David Busch's Nikon D90 Guide to Digital SLR Photography (David Busch's Digital Photography Guides)

I received a D90 kit for Christmas from my beautiful wife. The next day I bought this book. If I hadn't...I'd still be trying to figure out how to utilize all the functions and capabilities of this extremely powerful camera (and I'm a techno-savvy geek!) The D90 is my first foray into DSLRs, and while I was a fairly decent film photography enthusiast back in the day (a pretty good darkroom and lots of purely manual shooting), the plunge into DSLR's has a rather deep end in the pool. Forget trying to figure out the manual...just put it in your kit bag for later and pick up David Busch's book. It's well organized, explains in very well written terms how everything on your new camera works (without being dumbed-down and frustratingly simple like many similar books are), and goes beyond the camera itself to give you shooting tips, post-editing strategies, future lens, accessory, and software advice, and the confidence to start taking great pictures within a few hours of perusing the pages. This book should be your first purchase after buying the camera itself.

Book arrived on time and with the expected amount of wear. The book itself has several good tips and suggestions, and overall I'm pleased with the information. Some of the chapters are a bit too basic though, but overall the explanation was thorough and complete.

id wanted a book on my new camera since i got it. i held off for awhile though. ive always found that the best way to learn about something is to do it, so thats what i did. i took lots of pictures. some good, some bad, but i learned how to use the camera. i did some research on the books, and then bought this one. . i read and re-read it now. knowing what i already knew from playing around with the camera, it was easier to learn even more from the book. the book is extremely well done and easy to follow and use. i bought it right from the writer, and he shipped it to me asap. plus its signed by him. overall, it was a great purchase and if/when i ever get another camera, if he has a book about it, ill buy that one as well. .

This book was recommended by a friend after I bought the Nikon D90 digital SLR camera. The camera was a retirement present and certainly more complicated than the point and shoot cameras I'd been used to. The owners manual that came with the camera was not only dry reading, but a bit hard to understand for a relative novice. David Busch's book was written as though he were sitting down with you to explain the camera. It goes step by step and allows you to start using features a bit at a time. And for more experienced readers, he points you to sections you can likely skip in favor of more advanced coverage of features and methods. This is a great companion for the camera with practical suggestions for learning and getting useful accessories.

This is not a how to book this is an in depth instruction manual. Don't buy if your looking to shoot better photo's. Buy if your looking to learn how to set up you camera and what all the features are. Read this in combination with Dummies Guide to the D90 and felt they both had great info. Would recommend to first time Nikon DSLR owners.

This book is chock full of useful information which is presented with good illustrations. One reviewer said that it is not for beginners. If the book wasn't sometimes confusing and other times just wrong, I'd disagree and say it's great for anyone no matter your level. What makes it not great for beginners is that the confusing and/or inaccurate parts will really mess them up. A more experienced shooter will figure it out and get over it. I'd give it 5 stars if it weren't for the questionable parts. I'll only mention three. The first one has already been covered by a reviewer with other people commenting. It has to do with wireless flash and the D90 commander mode. The author talks specifically about the commander mode, and then in the section that immediately follows, implies that commander mode is not an option in firing the flash wirelessly. I'm sure that even the author would agree that the confusion could have been avoided by wording things a little differently. The other two problems occur in the HDR (high dynamic range) section. The author says to use shutter priority to maintain a constant aperture for a constant DOF (depth of field). He obviously meant aperture priority. Perhaps the book's editor was not a photographer him or herself. Anyway, this would no doubt confuse the hell out of a beginner. The third bone to pick is that the author tells you to manually shoot the pictures with exposure bracketing. Even if you use a remote, there is a better way. It would be MUCH easier to have the camera do it automatically. While still using exposure bracketing, just set the self timer for three shots (you can set up to 9 shots but you can bracket only 3). For beginners or those coming from point and shoots, you can set the camera to shoot from 1 to 9 consecutive pictures (instead of just 1) with each "triggering" of the self-timer. Why would you want to do that? One reason is when your subject changes and you want to be able to select the best picture from each group of shots. Do this when shooting a group and you can select the one with the fewest eyes closed, yawning, etc.. I digress. Fix the errors and clear up the confusing parts and this would truly be a killer book. Otherwise, it's pretty darned good. It covers all the basics, teaches a little about the art of photography (instead of just how the camera works), covers accessories and optional photographic equipment including software, and even goes into special applications like HDR.

Being a Scandinavian and not having English as first language can often be a bit troublesome when looking for good non-fiction books. This book never offered any problems in this regard. It was orderly and logical in it's layout and I had no trouble reading it from cover to cover. I would especially recommend this book to all people that buy the Nikon D90 as their first SLR. Being one of those people myself, this guide proved to be exactly what I needed including both camera specific information as well as offering pointers on how to use all functionality in real life photography. Using this guide together with one of Scott Kelby's 'Digital Photography' books would make a perfect starter kit!

I haven't readed all of this book, but have picked up a couple of helpful hints in th elittle I have read. Wish this was in electronic format also, to help in the searches (yeahup, I'm a bit lazy). This guy is much, much more talented than I'll ever be with this camera (no fault of the D90, just me), but I'm sure I learn more and more things about this camera from this book. It's filled with more information about this camera and it's features than I ever thought it had.

This is a most impressive support guide for the Nikon D90, providing a comprehensive source for users of all abilities. For those such as myself who are less confident in the basics, I would recommend purchasing the Dummies Guide by Julie King as additional support as this has useful & easily accessible tips - the only thing that Busch omits.

As described arrived on time great service

Very good reading helped me a lot

Fantastic book. very informative

An easy to read but comprehensive coverage of the D90 features from an author who is well versed in producing this form of manual.