The Nikon D5100 is a perfect companion to a photographer searching for a top of the line entry-level DSLR camera. Offering full HDR capability; enhanced night vision shooting; enhanced audio capability; and 1080p HD video; the D5100 is packed with a wide-range of useful features. The Nikon D5100 Digital Field Guide will teach you how to work use each of these impressive features and capture everything from stunning still photos to cinematic quality movies. Chapter 1: Exploring the Nikon D5100- This chapter identifies every button; dial; and indicator on your camera and walks you through setting up your Nikon D5100 for immediate use. Chapter 2: Nikon D5100 Essentials- This chapter teaches you how each of your camerarsquo;s modes functions; from fully automatic to the daunting manual mode. It also covers how to adjust key exposure settings such as ISO; shutter speed; and aperture. Chapter 3: Setting Up the Nikon D5100- Chapter 3 covers the Nikon D5100rsquo;s menu screens and how to navigate your way through them in setting up and using your new camera. Chapter 4: Selecting and Using Lenses for the Nikon D5100- In this chapter; yoursquo;ll find advice on choosing the best lenses for your camera; including recommendations for a variety of budgets and skill-levels. Chapter 5: Understanding Exposure- This chapter gives a primer on the fundamentals of exposure to allow you to take the best possible photos now that you know how to make all necessary adjustments to your camera settings. Chapter 6: Working with Light- Within this chapter; yoursquo;ll find an explanation of flash options from shooting with the built-in flash; modifying flash exposure; shooting with a speedlite; or using a wireless flash; and much more. Chapter 7: Working with Live View and Video- Chapter 7 teaches you the tips; tricks; and workarounds yoursquo;ll need to effectively use your live view as well as to capture stunning video. Chapter 8: Real- world Applications- This chapter refreshes your photo knowledge with overviews on how to shoot landscape; portrait photography; action photography; night photography and more.Chapter 9: Viewing and In-camera Editing- In this chapter; you will learn how to view and download your images from the D51000 as well as how to use the many in-camera editing options. Appendix A: General Photography Tips- This appendix offers refreshers on depth of field and rules of composition. Appendix B: Accessories- This appendix teaches you how to utilize the remote control; video accessories; GPS unit and much more. Appendix C: How to Use the Gray Card and Color Checker- A bonus gray card and color checker are provided (bound within the book) to help you get the color right on every shot. This appendix teaches you how to make the most of this great add-on. The Nikon D5100 Digital Field Guide is a friendly; efficient; clearly-illustrated guide that will enable you to confidently capture beautiful images with your new Nikon D5100.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Love Broadway Musicals even more with this bookBy Darrell CozenEnchanted Evenings second edition is a delight for lovers of Broadway musicals. giving musical and theatrical insights that can add greatly to the experience of seeing any of the musicals discussed in the book. It is interesting how a survey of Broadway musicals from the 1920s to the 2000s arrives at a list that introduced me to musicals that I had never heard of. while also inevitably omitting some of my favorites (Fiddler and Evita. being two examples). His selections include wildly popular musicals. critics favorites. as well as some that seem to mainly show the cultural mores of the era. A number of musicals that he selects deal with the issue of compromise (in love. in art. in music. etc.). Others deal with racial stereotypes. prejudice and justice.In each musical. Block describes the musical themes and the narrative or plot themes in fascinating detail. He evidently loves to explore the transformations of a musical from an original play (for example Romeo and Juliet) to the Broadway musical (Westside Story) to the Academy Award-winning film. His comparisons of opera to musicals are enlightening.Although the book greatly increases the appreciation of most musicals for a casual fan like myself. it also brought down my hero. Andrew Lloyd Webber. by pointing out the amount of borrowing he used and the overuse of some musical themes when not justified by the plot. action or mood. Although I will still enjoy Lloyd Webbers melodies the most. I will respect earlier giants more for their use of musicals to promote a more tolerant or just society.
