Kodak Guide to 35 MM Photography

by Eastman Kodak Company

Book Overview

Improve your pictures with reliable advice from the experts at Kodak, the company that's associated with excellence in photography. You'll see that a little knowledge about 35mm techniques can make... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879856130
• ISBN13: 9780879856137
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Eastman Kodak Co.
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

When good, if easy... better.

This is a great easy to follow guide for picture taking, and correct use of equipment. Also very helpfull for litlle technical tips and composition remarks whenever you mostly need them. This handy manual, is perfect for carring in a camera case or in your car. However, its excelent for a beginner, for a more experienced photographers might seem too simple; but still good enough as a practical remminder.

One of the best books to learn or imporove your photography

The Kodak guide to 35mm Photography is probably one of the best basic books on photography on the market. Although I photograph free lance for Today's Photographer Magazine and American Image Press, I consider myself an advanced amateur. I wish that I had had this book in my hands when I started photographing. It would have saved me countless dollars of development expense and time on photographs that were not at all what I wanted.The book covers all the basics of photography: exposure, shutter speeds, apertures, light metering, composition, depth of field, etc. It covers the subjects in a very easy to understand writing style. And when it comes to pictures, the book is literally filled with pictures, excellent pictures, showing the effect of various changes to camera settings. After reading the book (or any chapter in the book) you will better understand what you need to do to take those beautiful and moving pictures that elude the basic "snapshot" photographer.For a new photographer this is the place to start. After you understand the concepts in this book and have a good handle on them then it would make sense to move up to a good book on the zone system or learn developing or something similar. I've not encountered any other basic book that is as filled with good information and so many, many excellent pictures as examples of the concepts.

Great travel photography guide

The book is an excellent guide to take with you on a trip. It is lightweight, compact, and summarizes ideas needed for good pictures. I have the Nikon and National Geographic guides and about ten other photography books. All are are too heavy to take on an overseas trip.

easy to understand, yet deliciously technical

After reading a few books about photography, I found this one of the most valuables. There is a large array of pictures explaining the different terminology in 35 mm photography, that had make this book my favorite and transfered to be my every day companion. While traveling to Hawai, I had the opportunity to read and immediately put in practice a few specific techniques. After developing the film, my wife for the first time approved of this hobby.

Excellent in-depth guide to SLR photography for beginners

This is the most detailed, yet still readable, guide I've seen. It is actually the text-book for my photography class, and is recommended by the teacher. Good colour photos to illustrate points, and nicely laid out. I WILL be using all the manual settings on my camara soon!