Product Description

The Nikon D40 and the D40x offer exciting new features that will enable you to take amazing digital photos. These compact cameras pack a big punch at a great price! With Nikon D40/D40x For Dummies, you’ll discover what each bell and whistle on your camera does so that you can confidently know when, where, why and how to put each feature to its best use.

This friendly full-color guide translates all of those techie words in your Nikon manual into plain English. You'll learn what terms like SLR, resolution, aperture, white balance, and file format really mean and how they effect picture quality. You'll also find out what happens when you press, jiggle, or twist all those serious-looking controls and how to use them to capture the great shots you imagined taking when you became a Nikon owner.   Discover how to:

• Install batteries and memory card
• Adjust viewfinder to your eyesight
• Take great pictures automatically
• Get creative with exposure and lighting
• Manipulate focus and color
• Control picture quality and size
• Download, organize, and archive your photos
• Print and share your photos
• Use fast photo-retouching tricks

Packed with more than 200 beautiful color photos throughout, Nikon D40/D40x For Dummies is more than an easy-to-use handbook, it's the paperback version of an in-depth photography workshop tailored specifically to help you make the absolute most of your Nikon picture-taking powerhouse.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10959 in Books
• Published on: 2008-03-17
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780470239469
• Condition: USED - LIKE NEW
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From the Back Cover
Packed with tips on using your Nikon D40/D40x

Get the information you need to capture the photos you want

The Nikon D40/D40x comes equipped with features that enable you to take amazing digital photos. If you're not familiar with the controls of a digital SLR camera, this book will get you up to speed and shooting like a pro in no time. Illustrated with over 200 full-color images, this book demonstrates when, where, why, and how to put each feature to its best use.

Discover how to:

• Get creative with exposure and lighting

• Manipulate focus and color

• Control picture quality and size

• Download, organize, and archive your photos

• Print and share your photos

• Use photo-retouching tricks

About the Author
Julie Adair King is the author of many books about digital photography and imaging, including the best-selling Digital Photography For Dummies. Her most recent titles include Digital Photography Before & After Makeovers, Digital Photo Projects For Dummies, Julie King’s Everyday Photoshop For Photographers, Julie King’s Everyday Photoshop Elements, and Shoot Like a Pro!: Digital Photography Techniques. When not writing, King teaches digital photography at such locations as the Palm Beach Photographic Center. A graduate of Purdue University, she resides in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Customer Reviews

Nikon D40/D40x For Dummies
Very good book, easy to use. The best so far that explains how the D40 features work, especially for a beginner. I tried a couple of other books,I am new to the world of slr cameras and have not understood enough to venture away from the auto setting!! The other books I bought was supposed to be for beginners,but I had to look up every word to figure out what they were trying to tell me.
This author, actually goes through the menus and each function very carefully and in PLAIN language. Everything I wanted to know was in this book, even some things that I didn't know I needed to know.
I highly recommend this book if you are going from digital point aand shoot to slr cameras. The book tells you all about the Nikon D40, This is an AWESOME camera!!!!

Nikon D40/D40x For Dummies
Excellent book for beginners easy to read and understand with clear illustrations.better than the magic lantern series. I always buy from Amazon for there low price and fast shipping.
H A Thavendrarajah.
Rockville,
MD.

Great book
Everyone who purchases a D40 or D40x camera should read this book. The information in this book will help you use your camera to the best advantage.