Category: Camera

The Sony a7 and a7R: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide – #photography #bookreview

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The Sony a7 and a7R The Unofficial Quintessential Guide Brian Matsumoto and Carol F. Roulland (Rocky Nook – paperback, Kindle)   Rocky Nook has gained a hard-earned reputation for publishing excellent digital camera how-to guides. And this new one does not disappoint. The Sony a7 and a7R: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide is aimed at both … Continue reading The Sony a7 and a7R: The Unofficial Quintessential Guide – #photography #bookreview

Mastering the Fujifilm X-E1 and X-Pro1 – Are you ready for some RAW+JPEG? – #photography #bookreview

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Mastering the Fujifilm X-E1 and X-Pro1 Rico Pfirstinger (Rocky Nook – paperback, Kindle) As a photographer, I enjoy reading other photographers’ first-person books–even when their books that happen to be how-to texts created to supplement and expand upon the lackluster user manuals typically shipped with new cameras. Rico Pfirstinger’s latest book is a well-composed guide … Continue reading Mastering the Fujifilm X-E1 and X-Pro1 – Are you ready for some RAW+JPEG? – #photography #bookreview

Mastering the Nikon D7100 – Another fine how-to from ‘Digital Darrell’ – #photography #bookreview

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Mastering the Nikon D7100 Darrell Young (Rocky Nook Press – paperback, Kindle) I love Nikon cameras, and I love the high-quality Nikon how-to books that Darrell Young–“Digital Darrell”–writes for Rocky Nook Press and Nikonians Press. One of the reasons I like Digital Darrell’s works is that he used to be a 35mm film photographer and … Continue reading Mastering the Nikon D7100 – Another fine how-to from ‘Digital Darrell’ – #photography #bookreview

Canon EOS 6D – A menu-oriented how-to guide for a feature-rich DSLR camera – #photography #bookreview

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Canon EOS 6D The Guide to Understanding and Using Your Camera James Johnson (Rocky Nook – paperback, Kindle) This definitely is not another “how to take great digital photographs” guide. Yet, you will be able to take better pictures if you pay attention to the author’s explanations, recommendations and experiences in this 263-page how-to manual. … Continue reading Canon EOS 6D – A menu-oriented how-to guide for a feature-rich DSLR camera – #photography #bookreview

Mastering the Nikon D600 – Digital Darrell’s excellent new how-to guide – #photography #bookreview

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Mastering the Nikon D600 Darrell Young (Rocky Nook – Kindle, paperback) Digital Darrell is at it again. This time, he has delivered an excellent how-to guide for using the Nikon D600 camera. This high-quality new digital SLR, he says, “can deliver some of the highest-quality images out there.” Furthermore, he notes, the D600 offers “a … Continue reading Mastering the Nikon D600 – Digital Darrell’s excellent new how-to guide – #photography #bookreview

HDRI, Digital Zone System, Canon EOS 5D Mark III – 3 new #photography books – #bookreview

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Rocky Nook, based in Santa Barbara, Calif., recently has released three handsome new how-to works focused on digital photography and image processing. The books are: The HDRI Handbook 2.0, The Digital Zone System, and Canon EOS 5D Mark III. The HDRI Handbook 2.0 Christian Bloch (Rocky Nook – paperback, Kindle) Every chapter has been significantly … Continue reading HDRI, Digital Zone System, Canon EOS 5D Mark III – 3 new #photography books – #bookreview

Panobook 2012: Award-Winning Panoramic Photographs – #bookreview

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Panobook 2012: Award-Winning Panoramic Photographs The Kolor Team (Rocky Nook, hardback) Beautiful.There are few other words to describe this gathering of 150 prize-winning panoramic color photographs. The photographs were judged as the best of the 1,647 entries in the Panobook 2012 competition sponsored by Kolor, developer of Autopano image-stitching software. The software enables individual images … Continue reading Panobook 2012: Award-Winning Panoramic Photographs – #bookreview

The Lens – A Practical Guide for the Creative Photographer – #photography #bookreview

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The Lens NK Guy (Rocky Nook, paperback) NK Guy’s new book is billed as “A Practical Guide for the Creative Photographer.” It is that–and more. It also is a celebration of excellent photography made possible by great glass and having several interchangeable lenses available for your digital SLR or film SLR. Forget about megapixels vs. more … Continue reading The Lens – A Practical Guide for the Creative Photographer – #photography #bookreview

Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV – ‘Seeing’ with Python – #programming #bookreview

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Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV Kurt Demaagd, Anthony Oliver, Nathan Oostendorp, and Katherine Scott (O’Reilly, paperback – Kindle) SimpleCV, or Simple Computer Vision, is “an easy-to-use Python framework that bundles together open source computer vision libraries and algorithms for solving problems,” according to the authors of this useful and informative how-to book. The subtitle is “Making … Continue reading Practical Computer Vision with SimpleCV – ‘Seeing’ with Python – #programming #bookreview

Mastering the Nikon D800 – An excellent guide to a very powerful DSLR – #photography #bookreview

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Mastering the Nikon D800 Darrell Young (Rocky Nook, paperback ) Darrell Young has written so many books about Nikon digital cameras (this is number eight), he is now widely known as “Digital Darrell.” His latest, written in a friendly style and nicely illustrated, covers the powerful (and, yes, pricey) Nikon D800 and D800E. “Few photographers … Continue reading Mastering the Nikon D800 – An excellent guide to a very powerful DSLR – #photography #bookreview