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Summary: Not his best book
Review: Although I admire Bryan Peterson's books, I would not count this as amoung his best. It is a compilation of articles that one can find in other books of his but it doesn't really give you a thorough basis in the topic of exposure.
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Summary: This books seems to be under rated...
Review: I look at the other reviews on this book...and am surprised. I am an advanced amateur photographer...I know the concepts...but this book rams them home and does so in an inviting and delightful way. Well written, well illustrated, quality item. There is information in this book that is not found in basic books. Push/Pull Processing, using the DOF meter on the lens itself, 18% grey and etc. I loved it...and devoured it...and will use it for a reference. Yes, there are some basic things in here, but a nice sprinkling of some advanced concepts too. I recommend it highly. It is a nice piece of work. The book itself is a quality item...not rag type materials. I will look for other writings from this author.
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Summary: The Best Book about Exposure
Review: This is the best book I have read about exposure. It is so easy to understand that I have began to shoot pictures setting my camera on manual mode for both the aperture and shooter speed. This book is a must have for anyone who is serious about photography.
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Summary: helpful, but not overwhelmingly so
Review: A good book for beginners or intermediate photographers. Really no new or radical information - just solid info that can be gleaned from any one of hundreds of sources. Nicely illustrated, though.
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Summary: Very basic photography information, presented poorly
Review: If you need to understand aperture, shutter speed, film speed and their relationships, this is a good book. Of course these are some of the most important aspects of photography, but if you are looking for more as I was, this book was disappointing.I wasn't terribly impressed with the photos. And I was terribly unimpressed with the writing, editing, and even grammar in several cases. Finally, the book is a little dated at this point. I bought Freeman Patterson's Photography and the Art of Seeing and found it much, much, much better for me.
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Summary: I owed that book a review
Review: Generally I do not review books but when I finished reading this book I remembered how some people gave it a very low rating. So I decided to give my opinion. The way I see it is that this book is a very solid start for any starting photographer. I also think that many parts of it can be a good addition to the technique of many advanced amateurs. This book gives a good introduction to the subject of exposure illustrated with many good examples. Implicitly, the book assumes that you have a most basic camera with a center-weighted meter. Despite that most modern cameras offer more exposure metering options, I found the reliance on the basic center wighted metering for the examples very useful and gives a good feeling of what to look for when making an exposure decision. If you are starting a photography hobby, this book will put you on the right path. I do not know how far any other book can cover the area of exposure better other than explaining the details of its theory. If you do not feel this book cover the area of exposure as well as others, we can all use a good recommendation.
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Summary: A good, but flawed book
Review: Peterson does a good job of explaining exposure basics to the beginner and answering the questions that most beginners have (i.e. when to use a fast shutter speed or large aperture), but does not get much deeper than that. I also have a major gripe with this book because of an error that is sure to confuse some beginners. Peterson consistently writes about "increasing" shutter speed from (for example) 1/15th to 1/8th to 1/4th. When you go from a shutter speed of 1/15th of a second to 1/4th of a second, you may be increasing your exposure, but you're decreasing your shutter speed. No doubt someone has read this and been a bit confused by it. That gripe aside, this is still a pretty good book that covers the basics and should put beginning photographers at ease. Probably a good book for all beginners to look at.
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Summary: When you want to understand photography
Review: Even for amateurs whose native language is not English (like myself), this is a great and inspiring book! The author makes an excellent effort in explaining in detail the use of every technique and the approach applied on each picture shown in the book. It really helped me understand photography.
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Summary: I love this book!
Review: This book is excellent! I am new to the world of SLR cameras and this book has helped me to understand metering better than I ever thought I could. I had a question about something in the book and I found Bryan Peterson on the Internet and e-mailed him. He got back to me within 24 hours with an answer! I was impressed. It's a great book--easy to read and very helpful. The only drawback for me was that he is using a fully manual camera and it took a while for me to figure out what he was talking about when he said, "I turned the dial until the correct shutter speed was indicated". This is what I wrote him about and he explained to me that with a manual camera, you choose your aperture (or shutter speed) and then turn a dial to find the correct corresponding shutter speed (or aperture). With my camera, if I choose the aperture, the correct shutter speed is automatically displayed for me. I don't have to turn a dial to find it. Get this book! You need it, lol!
Rating: 
Summary: Very good book for amateaurs
Review: I fins this book very good for amateur, but for people
who are familiar with the concets of aperature and shutter speed, there aren't many new things in this book, and it is
more like a reference with great photos.
I gave 4 start from this reason:
for amateurs - 5 stars
for professional/advance amateurs - 3 stars
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