Nikon D90 For Dummies by Julie Adair King (PDF)

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The Nikon D90 offers professional-quality features for shutterbugs of all types—take full advantage of each feature with this full-color, user-friendly guide Your Nikon D90 digital camera offers professional-quality features—like 11-point autofocus, Live View, and the ability to shoot HD video—that you may find overwhelming if you’re not familiar with digital cameras or even photography in general. No need to panic—you’re in the right place. Nikon D90 For Dummies is a fun and easy-to-use guide that helps you understand and use all the camera’s dials and modes, manage photo size and quality, take creative control with manual settings, and share your images in print or online. Not only will you learn what all your camera’s features do, but you’ll also discover when, where, why, and how best to use each one. With this full-color book written in plain English, getting great shots is a snap. Whether you’re an experienced photography enthusiast or a virtual beginner, this book shows you the ins and outs of the Nikon D90. You’ll learn to: Format memory cards, use Live View, create custom settings, and change lenses Use thumbnail and calendar displays and picture data, and get tips for inspecting your photos Control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO Work with active D-lighting and use various flash modes Take control of lighting, exposure, and color Set up, shoot, and review photos using the viewscreen Record HD video, including sound, and know what your D90 can and can’t do Use software that comes with the camera to download, organize, and archive your images Print photos or share them via e-mails or slide shows Decide when you should use JPEG and when to use NEF Adjust resolution for optimum print quality or file size This comprehensive guide gives you the scoop on secrets for getting the best point-and-shoot pictures and why you might not want to use the top image quality setting. You’ll get tips for retouching images (like removing red-eye and adding a starburst effect) plus ideas for exploring special-purpose features (like adding comments to images with location and other information). Get your copy of Nikon D90 For Dummies, grab your Nikon D90, and start shooting!

User’s Reviews

Editorial Reviews: From the Inside Flap Use every feature of your D90, get creative, and snap great shots!Your Nikon D90 offers professional-quality features to helpyou take your photography to the next level. Take full advantageof every one with this fun and easy guide! Understand and use all the dials and modes, manage photo size and quality, take creative control with manual settings, and share your images in print or online.Nuts and bolts — set up your camera, work with lenses and memory cards, and use automatic photography modesGo live — get the scoop on using Live View mode and recording and playing HD moviesGain new shooting skills — find out how to use advanced options to capture any subject like a proExposure is everything — control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO; work with Active D-Lighting; and use various flash modesOut of the camera — download, organize, and archive your images and share them in prints, e-mails, and slide showsOpen the book and find:Tips for taking perfect portraits, dynamic action shots, and beautiful nature picsTechniques for manipulating color and focusDetailed coverage of every menu optionAdvice on which Custom Settings to use (and which ones to avoid)How to choose the right Image Quality settingHelp with using Retouch menu options to fix problem photosEasy-to-understand explanations of technical lingo From the Back Cover Use every feature of your D90, get creative, and snap great shots!Your Nikon D90 offers professional-quality features to helpyou take your photography to the next level. Take full advantageof every one with this fun and easy guide! Understand and use all the dials and modes, manage photo size and quality, take creative control with manual settings, and share your images in print or online.Nuts and bolts — set up your camera, work with lenses and memory cards, and use automatic photography modesGo live — get the scoop on using Live View mode and recording and playing HD moviesGain new shooting skills — find out how to use advanced options to capture any subject like a proExposure is everything — control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO; work with Active D-Lighting; and use various flash modesOut of the camera — download, organize, and archive your images and share them in prints, e-mails, and slide showsOpen the book and find:Tips for taking perfect portraits, dynamic action shots, and beautiful nature picsTechniques for manipulating color and focusDetailed coverage of every menu optionAdvice on which Custom Settings to use (and which ones to avoid)How to choose the right Image Quality settingHelp with using Retouch menu options to fix problem photosEasy-to-understand explanations of technical lingo About the Author Julie Adair King is the author of many digital photography books, including Digital Photography For Dummies, Nikon D40/D40x For Dummies, and Nikon D60 For Dummies. She also teaches digital photography workshops at such locations as the Palm Beach Photographic Centre. Read more

Reviews from Amazon users which were colected at the time this book was published on the website:

⭐The last SLR camera I bought was a Nikkormat, so starting fresh with a D90 was really an experience akin to culture shock. The camera itself is great. If you want, set it to automatic and it will take very good pictures under almost any conditions. However, for the price of this camera you certainly are looking for near professional flexilibity. That equates to many, many options you need to be familiar with to use it effectively. The “D90 for Dummies” was very helpful to me in getting up to speed with the changes that have been put into place over the last thirty years. Basically, the Nikkormat and the D90 do a lot of things the same way. The book gives a very good and understandable transition lesson from manual to digital/computerized photography.If you are already familiar with digital SLR’s, the book might be a bit elementary. It would be a good adjunct to the owner’s manual.

⭐The book is informative (which is why I gave 2 stars instead of one) BUT all the pictures are in black and white which makes it difficult since the instructions refer to colors in the photos and/or use the photos to illustrate the differences between final photos based on the camera settings. I’ve added pictures of the book so you can see what I mean.Overall I would not recommend you buy this as there are other books that teach the same info and have color images for reference.

⭐I have not found a book in the “for Dummies” series that is not helpful, even for those who are intermediate in the field and this book is no exception.

⭐I really need a book that will explain this camera, I watched a bunch of YouTube videos, but no one ever explained how to use this camera like a pro. Since I lost the instruction manual, I bought this item. So worth the 20 bucks!

