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Product Description Are you looking for a sure, complete guide to your new Nikon D600? If so, David Busch's Nikon D600 Guide to Digital SLR Photography is the perfect companion for you. The Nikon D600 is the long-anticipated follow-up to Nikon's D700 full-frame (FX) model and features a generous 24 megapixels of resolution and advanced HD video features. This book will help you explore the world of digital photography, flex your creativity, and get the most out of your D600. With clear how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon D600 Guide to Digital SLR Photography covers all the features of this powerful camera in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lenses, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. With David Busch as your mentor, you'll be in full creative control, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced hobbyist, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge, creativity, and confidence with the Nikon D600 today. From the Author I hope you'll find this book was well worth the wait. I'm pleased that I've been able to fill it with the kind of information you won't find other guides for this sophisticated camera. Whether you're a veteran dSLR owner, a pro, an advanced amateur who is switching to the Nikon D600, a budding enthusiast who wants to learn all of the camera's great features, or an ambitious beginner who wants to learn the basics of photography while mastering your Nikon D600 camera, sit down with me and we'll explore this camera together. You're in for a great ride!At nearly 600 pages, this book is the most comprehensive guidebook available for the D600, and the first of three books I'm writing about Nikon's pioneering full-frame camera. I've organized my tips into six sections, so that, no matter what your level of expertise, you can quickly access the information you need to master the camera.Frankly, this is an advanced camera, so I didn't want to fill it with basic, beginner stuff, nor pad it with general-purpose chapters on, say, how to shoot landscapes, or how to shoot sports. I do recognize that many aspiring photographers lured by the D600's high megapixel count may need and want additional information. So, I've put as much of the background material as possible into a "bonus" section at the end of the book, where you'll find expanded set-up instructions, lens basics, software recommendations, and trouble-shooting. Advanced shooters can refer to this information only as required, and jump right into the "meat" in the first 500 pages of my book.I know many books on the D600 are being rushed to the shelves, but I've been stuffing mine full of things you won't find elsewhere, such as a printable/downloadable focus chart to use to fine-tune your autofocus (accompanied by step-by-step instructions), a simple, clear discussion of diffraction, and examples of shooting HDR with this camera.There are thumbnail descriptions of virtually every lens Nikon offers, including the new, inexpensive 24-85mm mid-range VR zoom kit lens. I've got frank evaluations of the pros and cons of specific lenses (my comparison photos of the "non-breathing" 70-200mm f/2.8 VR I and "breathing" 70-200mm f/2.8 VR II are eye-openers!) I'll show you the exact areas of the frame covered by the D600's RGB exposure sensor -- including a color-coded representation of the 8mm, 12mm, 15mm, and 20mm center-weighted zones. I'll share with you some tricks for shooting your best movie clips ever, particularly with a brand-new mixing device that enables high quality microphones.Confused by wireless flash? Nikon's Creative Lighting System really deserves a full book of its own, but I pack all the basics you need to get started in my three lighting chapters. Everything in this huge book is organized for easy access, with the beginner stuff tucked away in the "bonus" chapters at the end of the book