Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT/ EOS 350D (Magic Lantern Guides)

[I've replaced my original review because I went from highly recommending this book to insisting you purchase it immediately.] At the current price this is a no-brainer decision. Just get it. I'm a geek. I read the manual. I used the camera for months. I read this book and I still learned a great deal. Did you know that it's possible to dynamically tweak exposure in P mode? Why the Pros use aperture priority rather than shutter priority in most settings? How to optimize JPEG output with a zillion different context specific tweaks? When to use different focus options? How to use the histogram and special configuration settings together? What each 'basic' setting does and why some aren't so 'basic'? What's the difference between Flash, Shadow and Cloud white balance? (Two are the same, one is different). Why even pros can use JPG format with this camera, and when RAW is really better? (With newer software like Aperture and iPhoto 6 I personally use RAW, but for most people JPG will work better.) I didn't think so. (Ok, if you knew all of the above the book may be wasted on you.) Really, really good index. Buy the book. PS. The author is definitely a photographer and camera geek first, a software guy last. The clue is color profile: Adobe vs. sRGB. He doesn't talk about it. Basically if you can't make a very good case for using Adobe RGB you should use sRGB. If you really know why and when to use Adobe RGB you are a software geek or a pro. BTW: The XT is an amazing camera. The more I use it, the more I like it. Congratulations on having made a very good choice.

I am an amateur photographer but wanted a camera I could grow with. The manuel that came with the camera was good but I felt I needed more information to get the full benefit of the camera. This book is wonderful and goes into more detail on all the functions this camera offers. It's easy to understand and I highly recommend this book.

Better than the Canon manual. Good information, especially for one who is not a professional photographer

Opened up the world of this camera for me to see! Very complete and definitely informative. I have been trying to use this camera without any criteria explaining it's functions. Not real smart on my part, but, now there is no stoping me!

It's just an extended owner's manual. It does a great job at getting more in-depth with all of the camera's various functions. I like to know all of the capabilities of the products I buy, so this one is right up my alley.

This is a must if you have the camera. Like I've read, the instruction manual is lacking.....especially if you're a novice. I plan to buy one for my daughter who just now bought the camera. It answers a lot of questions.

After reading some of the other reviews, I was hesitant to buy this book. I did anyway, and found it to be exactly what I was looking for - a book on how to use this camera to it's fullest. If this is what you're looking for, then buy this book.

I enjoyed the way the book is written I did not receive a owners manual when i purchased the camera and this book is extremely helpful

As someone who's only recently gotten into DSLR photography after almost 20 years away from being a film photographer I think this book is a very nice and thorough guise to the XT. I downloaded the manual and it glossed over a lot of the finer points of the different modes and features available. Despite being a 12 year old camera the Rebel XT is still a decent little shooter and with this guide I'll be able to get back into the swing of things with my new toy, and be able to shoot as well as I used to when I was using film cameras an age ago!

Since I bought my 400D secondhand on the internet it came without an instruction manual. Many things on the camera are obvious, but this little instruction book filled all the gaps. It's easy to assimilate the information and there's something new to learn each time I use it.

Very heplful book on understnding the complex workings of this camera. especially for those who want to move off the automatic settings. or are beginners in the use of DSLR-- even though they may understand the manual SLR camera.

I bought this book for my wife as she just purchased the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT second hand and she told me that she loves the information in the book. This book will get her on the way to digital photography and pull her above the point and shoot camera.

good read and all info you need to get up and running