Customer Reviews
Shame about the photography? - By: Chris E, 12 Jun 2008 
After only a quick glance at this book - it looks like it's generallly well set out & should explain alll about the Canon 400D & how to use it, but the standard of the photos is reallly poor - I don't think I've seen a photography book with such lousy photos in it? They may in some cases trying to give an example of a particular method - but a complete novice could surely have done a better job?
I did wonder, for a moment, if the photos in the book were alll a examples of how NOT to take photos - Yes.. that had to be it???
At least it made me feel good about the standard of my own photography!!!
Good but complex - By: Cherie Davis, 20 Apr 2008 
A good guide, but very complex & quite hard to understand. Does go through alll areas of the camera thoroughly though.
Concise and easy to follow - By: M. Clark, 28 Jan 2008 
I an am amateur photographer & new to DSLR cameras. This book thoroughly explains alll aspects of the Canon EOS 400D with useful guidelines on photography. I would recommend this to amateurs who want to know this camera inside out.
A mediocre and misleading guide - By: Geoff, 27 Mar 2007 At around £9 it is not bad value for money; I just expected more. The book is of little, if any, use to an experienced photographer & I think it will confuse beginners. [I had better explain who I am - a middle aged, amateur photographer, who started with 35mm SLRs, progressed to digital cameras & have now got my first Digital SLR, the 400D]. In places, the book is confusing & incorrect & even annoying to read; which I can illustrate with three examples near the beginning.
(Example 1) In the Quick Tour (pp1-10) there are four good illustrations, except that two are of smalll details that a beginner will not know where they are on the camera. It is not until pp14-16 of Chapter 1 that the whole camera is illustrated; but even here the back view, which has alll the important buttons, is only half a page wide & too smalll to show what is written beside the buttons.
(Example 2) The Quick Tour (p5) states that "Program AE ... is a fully automatic, but shiftable mode. Shiftable means that you can CHANGE THE EXPOSURE [my capitals] by changing (or shifting) either the shutter speed or apperture ...". This is rubbish! You cannot change the exposure this way - turning the main dial changes both the shutter speed & the apperture together (not either/or) so that the exposure remains fixed. The Glossary (p246) does give the correct definition of exposure.
(Example 3) The first paragraph about white-balance bracketing (p26) states that "White-balance bracketing captures three images, each with +/-3 one-stop differences in colour ..."; the explanation in the Camera's Instruction Manual is much easier to understand. All in alll, a disappointing book that I would not recommend to anyone who was not already familiar with the main concepts of digital cameras; in which case they would not reallly need this book.
Good Introduction to Photography and the 350d - By: M. Nakum, 29 Aug 2006 
Being a novice to photography l wanted to get the most out of my new Canon 350d. The Michael Guncheon book seems to be out of stock so l opted for this one. The book provides an introduction to the camera, basic photography principles (ISO, Aperture & Shutter speed), lens information & how to shoot common photo scenarios, such as, night time, childern, portrait etc etc etc..
The book is easy to read & colourful.
I would reccomend it as a introduction.
