Canon EOS Rebel T3i / 600D Digital Field Guide (Digital Field Guides) Review

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(More customer reviews)At the time of this writing, there are only two books about the Canon T3i available on Amazon. With both (Kindle editions) being sold at $9.99, I would have to say that the Digital Field Guide is the MUCH better deal. It's clear, concise, well-illustrated. It gives examples, and provides photos for better understanding of concepts. You won't need to go back and forth between this and the manufacturer's manual because this book tells you everything you need to know. If this had been available earlier (I believe it came out just a few days ago!), I might have ended up buying and reading this one first. I probably wouldn't have needed to search for anything more. Highly recommended, especially for the DSLR novice who wants a great book that will tell you everything!

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The perfect companion for Canon's new Rebel dSLR camera
The Canon Rebel EOS T3i/600D combines the shooting power of the Rebel T2i with the hardware and options of the Canon 60D, creating a powerful camera packed with new features. This handy field guide fits in a camera bag and explains how to use all the settings and modes, shoot HD video, work with common Canon accessories, and more. Illustrated with spectacular photos by author and popular photographer Charlotte Lowrie, the book shows you how each button and dial can affect your images. A bonus gray/color checker card helps you get the color right on every shot.
Canon's new Rebel EOS T3i/600D sports a dizzying array of features including expanded power in auto settings, onboard shooting guides, variable frame rate for video, and updated video zoom capabilities
This conveniently sized field guide fits in your camera case and explains how to use all the camera settings as well as how to shoot HD video
Filled with step-by-step techniques and plenty of tips for getting great shots
Includes a gray/color checker card to assure accurate color and white balance
Illustrated with the author's outstanding color photos

Make the most of every feature on your Canon Rebel EOS T3i/600D with this colorful, portable guide.Photos from the Author Pink Camellia(Click image to see larger version and information on the photo)

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David Busch's Canon EOS 60D Guide to Digital SLR Photography Review

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(More customer reviews)Busch has once again raised the bar for Canon EOS 60D guidebooks with this massive and comprehensive manual for Canon's down-sized, re-booted advanced amateur camera model. It offers information and tips you simply won't find in the condensed books and OEM manual re-hashes. He's maintained the clear and accessible descriptions of features from his earlier 50D book, and supplemented them with an expansive treatment of this new camera's innovative features. For example, the 60D has a new built-in wireless flash controller, and Busch devotes an entire chapter to that. Movie-making gets expanded coverage here, with an entire chapter of step-by-step instructions and tips. Autofocus is glossed over in many guides, but Busch has a full chapter explaining its intricacies, and how to nail perfect focus every time.
The book is a photography course, too, with an introduction to both basic and advanced concepts, all geared towards use of the 60D, so that readers can master picture-taking as they master their cameras. Busch recognizes that each camera is unique, and although the explanations of basic concepts like exposure, shutter speeds, and apertures are similar across all models in all his books, the Canon 60D deserves detailed coverage. In this book, he manages to do that while still tailoring his explanations to suit beginners who have purchased a Canon 60D as their first D-SLR, intermediate photographers looking to improve their skills, and advanced shooters who want a fast way to learn the camera and gain some tips.
The book is well-organized so that any photographer of any level can quickly locate what they need to know. For example, there's a "Getting Started" chapter, which, the author acknowledges, will likely be read only after the reader has already taken a few hundred photos. It provides the kind of pre-flight checklist you wish you had when you bought your first digital SLR. Next comes a Quick Start chapter that leads you through the essential features of the camera, with just the basics and none of the mind-numbing detail, allowing you to immediately go out and shoot your best pictures, ever. The third chapter is a "roadmap" guide that carefully explains each of the controls on the camera, with many photos and the right amount of information. The thick, but small-format book that comes with the 60D has many cross-references that send you darting around. Busch gives you the nitty gritty here.
The author does devote several long chapters to explaining every menu option and, more importantly, why you should use each setting. Most other guides just list the menu item choices, and don't give you detailed examples of when to use a particular setting. The other books simply don't have room for this kind of depth. Highly recommended.

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David Busch's Canon EOS Rebel T3i/600D Guide to Digital SLR Photography (David Busch Camera Guides) Review

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(More customer reviews)This is certainly the friendliest camera guide I've ever used, starting with the gentle easing into the use of this camera in the three Quick Start chapters, to the author's friendly, easy to understand style, and responsiveness to questions. There's a link to his blog in the beginning of the book, and I was surprised when he almost instantly answered one question I had when I sent him an email. (The answer was in the book, and could be found in the index, but I hadn't done that, and David kindly answered my question without quoting page number and verse.}
Now that I've taken the time to look at the book more closely, I find that everything is in there, including information I couldn't find in other guidebooks or even the book packaged with my T3i. The book is divided into 14 very complete chapters:
CH 1 - This is the introduction Canon should have provided with the camera. It describes everything you need to know to get started, and each section is preceded by a green highlighted box that tells you what will be described in that section, so you can skip over it and jump to the next section if you want. Most users who have owned a digital SLR in the past can skim through this helpful chapter, which has information on everything from charging the battery and formatting a memory card to setting diopter correction.
CH 2 - This is the true Quick Start meat, with the same green highlighted introductions that help you discover how to choose a shooting mode, focus mode, select a focus point, set white balance, ISO, use the flash, and review your first pictures. If you're unfamiliar with the T3i, this chapter will tell you everything you need to know to go out and take pictures.
CH 3 - This chapter has 20 pages of "roadmap" coverage of every control, dial, and viewing/playback screen of the T3i, replacing the couple pages of black and white drawings with endless cross references in the user manual, with 22 large, full-color illustrations. You'll know what each control does from this chapter, and can use it as a reference after you've been using the camera awhile.
CH 4, CH 5, CH 6, CH 7- Next, the author explains the basics you need to know to begin taking great pictures, with full chapters on Understanding Exposure, Mastering the Mysteries of Autofocus, and using Live View and Movies. In each of these chapters, he offers many tips, including advice that will help nail autofocus and exposure perfectly, and shoot interesting movies. Chapter 7 has advanced shooting tips for working with time exposures, long exposures, WiFi, and Geotagging. I was delighted to finally see these topics explored in a camera guide.
CH 8, CH 8 - Wow, did we ever need these 90 pages of advice on how to use the T3i's menus. I finally understand some of the more esoteric functions, and know why I should use every option. Other guides I've seen just list the entries and possible options with very little explanation. Thank you!
CH 10, CH 11, CH 12 - If you've been using your T3i long enough to wonder what lens to buy next, Chapter 10 gives you a clear comparison of all the most common lenses, with the author's evaluations The next two chapters are devoted to lighting and flash, and include the only chapter I've ever seen that covers only wireless flash, a new capability for this camera. It made me want to go out and buy a 320EX Speedlite and begin putting the author's lessons to work.
CH 13, CH 14 - I found these two chapters the least useful, with basic introductory information on software available for this camera (but without much how-to, as this is a camera guide, not a software book), and some troubleshooting advice that I haven't used yet, because I haven't had any trouble, upgraded my firmware, or needed to clean my sensor manually. I'm sure I'll find use for this later.
All in all, this book is a must for anyone who has bought a T3i and really wants to understand how to learn to use it directly from the leading Canon guru.


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