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 enlarge | Author: Rob Sheppard
Brand: Magic Lantern
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 279686
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 208
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 5.6 x 1.1
MPN: 1600593275
Model: Magic Lantern Guides: Canon 40D
ISBN: 1600593275
Dewey Decimal Number: 771.33
EAN: 9781600593277
ASIN: 1600593275
Publication Date: March 4, 2008
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 Excellent and comprehensive guide to the 40D March 23, 2008
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
Magic Lantern Guides: Canon EOS 40D (Magic Lantern Guides)
I am surpised by the less than enthusiastic reviews of this book. I have owned all the Digital Rebels to date and a few months back bought a 40D. This book has been an excellent description and discussion of the various features of the 40D. I especially like Rob Shepards approach of giving detailed descriptions often followed up by a clearly differentiated "insider view" opinion of where and when he finds a particular feature useful. True, a larger format and color might be prettier but I have found this to be the book that makes me comfortable with this excellent camera. This will be the book that travels with the camera.
 This book went back to the store March 13, 2008
24 out of 27 found this review helpful
I returned the book fairly soon - very dry, poor written. It was not clear enough for a beginner as myself. I felt like reading a manual. Plus, b&w pictures - what a joke!
Adequate, but there are better 40D guides February 21, 2008
26 out of 28 found this review helpful
I have switched over to Canon from the Nikon world, and am eager to learn everything I can, so I bought this book, even though I purchased an earlier guidebook for the 40D in November. This book really adds nothing.
As with all Magic Lantern Guides, this one is comprehensive, going over everything you'll find in the official manual in a little more detail. The organization is better, too. If you want basic explanations of features and settings, this book is entirely adequate.
However, I think the day of the pocket-sized, black and white guidebook has come and gone. A much better approach is that taken by books like Canon EOS 40D Guide to Digital Photography. It's a full-sized book, with most of its 350 pages illustrated with full color example pictures and color representations of the most important menu screens, etc. The first three chapters explain the 40D features and set-up, like the Magic Lantern Guide, but the rest of the book deals with how to use the camera to take great photos with this camera.
If you need a pocket guide with all the basic information, this Magic Lantern Guide is probably your best bet (I have not seen the Digital Field Guide yet.) It should be much more convenient to use than any DVD tutorial.
Black and white book for photography? February 20, 2008
37 out of 40 found this review helpful
Beware!Great book for Canon EOS 40D.Understandable and easy to read full of good tips.Then why only one star? Because all pictures inside the book are black and white!How can we see difference in camera shooting modes for example if all pictures in book are B&W?
One more time it is a great book but lack of color doesn't distinguish it much more than original manufacturer's instruction book.
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