Digital SLR Cameras and Photography For Dummies®, 5th Edition

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About the Author

With more than two million books in print, David D. Busch is one of the best-selling authors of digital camera guides, digital photography, and imaging technology. As a roving photojournalist for more than 20 years, he illustrated his books, magazine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. He has operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photos and articles have been published in magazines as diverse as Popular Photography, Rangefinder, Professional Photographer, and hundreds of other publications. He has also reviewed dozens of digital cameras for CNet and other CBS Publications.

When About.com first named its top five books on Beginning Digital Photography, debuting at the #1 and #2 slots were Busch’s Digital Photography All-In-One For Dummies (Wiley) and Mastering Digital Photography (Course Technology PTR). His 140 other books published since 1983 include seven Digital Field Guides for Wiley Publishing. Busch is a member of the Cleveland Photographic Society (www.clevelandphoto.org), which has operated continuously since 1887. Visit his website at http://www.dslrguides.com/blog.

Dedication

For Cathy

Author’s Acknowledgments

Thanks as always to Executive Editor Steve Hayes at Wiley, who was the first to see that a book about digital SLR cameras should cover both the cameras and photography in depth. Special thanks, as both author and avid consumer of For Dummies books, go out to Wiley for publishing books like this one in full color at a price anyone can afford. Technical editor Mike Sullivan, as usual, provided his sage advice from the viewpoint of one of the pioneers of digital SLRs, dating back more than 20 years.

More thanks to Project Editor Rebecca Huehls and Copy Editor Melba Hopper for keeping this book looking sharp. Working behind the scenes was my agent, Carole Jelen.

Publisher’s Acknowledgements

Executive Editor: Steve Hayes

Sr. Project Editor: Rebecca Huehls

Copy Editor: Melba Hopper

Technical Editor: Mike Sullivan

Editorial Assistant: Claire Johnson

Sr. Editorial Assistant: Cherie Case

Project Coordinator: Lauren Buroker

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