Your Interactive Guide
to DSLR Photography
Santa
Barbara, CA—Rocky Nook’s
newest publication,
The Nikon D80 Dbook, is
the ideal companion for
anyone who wants to get the
most from their Nikon
camera. With 620 digital
pages in Acrobat format, you
will discover the
fundamentals on all aspects
of the digital image
creation process: digital
photography basics, taking
pictures, image
optimization, lenses,
accessories, and much more.
Rocky Nook
Dbooks go well beyond the
Nikon camera manuals and are
well organized, beautifully
illustrated introductions to
digital photography with the
Nikon system.
The Dbooks
offer clickable examples and
digital images that explain
before-and-after situations
and clearly illustrate the
individual stages of the
processes involved.
Navigation is easy with the
built-in hyperlinks or the
detailed index and Acrobat
search functions. Rocky Nook
Dbooks make reading just as
exciting and interactive as
digital photography itself.
High-resolution RGB images
help to illustrate subtle
differences and effects that
would hardly be visible on a
printed book page.
Rocky Nook
Dbooks also include a handy
booklet for use on the road,
which is filled with
practical overviews of your
camera and menu options.
The Rocky
Nook Dbook series is a must
for all serious amateur,
semi-professional, or
professional photographers
who want to get the most out
of their Nikon equipment,
and who strive to produce
impressive, polished,
digital images.
Based in Bad
Homburg, Germany,
information designer
Rainer Dorau specializes
in user interface design and
user assistance systems
where digital photography
touches his daily work in
various ways. For many years
the committed photo
enthusiast has been
contributing to numerous
book projects on digital
imaging, both as a writer
and a layout designer. His
passion for digital
photography emanates from
his fascination for modern
technologies and his
enjoyment of photographic
images.
Once a
dedicated student of the
works of Shakespeare and
Dickens,
Rudolf Krahm today works
as a freelance translator
(English/German) and editor
for technical documents and
books on digital imaging and
photography. As an amateur
photographer Krahm started
out with an old Agfa
Isolette, and then wouldn't
let go of his completely
manual Nikkormat FT2 for
many years until he was
swept along by the digital
imaging wave. His favorite
photo subjects are nature
and landscape as well as his
family.
Designer,
journalist, and imaging
expert
Helmut Kraus is based in
Düsseldorf, Germany. As an
author of numerous magazine
articles and reference
books, he has been closely
watching the development of
digital communication and
production tools since their
beginnings. His work focuses
on the progressing evolution
of visual techniques,
especially the effects of
digital photography and
digital imaging on graphic
design.
All three
authors are members of the
exclam! network, a pool
of creative freelancers, and
are responsible for writing
many of Nikon's official
user guides in Europe.
Additional Resources:
For more information about
the book, including table of
contents, index, author
bios, and cover graphic,
see:
http://www.oreilly/catalog/9781933952154
The Nikon D80 Dbook
Rainer Dorau, Rudolf Krahm,
Helmut Kraus
ISBN: 1-933952-15-6, 580
pages,
$44.95 USD, £27.99 GBP
order@oreilly.com
1-800-998-9938
1-707-827-7000
About Rocky Nook
Rocky Nook's books are
distributed internationally
by
O'Reilly Media.
Rocky Nook was founded
in early 2006 in Santa
Barbara, California, and is
closely associated with
dpunkt.verlag, a leading
publisher of books on
technology based in
Heidelberg, Germany. The
focus of Rocky Nook's
publications is on digital
photography. However, other
areas related to modern
photography, such as imaging
and computer technology, are
also important to them.
Their mission is to
demystify the cutting-edge
developments in digital
photography, providing
practical instruction to
enhance the skills of
amateur and professional
photographers. Their books
offer in-depth information
on technological advances in
the digital photography
workflow. They strive to
support the efficiency and
creativity of their readers
with the ultimate goal of
fostering outstanding image
quality.
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