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sarny
24-03-2006, 21:05
Im looking at getting into photography so i thought it was about time i learned the basic's instead of asking you lot all the time about what f 2.8 is etc...

Any reccomendations, wouldnt mind it being cheap or widley available second hand.
Taq
24-03-2006, 21:29
There's a good beginner's guide at :
http://www.canon.co.jp/Imaging/enjoydslr/index.html

and a long description of what f stops are at:
http://www.uscoles.com/fstop.htm

Book-wise I have:
The digital SLR handbook - Michael Freeman
Understanding Exposure: How to Shoot Great Photographs with a Film or Digital Camera ~Bryan Peterson
The Complete Kodak book of photography - Mitchell Beazley (actually belongs to my wife - it's quite old and therefore only about film SLRs but has some great explanations and examples of everything from shooting different types of subjects, to composition theory and how cameras and lenses work. Well worth getting if you can find a copy)
Actually, there's a copy for sale here (http://www.dpbolvw.net/click-582776-9479574?loc=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/The-Complete-Kodak-Book-Of-Photography_W0QQitemZ7017029672QQcategoryZ101026QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
Radiohead
24-03-2006, 21:29
I would go for John Hedgecoe's New Manual of Photography (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0751337374/thedvdforums-21)
sarny
24-03-2006, 21:42
havent got a digi SLR as funds are low. fuji s5000.
byronsp
25-03-2006, 10:08
I would go for John Hedgecoe's New Manual of Photography (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0751337374/thedvdforums-21)

Thanks, just got this from another recommendation and interesting reading. Reading on the tube though, why does every photo book/magazine have the obligatory female nudity section :n0rty:
Taq
25-03-2006, 10:23
helps sell more copies :D
JOV
26-03-2006, 09:47
That guide from Canon is very good.
dbarker
26-03-2006, 10:20
'Photography (http://www.thedvdforums.com/jump2.php?url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0321011082/thedvdforums-21)' by Barbara London is the book that most university photography courses recommend in semester 1. It covers everything.
stormywhether
26-03-2006, 10:26
Get a book with big pictures and short, simple explanations in. The one Taq recommended by Bryan Peterson is awesome and covers everything you need to know.

Should you go down the route of curriculum books you'll fall into a bored sleep for 100 years, and on waking up with your book-learned knowledge will discover that cameras have been superceded with fully automated image-capturing microchips in people's heads.
JOV
26-03-2006, 11:57
Im looking at getting into photography so i thought it was about time i learned the basic's instead of asking you lot all the time about what f 2.8 is etc...

Any reccomendations, wouldnt mind it being cheap or widley available second hand.


Have a look on Abebooks lots of book on Photography.

http://www.abebooks.co.uk/
Roy
26-03-2006, 12:04
obligatory female nudity section :n0rty:

Sold!