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.

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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:

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Get creative with exposure and lighting
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Manipulate focus and color
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Control picture quality and size
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Download, organize, and archive your photos
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Print and share your photos
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Use photo-retouching tricks

As an introductory level digital SLR, the Nikon D60 offers one-button simplicity using the Auto function or countless options using the more complex manual controls. Nikon D60 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know to capture amazing photographs using your Nikon 60. Starting with a Quick Tour, which will help you use your Nikon D60 straight out of the box, this book will help you graduate from using the Auto function in every situation to using the more complex manual controls with confidence.

This full-color portable guide walks you through the essential controls, features, and functions of the Nikon D60 digital SLR using step-by-step instructions and full-color images of each menu screen. This robust guide not only shows you how to adjust white balance, autofocus, exposure, and choose lenses, it also teaches you when and why you should adjust each of these key settings. Additionally, the Nikon D60 Digital Field Guide goes beyond camera settings to offer you a refresher guide to the principles of digital photography, covering the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure. Filled with amazing examples of actual Nikon D60 photography6, this book also presents a variety of tips and tricks to capturing portraits, candids, sports, travel, macro photography, and much more.

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See it – capture it, with your Nikon D60

Your 10.2 megapixel D60 is loaded with great features like fast startup, split-second shutter response, and continuous shooting ability at up to three frames per second. You’ll want to take advantage of every one of these features, and this practical, portable guide shows you how. Each button and dial is explained, but that’s just the beginning. You’ll also learn to use the different modes and menus, and get professional recipes for fool-proof photos in more than a dozen real-life settings.

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Learn the basics of focusing, shooting, replaying, and downloading your images
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Explore the set-up, shooting, playback, and custom settings menus
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Understand what each type of lens can do and which to choose
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Work with flash and natural light and master exposure basics
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Discover how to use the Retouch menu to apply cool effects to your images before they even leave the camera

You’ve decided to upgrade from your old point-and-shoot by purchasing the compact and economical Nikon D60, an SLR model without all the bulk. Now, make the most of your new digital camera by actually learning how to use all those options and settings! Take advantage of external controls and learn how to navigate the camera menus to fully customize internal options so that you can capture, share, and print photographs like a professional.

You’ll find out how to understand the controls, navigate the menus, choose your settings, access internal options, and become familiar with automatic modes. You’ll learn to use the Image Quality and Image Size settings, which are necessary for both automatic and manual picture-taking. Then, you can easily express your creativity by managing aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and editing your photographs on a computer. You will download photos and print them to share with your friends and family! You will find out how to:

* Master camera controls
* Use automatic and manual modes
* Change, focus, and zoom lenses
* Adjust picture quality and resolution
* Manipulate exposure and lighting
* Work with picture files
* Print and share photos

Complete with lists of ten photo-retouching tricks from repairing red eye to cropping photos and ten special-purpose features you can explore on a rainy day, Nikon D60 For Dummies is your one-stop guide to taking and sharing the pictures like a pro.

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Snap up this book and start snapping super shots with your Nikon D60

Your Nikon D60 gives you all the power of digital SLR photography in a compact, economical package. You don’t want to waste any of your camera’s amazing features, but if you’re new to digital photography or dSLRs, all the options can make your head swim. Here’s the fun and friendly way to get comfortable with every setting and every shooting situation! Get set up — find out how to work with lenses, navigate menus, and customize the camera to your shooting style

* Choose the right settings — find out which options work best for different subjects
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Take creative control — manage aperture, shutter speed, and other advanced features to manipulate exposure, focus, and color
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Review your results — check your images on the camera, download them, and organize them with Nikon ViewNX
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Share the fun — print or e-mail pictures, create a slide show, or make a stop-motion movie

Open the book and find:

* A guide to your D60’s buttons and dials
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Easy-to-understand explanations of technical jargon
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Secrets to getting the best picture quality
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Complete coverage of every camera feature
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Tips for shooting action, scenic vistas, portraits, and more
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How to shoot Raw files for ultimate picture control
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Ten terrific retouching tricks
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Flash techniques and other lighting tricks

Mastering the Nikon D300 by Nikonian Darrell Young provides a wealth of information and professional insights for owners of this powerful new camera. Each chapter explores the features and capabilities of the D300 in detail, surpassing basic user manuals by providing step-by-step menu setting adjustments coupled with illustrations and logical explanations for each option. Darrell Young’s writing style allows the reader to follow directions in a friendly and informative manner, as if a friend dropped in to share his experienced knowledge without “talking down” to you, explaining the how and the why. The learning experience for D300 beginners (and refresher information for professionals) goes beyond the camera itself. When camera features and options expand to additional Nikon equipment (such as with the use of optional Speedlights) Darrell adds the necessary information. Young’s frequent references to user manuals provided by Nikon (complete with specific page references) allow the reader to easily navigate past the “confusion factor” that often comes with new equipment.

Mastering the Nikon D300 is the inaugural title kicking off the Nikonians Press imprint “the exciting, new joint venture between Nikonians and Rocky Nook.

About the Author
Darrell Young (DigitalDarrell) is an information technology engineer by trade and has been an avid photographer for over 35 years. He has a rather large family, with his wife and five children, so he has a constantly interesting flow of photographic opportunities. In fact, his entire family uses Nikon cameras to pursue what has become a cohesive family hobby.

Darrell delights in using Nikon’s newest digital cameras but if pressed, he will admit to being a “closet” film user too. Living next to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has given him a real concern for, and interest in, nature photography. Darrell loves to write, as you can see in the Resources area of the Nikonians.org community. He joined the community in the year 2000, and his literary contributions led to his invitation to become a Founding Member of the Nikonians Writers Guild.

Have you unpacked your new Nikon D60 digital SLR camera and want to get started right away taking great pictures? “David Busch’s Nikon D60 Guide to Digital SLR Photography” will show you how, when, and, most importantly, why to use all the cool features and functions of your camera to take eye-popping photographs. Introductory chapters will help you get comfortable with the basics of your camera before you dive right into exploring creative ways to apply the D60’s exposure modes, focus controls, and electronic flash options. More comprehensive than any of the pocket-sized camera guides, this book is chock full of hands-on tips for choosing lenses, flash units, and software products. Beautiful, full-color images illustrate where the essential buttons and dials are, so you’ll quickly learn how to use your Nikon D60, and use it well.

About the Author
With more than a million books in print, David D. Busch is a best-selling author of books on digital photography and imaging technology, and the originator of popular series like “David Busch’s Pro Secrets” and “David Busch’s Quick Snap Guides.” He has written eight hugely successful guidebooks for Nikon digital SLR models, and the most comprehensive manuals for dSLRs from Canon, Sony, and other vendors. His many other books devoted to digital photography include “David Busch’s Digital Infrared Pro Secrets” and “Mastering Digital SLR Photography.” As a roving photojournalist for more than 20 years, he has illustrated his books, magazine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. Busch has operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photographs and articles have been published in magazines as diverse as “PhotoGraphic,” “Popular Photography & Imaging,” “The Rangefinder,” “The Professional Photographer,” and hundreds of other publications. He’s also reviewed digital cameras for CNet Networks and “Computer Shopper.”