I am interested in puchasing a good book to learn about digital photography and camaras. I am considering the Oly 450Z, Kodack 240, Kodack 280 and anything really that would be an easy to take with you point and shoot camara. Ron

-- Ron Carl (roncarl@gte.net), September 25, 1999

Answers

Dennis Curtin sells a very good introductory book, called "choosing and using a digital camera" You can find an ordering link somewhere on his site, at www.shortcourses.com Black & white, but well worth the $20 he charges.

We also just reviewed a *beautiful* book from Peachpit Press and author John Odam, called "Start with a digital camera". We mentioned this in the newsletter issue that just came out. (Subscribe by sending a blank email to join-irnews@lists.sparklist.com) We'll be posting a special deal for the book on the "Deals" page in the next day or two, but here's the URL in the meantime, where you can check it out a bit. It's easily worth its usual ~$35 price, and at $21+ via the special deal we worked out with Xoom, it's a steal! (Can't say it enough, really a very, very nice book - I'm buying ~6 of them for friends, to help with the "Dave the digital camera answerman" syndrome!)

Here's the URL:

http://orders.xoom.com/swadc/p

-- Dave Etchells (web@imaging-resource.com), October 03, 1999.

New York Institute of Photography has a very interesting mini-course online about digital photography. Take a look!

NYI

-- Dave Clark (Daveclark@prodigy.net), September 26, 1999.

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http://www.nyip.com/sub_idx_pgs/digitalidx/digitalidx.html

-- Dave Clark (Daveclark@prodigy.net), September 26, 1999.