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Photographic Lenses:Photographer’s Guide to Characteristics

Mark — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:47:26 +0000

Photography Lenses Guide

Ernst Wildi’s book explains appropriate amount information on photographic lenses for the casual hobbyist to the serious camera buff. The book has many great explanations of various lenses and the characteristics of each. Wildi exhibits his mastery of photographic equipment in this book, Photographic Lenses: A photographer’s guide to characteristics, quality, use and design. There really is nothing overlooked in this super book. The author, Wildi communicates lens characteristics, understanding advertising claims, lenses for film and digital photography, lens specifications, focal lengths and zoom lenses. The context is clear enough for beginners in understanding photography lenses and comprehensive enough, for advanced shutterbugs and pros to learn something new. You will be impressed with this new volume from Wildi. He starts out in his first chapter explaining lens characteristics and the claims being made about lenses and how to sift through the information. The reader will be hooked from beginning to end and improve their knowledge of camera lenses. This will be a great addition to everyone’s Photographic Lenses library. You can get your copy of this book by clicking here. Let us know what you think by commenting on your experienced with books on Photographic Lenses.

Ernst Wildi is the author of Achieving the Ultimate Image and Composition Techniques from a Master Photographer. He lives in Wachtung, New Jersey.

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Quick Guide to Digital SLR Photography Lenses

Derrek — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 12:00:12 +0000

Guide to Digital SLR Photography Lenses

Are you ready to take your digital SLR camera usage to the next level? Have you always wondered what those interchangeable lenses are for, and how and when to use them? “David Busch’s Quick Snap Guide to Using Digital SLR Lenses” is an essential guide that has been called ‘a revelation’ in opening your eyes to the world of Digital SLR Photography Lenses. It starts with an overview of how lenses work and the types available. Next it jumps into lens controls and features like focus rings, depth of field, image stabilization and how various settings can improve your success. After getting a handle on the basics you’ll learn about creating neat effects with filters and accessories. It finishes up with in-depth discussions about telephoto, wide-angle, and macro lenses.

The book is organized into concise little lessons dealing with specific aspects of selecting or working with various lenses. There are also sections that talk about improving the quality of your results with any lens and the correct use of every lens control. One of the interesting areas that it goes into is how to shoot great close-up pictures with the lenses you already have. It is full of beautiful, full color images illustrating the results of photographing with various settings, techniques, or lens.

Get ready to wow your friends with the photographs you can take using the versatility of your digital SLR photography lenses! Click here to grab your copy today!

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