⭐Purchased this for my niece who wanted to start learning photography, I gave her my old D90 and bought her this book to help her understand and get started. It’s well written and helpful, but the fact that it’s in black and white and not in color as it says on the cover really cut out a lot information as you can see in my pictures.

⭐This book was very helpful, easy to read and follow. I would recommend if you want to get very familiar with your Nikon D90

⭐The information is great, easy to read and understand, but on the front it says “IN FULL COLOR” but as you can see, the pictures are in black and white. Buying this book expecting to have color pictures to learn how to use my camera was going to help a lot to see how pictures should look like. I have sent an email to the publisher (WILEY) and got no response as of yet (15 days)

⭐I have had the D90 for years, but this book helped me learn some new things… and reviewed other things I already knew.It is easy to follow along with camera in hand, and the style of writing makes learning fun for “this” dummie.I own the book written by one of the “nikonians”, and I like this book better. Less opinion and more useful facts.I should add that I bet there are other books on the D90 for more advanced users too. So, buy many and learn alot.Have Fun!

⭐I had to return the copy I purchased from Amazon (direct, not a marketplace seller) late in 2020 because as other recent reviewers have stated, the copy which arrived was ‘In Full Color!’ outside but only grey scale throughout inside. Having returned the copy I got from Amazon, I then ordered a replacement from the publishers (Wiley) and when it arrived I was amazed to find that copy was also only colour on the outside, with no colour content on the inside. On engaging with the publisher about this I was informed that they would do a new print run of the book in colour from January 2021. They have proved as good as their word: I now (end of January 2021) have a newly printed full colour copy of the book, which came directly from the publisher.Unfortunately, a batch of them were printed in 2020 with only grey scale illustrations inside despite having ‘In Full Color!’ on the outside so for the forseeable future you will have to seek clarification from any seller as to whether the copy they are selling is in full colour inside, or not.Many others have reviewed the book from the point of view of its content so I won’t cover that ground again, suffice to say that it is a decent book when it is printed in colour, as it should be. Most of the reviewers who gave this a low star rating understandably did so because they received a black and white copy of a supposedly colour book.

⭐My experience with many “after-market” guides has almost always been that you get a book with the first couple of chapters dedicated to product that you have purchased, whilst the remaining 80% book is a generic guide on the relevant subject – in this case digital photography. I suppose that, in this way, the publishers and author can use the vast majority of the material for a range of different products.What has impressed me with this book is that it is 326 pages dedicated solely to the Nikon D90. The illustrations are in large clear colour throughout, it contains frequent “screen dumps” from the information displays on the camera, and all is explained in everyday language. This book starts where the manufacturer’s hand book leaves off, and whilst the handbook tells you “what the camera does” this book shows you “how to do it”. I would thoroughly recommend it to anyone from beginner to serious amateur level (which is after all the sector of the DSLR market the D90 aims to capture).I also have this guide on my Kindle, In fairness I found the Kindle version less readable, so on that basis I suppose it must be the clear layout and and colour printing of the paperback version that sets it apart from the competition, for me at least.For my money this book is leaps and bounds ahead of the competition, I am very pleased with it.

⭐King’s book is an excellent, lucid guide to the D90 which complements very well Ken Rockwell’s more opinionated, but thoroughly informative on-line guide. King’s book is comprehensive and should appeal equally to those who are new to contemporary SLR digital photography and the very experienced photographer. For instance, King treats the ‘point and shoot’ modes seriously and shows their posssibilities in a positive and non-patronising light. By this she encourages the beginner to become confident in using these settings as ones which which are valuable in themselves and as a way of gradually seeing the point and possibilities of the advanced modes.King writes well. She is clear, uses simple language and combines her text with the copious illustrations in a tight fashion. In other words you don’t have to keep flipping three or four pages which separate the words from the pics.I highly recommend the book but I also recommend Rockwell’s on-line guide as well to be read side by side King’s. He sometimes makes strong recommendations about settings. I like this because he is never domineering and it can be a real help if you are new to digital SLR photography; but it can sometimes get in the way of exporing the camera’s possibilities for yourself. King’s book is more ‘neutral’ in this respect and so in some ways frees you up to try things out a bit more than Rockwell’s guide does. I shouldn’t, but sometimes when I don’t follow one of Rockwell’s strong suggestions, I feel worried that I am going against the expert’s grain. Of course, that’s my fault not Rockwell’s, but I liked King’s book especially because it told me what the camera is capable of and freed me up ‘to play’.After all, if you don’t like your results you can scrub them out in a twinkling.

⭐As always these reference books are great value and so is this one, but this time there is a but. It’s not with the content that’s fine too. The nag is on the front cover it says IN FULL COLOUR in caps in bright red. The only thing is, IT’S NOT, its in full black and white throughout the book. My other D3500 reference book makes no reference to full colour, and that’s in full colour throughout. Still as the pics are the same in both books you can check them out.

⭐A very nice, simple introduction to the use of the camera.Personally I would have preferred to have seen some of the earlier chapters truncated somewhat (A Pre-Dummies Guide?) and a little more emphasis on using the camera.However I lower my score for this book somewhat as large portions of the book as direct cut and paste from the Dummies Guide to the D40/D40X – considering that the D90 is a rather more complicated camera I would have expected more effort here.Overall a good replacement for the poorly written manual but considering the capabilities of the Camera, nothing more.

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