From the Author
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Just the essentials for your D5000
When a command card doesn't provide enough information, and a small camera guide has too much padding, pull this Compact
Field Guide for your Nikon D5000 out of your camera bag and get the advice and recommendations you need quickly.
I don't believe you can have too much of a good thing, but readers who have been using my 400-page in-depth guide to
master their Nikon D5000 have asked me to distill the most essential information into a portable field guide for
on-the-go reference. In the approximately 150 pages of this lay-flat, spiral-bound book, you'll find in-depth
descriptions of every control, menu option, and capability of the Nikon D5000. Each choice is accompanied by my
recommendations and a description of when you should or should not use a particular setting. There are seven
no-nonsense chapters:
* Quick Setup Guide. You -- or someone you loan your D5000 to -- can set up the key exposure, autofocus, and other
settings in minutes with the step-by-step instructions in this chapter.
* Streetsmart Nikon D5000 Road. Can't recall what a particular button or dial does, or don't remember how to access
bracketing or another feature you seldom use? This chapter has photos of every control and a description of how to use
it.
* Playback and Shooting Menu Settings. Command cards and cheat sheets provide a menu listing and a recap of the Playback
and Shooting options. This chapter explains how to use them, too.
* Custom, Setup, Retouch, and My Menu Settings. You may not use these menus quite as often, which is all the more reason
to carry along my instructions on how to use them.
* Using Flash. Reference guide to working with the D5000's internal flash, and Nikon's external units.
* Shooting D-Movies. I've managed to squeeze in instructions on using the D5000's movie-making capabilities, along with
tips on shooting better movies in the field.
* Shooting Tips. Pages and pages of tables listing Shooting Menu and Custom Setting Menu recommendations for a variety
of situations, such as stage performances, long exposures, landscapes, and portraits.
I know many Nikon D5000 owners are buying both my "big book" and this Compact Field Guide, so they're equipped with the
information they need whether at home or on-the-go.
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About the Author
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With more than a million books in print, David D. Busch is the world's #1 selling digital camera guide
author, and the originator of popular digital photography series like David Busch's Pro Secrets and David Busch's Quick
Snap Guides. He has written more than a dozen hugely successful guidebooks for Canon and Canon digital SLR models, as
well as many popular books devoted to dSLRs, including Mastering Digital SLR Photography, Second Edition, and Digital
SLR Pro Secrets. As a roving photojournalist for more than twenty years, he illustrated his books, magazine articles,
and newspaper reports with award-winning images. He's operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress
while shooting weddings-for-hire, and sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photos and
articles have appeared in Popular Photography & Imaging, The Rangefinder, The Professional Photographer, and hundreds of
other publications. He has also reviewed dozens of digital cameras for CNet and Computer Shopper, and his advice has
been featured in National Public Radio's "All Tech Considered." When About.com named its top five books on Beginning
Digital Photography, debuting at the #1 and #2 slots were Busch's Digital Photography All-In-One Desk Reference for
Dummies and Mastering Digital Photography. During the past year, he's had as many as five of his books listed in the Top
20 of .com's Digital Photography Bestseller list--simultaneously! Busch's 120-plus other books published since 1983
include bestsellers like David Busch's Quick Snap Guide to Digital SLR Lenses. Visit his website at
http://www.dslrguides.com.
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