Photographer's Guide to the Leica D-Lux 5: Getting the Most from Leica's Compact Digital Camera
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| Rating | : | 4.65 (801 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 096498752X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 266 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Five Stars Good information for beginners as well as pros.. Really good at explaining all the gizmos and gadgets that help make great photographs The first, really only important question to answer is "why spend the bucks to buy this book?"The Leica D-Lux5 comes boxed with a nicely designed, easy to understand, clearly written instructional manual. A CD inside the box contains a more comprehensive guide to your new top-of-the-line point-and-shoot. So why throw around $25 when you already have more than you probably want to read about your camera and how to use it?The answer is because chances are you're an amateur photographer and you want to take the best picture. Excellent and informative book BarneyBM I agree with P. Li's review. This is an excellent book that gives very useful information about the D-Lux 5. But I think the book is useful even to advanced photographers who may not know all the features of the D-Lux 5. I am a professional photographer and normally use Leica Ms. But I do not want to travel with them. Without this book, I would not learned about all the features of the camera that aren't covered in the manual. I highly recommend this.
The book does not assume any specialized knowledge by the reader, but adopts a patient and helpful tone in explaining topics such as autofocus, manual focus, aperture priority, shutter priority, macro photography, and RAW files. The book is illustrated with more than 150 color photographs and includes a full table of contents and index.. The new book, like the earlier ones, explains all operations, features, menus, and controls of the camera in clear language, providing guidance not only about how to accomplish things with the camera, but when and why to use certain features. Photographer's Guide to the Leica D-Lux 5 is a follow-up to the author's earlier guides to the Leica D-Lux 4, Panasonic Lumix LX3, and Panasonic Lumix LX5 digital cameras. Besides providing guidance about all basic operations of the camera, the book includes introductions to adv