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Our Price: $19.95 (Check link for Current Discount) Spiral-bound - 94 pages 1 edition (March 10, 1999) ShortCourses.com A Short Course in Choosing & Using a Digital Camera (Short Courses) by Dennis Curtin (Photographer) If you've visited the &FOTOgraphic department of the Design & Publishing Center you know of Dennis Curtin. He's an occassional contributor, and a leading authority on digital photography. If you or someone you know is thinking about buying a digital camera, or if you've bought one and want to know what all those features are for, this brand new, clearly written and easy-to-understand guide is for you. Drawn from the comprehensive information on the Dennis' highly-respected digital photography Web site (http://www.shortcourses.co), this guide pulls together answers to the questions you might have and helps you choose the best camera for your needs. This beautifully written guide pulls together answers to the questions you might have, including How good are digital cameras? What features should I look for in a digital camera and how do I use them once I have them? What resolution do I need? Do I want a point-and-shoot camera or one with creative controls? How important are accessories? How should I choose the company to buy from? What alternatives are there to a digital camera? Dennis says: " ... by watching the pages people seek out, and by answering the many e-mail messages I get, it's clear that almost everyone wants to know more about what features to consider when buying a camera and how to use those features once they own one. For the past three decades Dennis has been an editor, author, and publisher in the fields of photography and computers. On the publishing side, he was editor-in-chief of one of Little Brown's divisions and also held the same position in Prentice-Hall's technology and engineering program and Prentice-Hall International. In his roles as both editor and author he's been fortunate to publish or write many best-selling books in photography and computing. Isn't it time you tapped that rich resource of knowledge? Keywords: Photography: digital photography, cameras, manipulation, montage, retouching, (Photo) - - 9/14/99