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Nikon D5000 For Dummies
By: Julie Adair KingeBook Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
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Full-color guide to everything you need to get the most out of your Nikon D5000!
The Nikon D5000 packs a lot of punch into a camera that beginners will love, and now you can pack an equal amount of punch into the digital photographs you take with your new Nikon. Whether you want to understand the D5000's new exposure settings or learn photography basics such as aperture, shutter speed, and downloading photos, this book delivers. Walks you through the new Nikon D5000's features, including a 12.3 megapixel sensor, 19 auto-exposure modes, and a swivel viewfinder Shows beginners who may be new to DSLR cameras how to take good digital photographs-from using the right settings for things like sunsets, candelight, or portraits-to downloading to your computer and printing Demonstrates beginning to advanced techniques with over 200 full-color photos, giving you plenty of great ideas of what you can accomplish Offers practical tips and ideas from two expert digital photographers and authors
Don't be intimidated by your new digital camera! This friendly For Dummies guide will get you up and running in no time.
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| Title of eBook: Nikon D5000 For Dummies | |
| Release Date: 07-14-2009 | |
| Publisher: For Dummies |
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Nikon D5000 For Dummies
Chapter One
Getting the Lay of the Land
In This Chapter
* Attaching and using an SLR lens
* Adjusting the viewfinder to your eyesight
* Working with memory cards
* Getting acquainted with your camera
* Selecting from menus
* Displaying onscreen help
* Customizing basic operations
I still remember the day that I bought my first SLR film camera. I was excited to finally move up from my one-button point-and-shoot camera, but I was a little anxious, too. My new pride and joy sported several unfamiliar buttons and dials, and the explanations in the camera manual clearly were written for someone with an engineering degree. And then there was the whole business of attaching the lens to the camera, an entirely new task for me. I saved up my pennies a long time for that camera - what if my inexperience caused me to damage the thing before I even shot my first pictures?
You may be feeling similarly insecure if your Nikon D5000 is your first SLR, although some of the buttons on the camera back may look familiar if you've previously used a digital point-and-shoot camera. If your D5000 is both your first SLR and first digital camera, you may be doubly intimidated.
Trust me, though, that your camera isn't nearly as complicated as its exterior makes it appear. With a little practice and the help of this chapter, which introduces you to each external control, you'll quickly become as comfortable with your camera's buttons and dials as you are with the ones on your car's dashboard. This chapter also guides you through the process of mounting and using an SLR
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