Customer Rating: 
Summary: Easy to follow - Great Book
Comment: Based on the positive reviews, I purchased Bryan Petersons, Understanding Exposure and The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos by Michael Freeman at the same time.
While both are good, Understanding Exposure is much easier to follow. The later is more dry and text bookish; however, it goes deeper into how to develop good shooting skills, not just explaining how exposure works. I recommend both.
This book will take you through the basics of how aperture, shutter speed, and film speed work together. Apertures are split into groups, and explanations given for conditions that are best for each group.
It points out differences between fixed lens digital cameras and digital SLRs; Such as, why there's a difference in depth of field when I used an f/2.4 on a fixed lens and an f/2.4 on an SLR. Advantages and disadvantages for both, when it comes to aperture, were enlightening.
Tips are provided for most accurate light metering, filter use, and freezing or slowing motion, to name a few. Exercises are provided so you can experience for yourself what the author is describing.
Although this book doesn't "need" another five star review, I'm giving it one anyway, because I definitely thought it was money well spent.
Customer Rating:
Summary: must read
Comment: The book is well written and easy to understand. Unless you are a very seasoned pro, I highly recomend it. It contains some invaluable tidbits of info. and is well worth the money. I loan my copy to anyone that ask me about a question about exposure.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good book for beginners
Comment: This was a very informational book for someone learning about ISO, aperature and shutter speed. I had a little knowledge on the subject, this book made things much clearer. Written in a way that was easy to understand and then apply to photography. Great for the beginner, but probably too basic for the more experienced photographer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great book!
Comment: This is a great book. Covers how to put together a perfect exposure very well. Are you tired of always struggling becuase there just wasn't enough light in that shot? You just had a bit too much blur then you wanted? You just don't understand how shutter speed, film speed and aperature work together and which one should be modified for this particular shot? Then read this book and have fun shooting in manual mode from now on and stop hoping that auto mode will get the picture right. :)
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good read, bad print quality
Comment: This was a very informational book and I learned from it, but the photos are of horrible print quality due to a poor selection in publishing.
Summary: Easy to follow - Great Book
Comment: Based on the positive reviews, I purchased Bryan Petersons, Understanding Exposure and The Photographer's Eye: Composition and Design for Better Digital Photos by Michael Freeman at the same time.
While both are good, Understanding Exposure is much easier to follow. The later is more dry and text bookish; however, it goes deeper into how to develop good shooting skills, not just explaining how exposure works. I recommend both.
This book will take you through the basics of how aperture, shutter speed, and film speed work together. Apertures are split into groups, and explanations given for conditions that are best for each group.
It points out differences between fixed lens digital cameras and digital SLRs; Such as, why there's a difference in depth of field when I used an f/2.4 on a fixed lens and an f/2.4 on an SLR. Advantages and disadvantages for both, when it comes to aperture, were enlightening.
Tips are provided for most accurate light metering, filter use, and freezing or slowing motion, to name a few. Exercises are provided so you can experience for yourself what the author is describing.
Although this book doesn't "need" another five star review, I'm giving it one anyway, because I definitely thought it was money well spent.
Customer Rating:
Summary: must read
Comment: The book is well written and easy to understand. Unless you are a very seasoned pro, I highly recomend it. It contains some invaluable tidbits of info. and is well worth the money. I loan my copy to anyone that ask me about a question about exposure.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good book for beginners
Comment: This was a very informational book for someone learning about ISO, aperature and shutter speed. I had a little knowledge on the subject, this book made things much clearer. Written in a way that was easy to understand and then apply to photography. Great for the beginner, but probably too basic for the more experienced photographer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: great book!
Comment: This is a great book. Covers how to put together a perfect exposure very well. Are you tired of always struggling becuase there just wasn't enough light in that shot? You just had a bit too much blur then you wanted? You just don't understand how shutter speed, film speed and aperature work together and which one should be modified for this particular shot? Then read this book and have fun shooting in manual mode from now on and stop hoping that auto mode will get the picture right. :)
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good read, bad print quality
Comment: This was a very informational book and I learned from it, but the photos are of horrible print quality due to a poor selection in publishing.
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