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Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D For Dummies
Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens (Black)
Canon EOS Rebel XSi/450D Digital Field Guide
David Busch's Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Guide to Digital SLR Photography
Review(Product Description)
Through a series of easy-to-follow lessons, The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/D450 Companion gives you a complete class on digital photography, tailored specifically for people who use this camera. This is not a typical camera guide: rather than just showing you what all the buttons do, this unique book teaches you how to use various Digital Rebel features to make great photographs.
With The Canon Digital Rebel XSi Companion in your camera bag, you have the perfect field reference for taking stunning pictures of any occasion or place, any time. You get valuable creative tips and technical advice for capturing professional-looking images of people, landscapes, action shots, close-ups, night shots, and more.
- Get to know the Digital Rebel XSi and how it works
- Take creative control and go beyond automatic settings
- Learn the basic rules of composition
- Know when to let the camera work for you
- Photograph fast-moving objects, and learn to capture decisive moments
- Discover ways to use a flash indoors and outdoors
- Learn the advantages of different lenses, and the best time to use them
- Understand the options for shooting RAW, and whether it's right for you
There are plenty of photography books, but only this companion guide teaches you how to take high-quality digital photos using the camera model you own. professional photographer Ben Long includes plenty of full-color examples to show you what's possible once you graduate from snapshots and focus on the pictures you've always wanted to take.
Customer review 
Easy Reading (2010-08-25)
Very thorough, author explains thoroughly in layman's terms. His "voice" actually makes the book an enjoyable read for a tutorial!
Canon Book 
(2010-08-20)
This book was written extremely well. It is highly recommended for anyone who owns this particular camera and wants to improve their skills. After reading this book, I am now comfortable, and prefer, placing the camera on manual and making my own settings. I have gotten an enormous amount of compliments.
Very Useful (2010-06-20)
I had previously purchased the "Magic Lantern Guide" for the Canon Rebel XSi/450D and while it was technically correct and it did expand upon the Canon Instruction Manual but after describing what a particular setting or feature meant, I still was not sure of what setting I needed to make for my use of the camera. I purchased the "Dummy Guide" and that filled that need perfectly as recommendations were made for my use of the camera. I then purchased this "Companion" book which then filled in some of the few remaining "blank spots" that were left from the "Dummy" book's review of the camera.
Now I have it all..............
Great Alternative to a Course! (2010-05-07)
I bought this book when I bought my new Canon XSi, because I knew I wouldn't have time for an actual course on DSLR photography. It turns out that this book is even better, as it is tailored to my specific camera. It teaches a lot of general photography concepts, as well as specific technical techniques, so you can learn a lot of what you need to know about photography as you go along.
Of course, practice makes perfect. Practice and looking at other, expert photographers' work.
The book is set up so you can move chapter-by-chapter, or skip around as your needs change. I think it's a really great purchase for a beginner like myself.
Ben Long (2010-05-07)
I started out by visiting Ben Long's website. While I was browsing around there, I noticed the "contact" link and it occurred to me that I had a photography question and who better to ask? He replied personally to me within a day. Ok so now I'm impressed.
This definitely influenced me to buy this book. I have not gotten all the way through it yet, but love it already. He explains things in a way that starts off with the basics, without making one feel lost or without intelligence. One does not need experience with dSLRs to understand this book, yet he also goes into challenging lessons when you're ready to move past the basics. He encourages you to try all his suggestions as you go along, and gives clear examples with the photos in the book. He has a warm personal way of writing that I find very appealing.
I'd also like to comment on the good quality of the book. It's on nice heavy paper with beautiful colors. They certainly did not cheap out on publishing.
I will update further when I've gotten all the way through the book (I'm going to take my time with it because it's so enjoyable), but there's no doubt in my mind that anything can take away from the 5 stars I've given it. This book is adding much to my pleasure I already have with the camera itself. I'm sure I will read this more than once and keep it as a reference. This should be Canon's manual for the XSi, or at the very least bundled with it.