Mastering the Nikon D610

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Mastering the Nikon D610 Details

About the Author Darrell Young (DigitalDarrell) is a professional nature and event photographer and an active member of Nikon Professional Services, Professional Photographers of America, and the North American Nature Photography Association. He's been an avid photographer since 1968 when his mother gave him a Brownie Hawkeye camera.Darrell has used Nikon cameras and Nikkor lenses since 1980. He has an incurable case of Nikon Acquisition Syndrome (NAS) and delights in working with Nikon's newest digital cameras.Living in the foothills of Great Smoky Mountains National Park has given him a real concern for environmental issues and a deep interest in nature photography.He loves to write, as you can see in the Resources area of the Nikonians.org community. He joined the community in 2000 and his literary contributions led to an invitation to become the Founding Member of the Nikonians Writers Guild. Read more

Reviews

I bought Darrell’s book at the same time as the camera, and only bothered to open the Nikon User Manual after 2 months of using the camera and Darrel’s book. OK, I was helped by the fact that I upgraded from a Nikon D80 to D610 (what a great decision that was!), so I knew the Nikon Digital SLR basics quite well. When new to (Nikon) digital SLR photography the user manual (p35-72) might be a better starting point, but then still you want to switch to “Mastering the Nikon D610”.Darrell’s book consists of two main parts: 1. How to configure the camera (chapters 2-7). 2. How to make good pictures using the best of the D610 specifics (chapters 8 -13).The first part has a great “reading guide” in chapter 2, which suggests what 30+ settings for you to set out of the 100 available. That will take you a bit of time, but it is a great introduction to the camera capabilities. And Darrell’s suggestions, on what settings to use in what kind of situations, is extremely helpful.In the second part of the book Darrell goes into more depth on specific topics like how to use histograms to judge your own picture exposures, how to work with white balance, how to work with the wide variety of options the camera offers on different autofocus modes, making films, flash photography and more.Darrell has an open view, he is not shy admitting that some of the “amateur” settings, typical for point and shoot photographing are actually also pretty useful for pro’s in certain circumstances. Example is the Auto-Area Auto Focus mode that is great in recognizing people faces to automatically have the camera focus on, what is really great when shooting at parties.The style is pleasant to read, and there are nice side steps like for example the insightful where Darrell’s “let’s listen to the camera talk to itself while you take pictures in low light with the Auto ISO-sensitivity control enabled”. Fun to read and a great way to learn.Nothing to criticize? Well OK, Darrell chooses to explain for every setting, that you (1) choose the option from the menu, (2) select the value and then (3) press OK. With 100 options that work like that, that is taking a bit more space than necessary. No worry you will learn to skip those parts quickly.In summary this is absolutely a book you don’t want to miss out on, a great companion to a great camera!

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