David Busch's Nikon Zf Guide to Digital Photography - Paperback

by David D. Busch (Author)

David Busch's Nikon Zf Guide to Digital Photography is your all-in-one comprehensive resource and reference for the Nikon Zf, the company's retro-styled mirrorless camera with cutting-edge capabilities.

Included with the book are the bonus online chapters "Focus on Lenses," "Nikon Flash Units," and "Protection, Prevention, and Troubleshooting"--as well as firmware updates as they are issued by Nikon.Enthusiasts and professional photographers alike welcome the combination of vintage look and advanced features, including sophisticated subject detection of people, animals, vehicles, and airplanes; focus shift shooting for extended depth-of-field; and a super-high resolution Pixel Shift mode that quadruples the camera's resolution to an amazing 98 megapixels.Add in a pre-release feature that captures action that happened before you clicked the shutter, a switch that shifts the camera seamlessly into black-and-white mode, 4K video, and continuous shooting at up to 30 frames per second, and you'll see why photographers are so excited about the Nikon Zf. With this book in hand, you'll master all these impressive features, and fine tune your camera skills as you develop your creativity while taking great photographs with your new Zf.Filled with detailed how-to steps and full-color illustrations, David Busch's Nikon Zf Guide to Digital Photography covers the cameras' still photography capabilities in depth, from taking your first photos through advanced details of setup, exposure, lens selection, lighting, and more, and relates each feature to specific photographic techniques and situations. Also included is an introduction to the cameras' video features. A handy visual guide to the Zf offers close-up photos and descriptions of the cameras' essential features and controls. Learn when to use each option and, more importantly, when not to use them, by following the author's recommended settings for every menu entry. With best-selling photographer and mentor David Busch as your guide, you'll quickly have full creative mastery of your camera's capabilities, whether you're shooting on the job, as an advanced enthusiast, or are just out for fun. Start building your knowledge and confidence, while bringing your vision to light with the Nikon Zf today.

Author Biography

With more than two million books in print, David D. Busch is the world's #1 best-selling camera guide author, with more than 100 guidebooks for Nikon, Canon, Sony, Olympus, Pentax, and Panasonic cameras, and many popular books devoted to digital photography and imaging techniques. His best-sellers include Digital SLR Cameras and Photography for Dummies, which has sold more than 300,000 copies in five editions, and Mastering Digital SLR Photography, now in its Fourth Edition.

The graduate of Kent State University is a former newspaper reporter/photographer, and operated his own commercial photo studio, shooting sports, weddings, portraits, fashion, architecture, product photography, and travel images. For 22 years he was a principal in CCS/PR, Inc., one of the largest public relations/marketing firms based in San Diego, working on press conferences, press kits, media tours, and sponsored photo trade magazine articles for Eastman Kodak Company and other imaging companies. His 2500 articles and accompanying photos have appeared inside and on the covers of hundreds of magazines, including Popular Photography, Rangefinder, and Professional Photographer.For the last decade, Busch has devoted much of his time to sharing his photographic expertise, both in publications, and in seminar/workshops he hosts at the Cleveland Photographic Society School of Photography. He has been a call-in guest for 21 different radio shows nationally and in major markets, including WTOP-AM (Washington), KYW-AM (Philadelphia), USA Network (Daybreak USA), WPHM-AM (Detroit), KMJE-FM (Sacramento), CJAD-AM (Montreal), WBIX-AM (Boston), ABC Radio Network (Jonathan & Mary Show). He's also been a call-in guest for one Canadian television show, and appeared live on Breakfast Television in Toronto, the Today Show of the Great White North.With a total of more than 200 books to his credit, Busch has had as many as five books appear simultaneously in the Amazon.com Top 25 Digital Photography Books, and when Michael Carr of About.com named the top five digital photography books for beginners, the initial #1 and #2 choices were Busch's Digital Photography All-in-One Desk Reference for Dummies and Mastering Digital Photography. His work has been translated into Arabic, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese, Bulgarian, German, Italian, French, and other languages. Busch lives in Ravenna, Ohio, and you can find him online at www.dslrguides.com.