Photographer's Guide to the Fujifilm X100S: Getting the Most from Fujifilm's Advanced Digital Camera
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Photographer's Guide to the Fujifilm X100S: Getting the Most from Fujifilm's Advanced Digital Camera Details
This book is a complete guide to the operations, features, menus, and controls of the Fujifilm X100S camera, providing guidance not only about how to accomplish things with the camera, but when and why to use certain features. The book covers topics such as autofocus, manual focus, depth of field, aperture priority, shutter priority, HDR (high dynamic range) photography, and macro photography. It also includes discussions of the camera's special features, including its "hybrid" optical and electronic viewfinder system. The book's more than 300 color photographs provide illustrations of the camera's controls and menus, and include examples of the photographs that can be taken using the many creative settings of the camera, including the Film Simulation settings; various menu options such as Dynamic Range, Shadow Tone, and Highlight Tone; the Advanced Filter settings, with effects such as Toy Camera, Dynamic Tone, and Miniature; and the camera's features for continuous shooting, including a special capability for taking multiple exposures of a single scene. In addition, the book provides introductions to topics such as infrared photography, street photography, and astrophotography. The book also includes a full discussion of the video recording abilities of the X100S, which can record high-definition (HD) video with stereo sound. In three appendices, the book provides details about accessories available for the camera, sets forth a list of web sites and other resources for further information, and includes a section with helpful "quick tips" that give insights into how to take advantage of the camera's features in the most efficient ways possible. The book includes a complete table of contents and full index.
Reviews
One of the things that would make reviews more helpful is information about the intended audience for a book, so here goes. I am a reasonably knowledgeable amateur photographer. I have been photographing for 10 years on and off in both in film and digital. I understand most of the concepts in photography but I am new to the X100S.This book has been a huge help. Not only does it cover all of the controls and menu settings in great detail, but very importantly it tells you when and why you should use a particular feature. The text is very well written. As a technical author myself, I am impressed by the clarity of writing. I haven't yet had to read a sentence twice.Other reviews have mentioned that the book can be repetitive. This is true but in a good way; for example when discussing a menu setting, the author might mention that a physical control (knob, switch, etc) can be used in conjunction with that setting. Then when discussing the physical control, the author might mention the effect of some menu settings. This has served to consolidate my knowledge; at all times the repetition has been necessary and helpful.If you are a professional photographer then you will not need this book; you can almost certainly figure it all out for yourself. If you are anywhere below that standard then this book is 100% necessary. I thoroughly recommend this book. Having spent nearly NZ$2000 on the camera I am determined to make full use of it.Full marks to Alexander White. I wish all instruction manuals were written as clearly as this one.
