David Busch*s Pentax K200D Guide to Digital SLR Photography

As the new owner of a Pentax K200D, you are serious about photography and want to take outstanding pictures. You also want to quickly and easily discover how, when, and why to use the most important features of your cutting-edge camera. "David Busch's Pentax K200D Guide to Digital SLR Photography" will show you how, when, and, most importantly, why to use all the cool features and functions of your camera to take eye-popping photographs. Introductory chapters will help you get comfortable with the basics of your camera before you dive right into exploring creative ways to apply the Pentax K200D's exposure modes, focus controls, and electronic flash options. This book is chock full of hands-on tips for choosing lenses, flash units, and software products to use with your new camera. Beautiful, full-color images illustrate where the essential buttons and dials are, so you'll quickly learn how to use your Pentax K200D, and use it well.

With more than a million books in print, David D. Busch is the world's #1 selling digital camera guide author, and the originator of popular digital photography series like DAVID BUSCH'S PRO SECRETS and DAVID BUSCH'S QUICK SNAP GUIDES. He has written nearly two-dozen hugely successful guidebooks for a wide variety of digital camera models, as well as many popular books devoted to dSLRs, including MasTERING DIGITAL SLR PHOTOGRAPHY, THIRD EDITION and Digital SLR Pro Secrets. As a roving photojournalist for more than 20 years, he illustrated his books, magazine articles, and newspaper reports with award-winning images. He's operated his own commercial studio, suffocated in formal dress while shooting weddings-for-hire, and shot sports for a daily newspaper and upstate New York college. His photos and articles have been published in POPULAR PHOTOGRAPHY & IMAGING, RANGEFINDER, THE PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER, and hundreds of other publications. He's also reviewed dozens of digital cameras for CNet and Computer Shopper. His advice has been featured on National Public Radio's ALL TECH CONSIDERED.

Matthew Bamberg is a photographer and writer based in Palm Springs, California. He began his career in the arts as a graduate student at San Francisco State University in 1992. His work in the visual and media arts included video production and software applications. He completed his M.A. in Creative Arts in 1997. After being a public school teacher for 14 years, Bamberg became a photographer and writer. He began to photograph for the articles he was writing while working for the Desert Sun and Palm Springs Life magazine. Bamberg is the co-author of "David Busch's Pentax K200D Guide to Digital SLR Photography" and "Killer Photos with Your iPhone," and the author of "The 50 Greatest Photo Opportunities in San Francisco" and all three titles in the "101 Quick and Easy" photography series.