adjusted the exposure time..."
Those are missleading to new DSLR users because at F22 the IQ is very bad.

Luigi

Fairly certain that diffraction is a lens related issue...
http://www.luminous-landscape.com/tutorials/understanding-series/u-diffraction.shtml

The concepts in Understanding Exposure are the same for either film or digital.

Shutter - Aperture - ISO When, why and how to adjust any/all for optimal image capture.
Cali Agent
29th of October 2008 (Wed), 07:00
The PHOTOGRAPHERS EYE by Michael Freeman.

Great book and helped me alot with composition.
SuzyView
29th of October 2008 (Wed), 07:03
Besides reading the manual that came with the camera, the Bryan Peterson book was very useful to me at first. If you are truly a newbie and need to get used to the camera, the manual is the best tool. If you want to know how to mess around with buttons, it's very useful to have a tutorial like Understanding Exposure, but the best book I've found recently for post processing is Scott Kelby's software books. Everything you need to do within reason is in that book as far as from camera to print.