Sony Alpha DSLR-A200 Digital Field Guide Paperback – December 3, 2008

My Sony A200 is the first DSLR camera I bought and quickly found out that I had no idea what I was doing. I just kept it on auto mode and snapped pictures. I wanted to use my camera with all of it's abilities "like a pro". I kept picking up photography books at the library but none of them talked about my Sony- just Cannon and Nikon. This book is very well laid out and is SPECIFIC in the instructions of MY camera. It has pictures and screen shots of the menu and tells you how to use all the functions on the camera. This book is far from just an instruction manual. It tells you, shows you and even gets into the basics of photography. This book stays in my camera bag and get used all the time. I have a hard time remembering all the little settings. If I'm at my sons football game and I want to take some action shots with the telephoto- I just pull out my field guide and push the buttons it tells me to- Boom- Done- Must own if you have this camera especially if you are fairly new to DSLR.

I got my Sony A200 camera several years ago, and have read the manual several times. When I got a used Canon, I got one of David Busch's books for it, and was so impressed with it, I looked to see if there was one for the A200.....and there was. I have learned more about my camera reading this book than 4 years of studying the manual. Thank you Mr. Bush for writing a clear and concise user-friendly guide that has helped me learn more about my camera, and make better pictures.

This book is great for any beginning SLR or DSLR photographer. It is more than just a book on the a200, it also provides an excellent overview of photography in general. Every photographer should have an understanding of how shutter speed, aperture and ISO affect exposure settings. This is a fundamental concept that will make you a better photographer.

Purchased a used A200 as my first DSLR. This book allowed me to get up too speed quickly. The first section gives you all the info you need to get started. Subsequent chapters help hone photographic skills using the A200.

Well written - comprehensive - understandable and useful

An excellent guide for the Alpha 200 with good advice on all aspects of the camera from light to lenses and beyond.The Kindle will be in my camera bag whenever I'm out shooting.

I have had this camera for over 5 years, and yet I learned so much about the potential of it through the book. Easy to use and written for both basic and advanced use, this book does it all!

A more complete manual than that which came with my camera. Very glad to have it.

I think this Field guide (DSLR A200)is a must for us beginners , the only thing I found was during the later chapters it keeps referring to go back and get information from other chapters which is fine but. It could have given page numbers to save time in scanning through a whole chapter to find what you are looking for. Also, at the beginning of each chapter could of been put into reference section (with page numbers again) to help guide you to what you want rather than just a general heading . Apart from that, an excellent book, and still reading to try and I think this is guide DSLR A200 a must for us beginners , the only thing I found was during the later chapters it keeps referring to go back and get information from other chapters if you forget. It could give page numbers to save time in scanning through a chapter to find what you are looking for. Also each chapter could of been put into reference section to help guide you to what you want rather than just a general heading . Apart from that an excellent book the DSLR finer points

Im new into the world of DSLR and needed a decent guide that covered all the salient points without confusing me and this is the one! Everything is covered about the camera itself and how to use it. You will not get a better book than this. It shows you in bite size chunks the functions and the results are covered in colour pictures.I really cannot fault this book and the price makes it even better. This is an excellent guide to the world of the Sony a200.

bought this guide to go with my new a200 sony dslr which i did not buy from amazon as i got a better deal on the high street ,so it is worth shopping around dont just assume the internet is the cheapest place to buy.the guide is very clear and easy to understand with good pictorials as well and as i am a new convert to the dslr as i am a fan of the old fashioned 35 mm cameras and have resisted change for so long i found this guide very useful and would highly recommend buying , and as normal very quick delivery by amazon

Book As described and clear content. I wish I had bought this book a few years ago when I firsts got the camera as it is all described in great depth yet in an understandable way which is so important for the amateur photographer. A good seller who I will use again should the need arise. Thank you.

Really useful book to get the information needed to get the best out of the camera