The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Companion

Learning How to Take Pictures You Love With the Camera You Have

By Ben Long
September 2008
Pages: 287
ISBN 10: 0-596-52086-7 | ISBN 13: 9780596520861
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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.

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This book fills in the holes., January 10 2009

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Submitted by Bob Baker [Respond | View]

I read 2 other books befor I found this blug.
I read the review and know I had to haveit.
So I went and pickup a copy. I found the book easy to
read and understand. I like that it started at
the AUTo mode. After reading the first few pages
your out the door with Sxi in hand. It filled in some holes for me.

Online chapter will be up on Mon 11/3/08, October 31 2008
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Telltheworld: Sorry about the online chapter not being posted yet. It's been slowed down in our Production process, but should be up on Monday, Nov 3.
Thanks for your comment!
--Steve Weiss
Executive Editor, O'Reilly Media

Good book, but can't locate workflow chapter it mentions online, October 11 2008

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Submitted by telltheworld [Respond | View]

This appears to be a good book on the XSI, and on photography in general. I was directed to the O'Reilly web site to see a bonus chapter on digital workflow. I see info on the book, including ways to purchase other versions of it, but cannot locate the extra content mentioned. Does anyone know where it is located? Thanks :-)

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Media reviews
"This unique account teaches you how to use different Digital Rebel features to make great photographs: author gives his easy-to-follow lessons, a complete class on digital photography, tailored specifically for people who use this camera. "
-- Nadia Russ, Wonderpedia

"You need a very good book that not only teaches you how to use the XSi but also shows you how to make really good photographs. The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Companion, subtitled Practical photography advice you can take anywhere, is one such book. "
-- Chris Malinao, Studio Lighting

"Ben Long’s The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Companion is the manual that "should have" shipped with the camera...Throughout the entire book, he manages to keep a friendly patter going, with some asides, as if he were with you. He does this without pandering, in a voice that’s easy for both the novice and the advanced user...there is enough here to satisfy all."
-- Dennis Hays, Photo News Today

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