This is my 2nd guidebook from David Busch (the other was for my "old" D50). And, like the first one I read, I highly recommend this book for those who felt the manual that came with the camera was not the greatest. The pictures were beautiful... wow, colour, what a concept! Most of the explanations were clear and simple. Always nice to see the before and after pictures for some of the concepts described.

The book did have a few typos here and there. It's obvious that some of the paragraphs were copied from hit other guidebooks (e.g. Nikon D300). However, this did not take away from the essence of the book. I really liked it when the author tells us which options he uses and why. I just wish he would have done that for more of the options.

I also own the Nikon D90 Digital Field Guide and I found that the David Busch book was better.

I have no regrets about buying this book.

This book made me want to take more photographs.

Not sure why so many people gave it only 1 star on amazon.ca and amazon.com. One critique mentioned all the errors in the text. I didn't find that many. The author does repeat equipment definitions because this book doesn't have to be read cover to cover.

I do agree that most of the equipment described is way beyond most people's budget; but, for someone wanting to make photography a career, Joe McNally's anecdotes and inspiring stories make you realize that anything is possible if you set your mind to it.

His pictures didn't appear in National Geographic because he's a bad photographer.