Digital Camera: Nikon D80 Digital Field Guide

This is a great book; in colour and printed to a good standard. The content is perfectly pitched. It explains in detail all the myriad of functions that the D80 offers and more importantly why and when you should use them. The second half of the book is a more generic set of photographic tips for a number of photographic scenarios (e.g. events, sport, wildlife, fireworks etc) that could apply to using any camera, but mention some D80 features that might be of particular benefit in each situation. The book is definitely aimed at the user and is not a deeply technical discussion on optoelectronics.

It is clearly the intention of the authors that this book should be a true field guide as it will easily fit in most larger camera bags as a quick reference. However I personally am content to read this well written book at home and absorb its wise words at my leisure, rather than rifle through it when trying to take a difficult shot on location.

In short this book really delivers.

At last a manual that helps posted on 2008-04-29

I have bought a number of camera manuals over the years from Lantern guides to Hove foto books, and they have all really done little more than re-hash the camera manual. The Digital Field guide starts with the manual and simplifies it and pulls out lots of useful customisation settings on the D80. It very quickly helps you around all the key featrures of the camera, then digs deeper into some key areas of operation. It is clearly and logiclly written and with lots of clean illustrations. The latter half is made up of a lot of general photography tips and an experienced photographer may skip a lot of this section, although I have to put my hand up and admit it refreshed me on a couple of key elements around flash. If you have bought a D80 and have spent hours poring over the manual this will be a welcome aid to getting the most out of what is a very capable camera, I can highly recommend it.

Good book for a Beginning and Experienced Photographer posted on 2008-04-08

I am always weary of instruction manuals etc. I much rather go out with my new camera, take photo's and learn from my own mistakes with photograhy.

I found this book extremely useful. He wrote the book extremely well.

It is good for both beginners and experience photographers, that you were not 'idiots' nor being 'thick'.

D80 Owner (amateur!) posted on 2008-03-24

Great book for anyone starting out with a D80! I'm usually the type of person who doesn't have the patience to sit down with an instruction manual or book. I'd rather just get my hands on the hardware and mess around until I've figured it all out. So David Busch's D80 digital field guide was a first.
Despite my phobia of instruction manuals and guides, I have really enjoyed studying all the useful information in this book. I would certainly recommend this book to any new D80 owner (or to a D80 owner who wants to polish up on their photography skills). It not only gets into the nitty-gritty of the D80 but also provides a great introduction to photogrpahy in general.

Worth it posted on 2008-01-15

This is a really useful book - I am very glad I got it. I found the manual that comes with the D80 to be extremely limited and hard to use, this takes everything much further and has some really useful explanations and tips. The D80 has so many functions and settings and intuition alone is not going to enable you make the most of all of them. As you've spent £500+ on the camera package, I think it's worth a few extra pounds to really know how to use the camera, even if you're experienced in photography. As it says on the label, this book explains how to use the D80's multitide of controls to achieve what you want while also being small enough to fit in your bag.

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