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Title: A Short Course in Canon PowerShot G2 Photography Book/eBook by Dennis P. Curtin ISBN: 1-928873-25-1 Publisher: ShortCourses.com Pub. Date: 15 September, 2001 Format: Spiral-bound List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Simply, not worth the cost.
Comment: This is a very expensive book for something that looks like it was put together in someone's basement. The interior pages look like they were photocopied using a mediocre black and white copier. This obviously doesn't work well when you are trying to show people what their camera can do. I'm used to paying good money for a full color, hardcover book and this book is the complete opposite.
Secondly, the book doesn't really go beyond describing and re-describing the camera's functions (all of which are explained in the camera's manual & available on Canon's website). I was hoping it would go into more detail. For example, instead of telling me that I need to turn this lever to this mode to take such a picture, I thought the book would explain why I would want to set the camera in this mode versus this one for a particular kind of picture. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this mode? What other modes might work just as well? Et cetera. The book does not answer these questions.
I find the book to be a rehash of the Canon manual with lots of repetition probably used to beef the book up physically versus filling it with quality content.
I've had my G2 for about a year now and I think the best way to learn using it is to experiment. Learn about the different settings in the camera's manual and then try them out with flash, without flash, selecting different white balance, manual vs. auto focus. That's the only way you are really going to find out what the amazing G2 can do. And, if you still feel like you need a book to hold your hand through the process try getting a general, less expensive digital camera guide that will go into more detail.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very good overview, combined with techniques
Comment: A very helpful and usable manual. Even tho it's produced rather cheaply (spiral-bound, B&W), it really gives an excellent short course in photography as it relates to the feature-packed PowerShot G2. The manual that comes with the G2 is very well written, but doesn't really go into detail about how to get the pictures you really want, especially under difficult situations. This book definitely fills the gap.
The camera was a bit intimidating to me, at first. Now it's not.
I probably will print the PDF out in color, however. That's my major gripe.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very Good Companion to Canon G2 Manual, Wish It Were Smaller
Comment: This spiral-bound 108 page book is a great complement to the documentation that one receives with his/her Canon G2 digital camera. It doesn't go into a step-by-step how-to-use the camera approach, but fills in the blanks as to when you want to use certain functions. It is very thorough in its review of the primary functions of the G2, with many pictures setting out every step (a CD-Rom is also included which provides a color version of the manual - the printed copy is in black and white to keep the costs down). The chapter on exposure was one of the best I have ever seen in any photography book. I think that this is the best equipment specific camera book I have read (way better than the Magic Lantern books which cancontain a lot of fluff).
My only complaint is that the book is 8.5" x 11" in size, which makes it unwieldy for tossing in the camera bag. I'd like to see a book similar to the size to the Magic Lantern books, although I'm sure that the photographs included would suffer from the reduced size. This is somewhat remedied by the fact that the CD contains a pocket-sized book that you can print out which summarizes the main points of the primary book (no pictures included).
This book is a very good accessory to go with your Canon G2. I'd say it's the next thing you want to get after you get your memory cards and extra battery.
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Title: 50 Fast Digital Camera Techniques by Gregory Georges, Larry Berman, Chris Maher, Larry Berman ISBN: 076452500X Publisher: Wiley Pub. Date: 17 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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