Errata for The Canon EOS Digital Rebel XSi/450D Companion
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Color Key: Serious Technical Mistake Minor Technical Mistake Language or formatting error Typo Question Note Update
| Version |
Location |
Description |
Submitted By |
Date Submitted |
Date Corrected |
| Printed |
Page xiv
para 2, line 2 |
"one of the reat advantages . . .
imho, should read: "One of the great advantages . . .
I'm saying great as opposed to reat because of the extra space wher a
g could go.
|
ChrisOlson |
Dec 22, 2008 |
Feb 01, 2009 |
| Printed |
Page xii
3rd paragraph |
"Some images of them ... appear in chapters 8, 12 and 14."
There is no chapter 14 in the book
Note from the Author or Editor:
Should be chapters: 7, 8, 11, 12 |
Anonymous |
Jan 13, 2009 |
Feb 01, 2009 |
| Printed |
Page 92
3rd paragraph |
Paragraph starts: "In Chapter 2, you learned about the shutter, a curtain that opens and closes in front of the shutter to expose it to the light..."
The second occurrence of "shutter" should be "sensor".
"In Chapter 2, you learned about the shutter, a curtain that opens and closes in front of the sensor to expose it to the light..."
|
Matthew Hunt |
Jan 11, 2009 |
Feb 01, 2009 |
| Safari Books Online |
102
aperatures in 4th paragraph |
The rightmost/last aperature should be F22, not F32. 32 is twice 16, so if you square them, 32 is 4x larger.
22 aquared is however 2x larger than 16 squared, so 2x the aperature has 2x the area.
|
Anonymous |
Sep 16, 2008 |
Feb 01, 2009 |
| Printed |
Page 103
On page 103, the ISO list should not include 3200 |
On page 103, the ISO list should not include 3200
|
scottd_oreilly |
Jan 23, 2009 |
Feb 01, 2009 |
| Printed |
Page 104
3rd paragraph |
The list of shutter speeds is missing bold styles as alluded to in following paragraph: "I've put the traditional one-stop increments in bold."
Note from the Author or Editor:
the following numbers should be in bold: 1/15; 1/30; 1/60; 1/125 |
Matthew Hunt |
Jan 11, 2009 |
Feb 01, 2009 |
| Printed |
Page 155
1st paragraph, second sentence |
Book reads: "The camera also shows the date and time the image was shot, your very balance setting, ...." It should say "white balance" not "very balance".
|
Jason Cox |
Jan 22, 2009 |
Feb 01, 2009 |
| Printed |
Page 182
Picture caption |
Second sentence of caption is missing "to":
This is an example of your brain failing [to] properly interpret the visual data that your eyes have collected.
|
matt_hunt |
Jan 23, 2009 |
Feb 01, 2009 |
| Printed |
Page 185
2nd paragraph |
Second sentence of this paragraph has gone astray.
Spend some time looking at their images with an eye toward both simply seeing how they make you feel but and figuring out what was done technically to create the image.
Suggest:
Spend some time looking at their images with an eye toward both seeing how they make you feel and figuring out what was done technically to create the image.
|
matt_hunt |
Jan 23, 2009 |
Feb 01, 2009 |
| Printed |
Page 224
4th paragraph, last sentence |
Sentence talks about shooting RAW and references chapter 10. However, RAW is covered in chapter 11.
|
Jason Cox |
Jan 22, 2009 |
Feb 01, 2009 |
| Printed |
Page 229
Warning box |
The which/that dilemma seems to have led to a compromise in the form of "wthat" at the start of the Waiting for Recharge warning:
"Before the flash can fire, it must charge up, a process wthat is..."
Note from the Author or Editor:
(used non-restrictive clause - which) - DCRC - S.D. |
matt_hunt |
Jan 14, 2009 |
Feb 01, 2009 |
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