Customer Rating: 
Summary: Good content, shoddy photocopied book
Comment: This is a comprehensive digital photography course, customized to leverage the features of the Canon PowerShot S5 IS. It's pretty clear that it's a "templated" book ... the author has created a standard course, which he then customizes slightly for the specifics of the individual camera. That said, the level of camera-specific detail is quite comprehensive, with an extra chapter at the end that covers advanced features unique to this camera.
The book also includes a CD-ROM with the full content of the book in Adobe PDF format.
My main complaint is in the extremely shoddy quality of print. This is simply a spiralbound stack of black and white photocopies ... like you would get from a print shop for about $3. This means that the example photos in the book, for which there are many, are effectively useless.
For what they charge for this book, such poor print quality is absolutely unacceptable. ESPECIALLY since many of the photos are attempting to demonstrate the topics in the course. Using black and white photocopies for a book on photography is asinine.
While the content is good, I cannot recommend this book due to the extremely poor quality of printing. This should be sold as an eBook for under $10; paying almost $40 for poor quality photocopies is not acceptable.
Buyer beware!
Customer Rating:
Summary: a short course in canon powershot s5 is photography
Comment: the short cours , for my s5 is , is handy . i like it .
Customer Rating:
Summary: Explains the intricacies of the Canon 5 Is camera
Comment: Wondering whether to purchase this book initially, since it cost $36 dollars, was an unfounded consideration. This book provides an enormous amount of information which is lacking in the Canon manual. It covers ALL possibilities ,in addition ,with photographic information concerning lighting, composition, and varied "tricks and tips" in using the camera's menus.Although the manual itself is in black and white the disk, which accompanies the manual, is in color. The manual references the disk with varied animated examples which help to explain some procedures. Every facet is explained in clear, concise ENGLISH, leading to a more critical understanding of the varied techniques available with this camera.
Summary: Good content, shoddy photocopied book
Comment: This is a comprehensive digital photography course, customized to leverage the features of the Canon PowerShot S5 IS. It's pretty clear that it's a "templated" book ... the author has created a standard course, which he then customizes slightly for the specifics of the individual camera. That said, the level of camera-specific detail is quite comprehensive, with an extra chapter at the end that covers advanced features unique to this camera.
The book also includes a CD-ROM with the full content of the book in Adobe PDF format.
My main complaint is in the extremely shoddy quality of print. This is simply a spiralbound stack of black and white photocopies ... like you would get from a print shop for about $3. This means that the example photos in the book, for which there are many, are effectively useless.
For what they charge for this book, such poor print quality is absolutely unacceptable. ESPECIALLY since many of the photos are attempting to demonstrate the topics in the course. Using black and white photocopies for a book on photography is asinine.
While the content is good, I cannot recommend this book due to the extremely poor quality of printing. This should be sold as an eBook for under $10; paying almost $40 for poor quality photocopies is not acceptable.
Buyer beware!
Customer Rating:
Summary: a short course in canon powershot s5 is photography
Comment: the short cours , for my s5 is , is handy . i like it .
Customer Rating:
Summary: Explains the intricacies of the Canon 5 Is camera
Comment: Wondering whether to purchase this book initially, since it cost $36 dollars, was an unfounded consideration. This book provides an enormous amount of information which is lacking in the Canon manual. It covers ALL possibilities ,in addition ,with photographic information concerning lighting, composition, and varied "tricks and tips" in using the camera's menus.Although the manual itself is in black and white the disk, which accompanies the manual, is in color. The manual references the disk with varied animated examples which help to explain some procedures. Every facet is explained in clear, concise ENGLISH, leading to a more critical understanding of the varied techniques available with this camera.