As the new owner of a Dmg10al0Ru`are serious about photography and want to take professional-looking photographs. You also want to quickly and easily discover how, when, and why to use the most important features of your cutting-edge camera. "Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D Guide to Digital SLR Photography" provides you with a concise guide to the essential functions and features of the Digital Rebel XTi/400D, teaching you how to select the best autofocus mode, shutter spmode, shutter speed, f/stop, or flash capability to take perfect pictures of any kind under any conditions. Brimming with full-color images and examples, this book will help photographers of any level enhance their digital photography skills and techniques. Go in-depth with your Digital Rebel XTi/400D as you learn: -Basic controls and menu settings -How to choose and use lenses -Working with flash and lighting -Advanced shooting techniques You will also learn how to edit and enhance your photographs, as well as troubleshooting tips to maintain the condition of your Digital Rebel XTi/400D and its accessories.Customer Review: Excellent Source Book
I found this book to be an excellent source guide for the XTi. When I have a question about my camera, this is usually the first place I turn to not the actual manual that came with the camera. Its unlikely that one would ever get a better recommendation than that. Every time the author is describing the camera or its functions, there was a wonderfully detailed image of the topic. I can now navigate around the camera menus and other setting with ease after reading through the this book. Its a great book for a begniner or someone entering digital SLR photography (like me).
Customer Review: Great book for beginner photographers
If you are a newcomer to the (digital) photography world and want to have some useful advice on how to master light, shade with your EOS-400 this is the book for you. Even though it doesn't replace the reading of the users' manual, this book explains thoroughly how to use this great camera to make great pictures. The book is fully illustrated, has "screen shots" of the actual menus and is a joy to read. Highly recommended material.
As digital cameras become more and more advanced, the camera manufacturers have jumped on more and more megapixels as their major selling point. They have tried to convince us that the more megapixels, the greater you photographs will be. Unfortunately, the race for more megapixels has past the point of diminishing returns. This is not to say that more megapixels is not better, it depends on the type of camera that you are buying.
If you are buying a professional Dslr then certainly the more the better. The reason for this is that the sensor array is much larger and you can get up to 20 or more megapixels and the quality still sees improvement.
However, if you are buying a compact digital, then the upper limit is about 8 to 10 megapixels and above that, the actual image quality begins to degrade. Understand that in a compact camera, the sensor array is less than half of the size of a professional Dslr. As a result, the actual sensors become micro-small and the image quality becomes degraded.
In terms of picture quality, comparing megapixels between a compact camera and a full size Dslr is like comparing apples and oranges. Hands down, the Dslr will always be the winner.
The latest compact cameras that the manufacturers are pushing are in the 15 megapixel range. This is well past the point of absurdity. The problem is that since the sensors have become so small that these ultra-pixel cameras create severe electronic noise resulting in degraded image quality reduced tonal range. They are attempting to control this problem by implementing advanced electronic noise reduction but, this technology is in it's infancy and for best quality including tonal range, you would be far better to stick to the 8 to 10 megapixel cameras.
Another area that the manufacturers are pushing is high ISOs. ISO being the relative sensitivity to light that sensor has. It is not uncommon to see cameras with an ISO rating of over 6000 but this is way past the point of no return and you might as well be taking pictures with a 1 megapixel camera. While ISO ranges with most cameras of up to about 800 produce high quality and little electronic noise, this is about the limit. No matter what the manufacturers may tell you, keep the ISO set below four to 800 for the best quality pictures.
Now the caveat. This is the state of the art today. I don't know how long it will take but technology will overcome these problems and the equipment that we are buying two years from now will be far improved. The rate of change is so fast that the moment you buy a piece of equipment, it is already. With such rapid changes, The most that you can hope for is that at least your camera a couple of years before it is totally out of date.
For the time being, the best advice I can give you is currently, if you want the best possible quality out of your digital compact camera don't fall for the megapixel mongers and stick to 8 to 10 megapixels. If you need more resolution that this, go ahead and spend the big-bucks and get yourself a professional Dslr.
Stan Pontiere has been an avid photographer since childhood. Having worked for the likes of the Associated Press and The New York Times and an instructor of photography at a college back east, I have enjoyed the transition from film to digital photography.
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