David Busch's Compact Field Guide for the Nikon D5000 (Spiral)

Anyone who is an avid or professional photographer will tell you that more often than not, they are using their digital SLR camera away from their home or the classroom. And while you may feel like you've got the basics of your camera down, wouldn't it be nice to have some sort of a reference with you when you're on the go? DAVID BUSCH'S COMPACT GUIDE FOR THE NIKON D5000 is a portable reference guide that goes beyond the standard field guide. Featuring both the basics ? lists of controls, settings, and menu commands ? and so much more, including depth-of-field tables, distance charts, and recommended settings for various shooting environments. With this guide on hand you'll be confident in knowing you have all the information you need at your fingertips. Just slip the book into your camera bag and go!

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 more than a dozen hugely successful guidebooks for Canon and Canon digital SLR models, as well as many popular books devoted to dSLRs, including Mastering Digital SLR Photography, Second Edition, and Digital SLR Pro Secrets. As a roving photojournalist for more than twenty 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 appeared in Popular Photography & Imaging, The Rangefinder, The Professional Photographer, and hundreds of other publications. He has also reviewed dozens of digital cameras for CNet and Computer Shopper, and his advice has been featured in National Public Radio's "All Tech Considered." When About.com named its top five books on Beginning Digital Photography, debuting at the #1 and #2 slots were Busch's Digital Photography All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies and Mastering Digital Photography. During the past year, he's had as many as five of his books listed in the Top 20 of Amazon.com's Digital Photography Bestseller list--simultaneously! Busch's 120-plus other books published since 1983 include bestsellers like David Busch's Quick Snap Guide to Digital SLR Lenses. Visit his website at http://www.dslrguides.com.