idiot's guide

[Hugg]

Guys
As I am a few quid short on the camera, I thought I might keep myself from going nuts by buying a book to get my head round the various concepts (aperture, ISO, lens length etc) - any recommendations. I know most of it is available on line but I'd quite like something I can read in the bath, on the tube etc
Any ideas welcome!
Huggy

 

[Tymoe]

There are several books especially for the NEX 3 & 5!

David Busch's Sony a Nex-5/Nex-3 Guide to Digital Photography

The Complete Guide to Sonys NEX 3 and 5 Mirrorless Digital Cameras (B&W Edition) by Gary L. Friedman

Perhaps one of those can help you. The problem concerning those books is that they will often (only) tell you everything about technical questions without saying anything about taking photos (colours, shapes, visual content, expression, emotion, etc.)

 

[Hugg]

Cheers - they both look interesting. I feel a bit nervous about buying such specific books; I guess there's a risk that the first half will just be the manual you get in the box! Will prob nip down to a bookshop and have a look.

 

[olli]

I'm going to recommend Michael Freeman's <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Guide-Digital-Photography-Lark/dp/1600599214/?_encoding=UTF8&tag=seriocompa00-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325">The Complete Guide to Digital Photography</a>

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[theatrekat]

I've been reading the David Busch one and found it pretty accessible - not just a reproduction of the manual, but good accessible general advice with some specifics for the NEX as necessary.

Really helped as I'd been assured when I bought the camera that the firmware had been updated....and reading the manual highlighted that it hadn't and explained how to go about it.