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Creative Camera Control, Third Edition

Creative Camera Control, Third Edition

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Author: Peter Laytin
Publisher: Focal Press
Category: Book

List Price: $28.95
Buy New: $6.98
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 6 reviews
Sales Rank: 327601

Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 152
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.3

ISBN: 0240804260
Dewey Decimal Number: 771.3
EAN: 9780240804262
ASIN: 0240804260

Publication Date: December 19, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Product Description
For beginning and intermediate photographers, this proven text provides the fundamentals of film photography in an easy-to-follow style. You will learn, in a step by step approach, to understand the interrelationship of the camera, lens, and film, and achieve a new level of confidence. With more control of the camera, you will be able to further develop the art of creative photography.



Written by the experienced teacher Peter Laytin, Creative Camera Control, Third Edition is a handy guide that offers clear explanations of some complex, but important issues such as depth of field, aperture, and shutter speed. This updated edition also offers important information for the digital camera user and new photo illustrations that show the use of black & white filters.

* To the point, basic information for serious beginners
* Small enough to carry in camera bag for quick reminders
* Illustrated with charts, diagrams and four color photographs



Customer Reviews:   Read 1 more reviews...

3 out of 5 stars Look a Little More   April 25, 2007
 1 out of 2 found this review helpful

No, this is not the best book you will find. But for $4.00 used it's OK. Look for John Upton's books or books where he shares authorship. Unfortunately they are not cheap but truely the best if you want the best.

Cootie



5 out of 5 stars The best book you will find   May 5, 2003
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

For the beginning photographer, the use of their camera is a seemingly dark art and trying to find a book that will help to explain the bases of controlling photographic factors is nearly impossible. This book suceeds where so many other books fail and I can not recommend it highly enough. The explanations of control over factors such as aperture, shutter speed and film are concise and diagrams are numerous and extremely useful. If you buy only one book, let this be the one. By the way, although this book is written primarily for the SLR user, the information can easily be applied to digicams.


4 out of 5 stars Control Your Camera in a Good Way   October 3, 2002
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I found this book extremely valuable as a reference. I recently took a class at NYU and the teacher basically lifted most of the class notes out of this book. It is a slim book, so you can easily carry it around and refer to it if you forget something. I highly recommnend it for the person that is still getting to know their camera and yearns for more.


5 out of 5 stars Above all others - a "Must Read"   December 9, 2000
 4 out of 4 found this review helpful

Are you interested in photography? Do you normally set your camera to "Program Mode" or one of those "Sports/Lanscape/whatever modes"? If you answered yes to the above two questions, then "Creative Camera Control" by Peter Laytin is a MUST READ. The book will quickly elevate your learning curve and allow you, the photographer, to be in control. In short, this book will answer questions you didn't know to ask, and thus, drive your desire to create. BUY IT; READ IT; JUST DO IT!


5 out of 5 stars Chock full of useful info!   February 6, 2000
 9 out of 9 found this review helpful

In a clear, concise, and memorable way, the author thoroughly covers many technical aspects of controlling the outcome of your photographs. I have gained a lot of facility with my camera and am no longer either intimidated by or indifferent to my f-stops and shutter speeds. The book is very detailed but not overwhelming or tedious. (It is, in fact, relatively short.) The illustrations and examples are useful. This has definitely been my most-used and most-referenced book on photography (and I have accumulated quite a few!). I've recommended it to several friends, and all of them have come back to me to tell me how great it is. Well worth the small investment!


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