Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D Guide to Digital SLR Photography

by David D. Busch

Book Overview

As the new owner of a Digital Rebel XTi/400D you 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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598634569
• ISBN13: 9781598634563
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Course Technology
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 1.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D Guide

Quick Start to both beginning, intermediate and advanced practices. Has it all: Abbreviated easy to understand instructions, color photos and a great index. If you don't like probing in the dark, buy this book.

A must have!

Unless one has tons of experience in photography, this book is a MUST HAVE. We converted from a point-and-shoot to the Rebel XTi just over 4 months ago and have been crippled by not having a source of reference. In my opinion, Canon should consider having this book as their user manual instead of the pocket-sized next to nothing that comes with the camera upon purchase.

Great book

I am enjoying this book and glad I purchased it. One it's much easier on the old tired eyes to read than the small little thing that came with the camera, and colored pictures and all. Glad I made the purchase and this one seems to be the best one for the money from my checking out the others.

Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi/400D Guide to Digital SLR Photography review

This book by BUSCH is better than the one by LOWRIE because it contains pictures of the actual camera and controls, which serve to make it easier to use. It is logical and almost step by step in it's instruction. It covers much of what the camera can do, even the custom functions in detail. It is very straightforward and extremely helpful for anyone who has this complex camera, which can do a lot. I recommend it to the novice or amateur photographer.

Busch's Guide vs. Lowrie's guide for the XTi/400D

I purchased both Busch's guide and Lowrie's guide to acquaint myself with the XTi. I appreciated Lowrie's thorough explanations of the "bare facts" presented in the XTi's users manual. Unfortunately, I found Lowrie's guide to have a few errors (e.g.; the diagram of the "9-point AF" actually showed only 7-points). Obviously this was missed when Lowe's material was updated for the XTi. Busch's information I found to be very accurate. Moreover, Busch goes into a fair amount of photography theory and shows how the XTi can be used to address some of the basic issues of technique. Describing the XTi's use in this context I found to be very engaging and informative. If you want very good explanations of all the information in Canon's XTi user manual, the Lowrie book may be for you. But if you want to know all the Lowrie information AND and how it relates to the greater context of photographic theory, go for Busch's book.