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Mastering Digital SLR Photography 2E Are you ready to use the new breed of digital SLR to go beyond point-and-click snapshooting and explore what it has to offer the world of photography? If you have already conquered most of a digital camera’s basic capabilities and now wonder what to do with the enhanced features found in digital SLR cameras, this is a dream guide to pixel proficiency. Mastering Digital SLR Photography, Second Edition includes extensive updates that cover the vast improvements in technology in the last 2-3 years, including new camera models, raised bar on resolution, vibration reduction, new kinds of lenses, and more. It goes beyond the standard coverage offered in most general camera books, covering features and techniques specific to digital SLR photography. From initial discussions on hardware selection to professional-level tips and techniques for sports and action shots, this is the comprehensive guide that any photographer needs for refining their digital SLR skills.
Customer Review: Mastering Digital SLR Photography
This book was the single book I read from cover to cover to find out all the bells and whistles on my Canon XT! From a – z, I learned how to take better pictures before putting them into a photo editing program. Mastering Digital SLR Photography gave me a better appreciation of taking pictures with confidence. Easy to read and understand, this single book took me from being just an amateur to begin my road to becoming a professional photographer.Mastering Digital SLR Photography 2E
Customer Review: Mastering Digital SLR Photography 2E by David D. Busch
I am new to the digital D-SLR world and moving from point and shoot to composing my own picture. Searching for all books that can help me in this process and this book is certainly one of the best I’ve read. It’s easy to read and even provides some chuckles. I rate it 5 out of 5 stars for what information I’m looking for.

Investing in REITs: Real Estate Investment Trusts: Third Edition Drawing on more than thirty years of successful investing experience with REITs, Ralph L. Block has created the ultimate REIT guide. This third edition, fully updated, explains the ins and outs of this attractive asset class in an uncomplicated style that makes it easy for novice and professional investors, as well as financial planners and investment advisers, to find what they need to know.
Customer Review: Missing aspects I was looking for.
After doing lots of reading from investing books, I wanted to learn more about the REIT asset class of investments. This book had some good information, but the main information I was looking for was how taxes are reported and why they are fairly complicated. The author only gave a two page appendix on taxes. I felt like he spent way too much time on why you should invest in REIT’s and the aspects of when to buy and what to look for individual REIT’s and not the big picture of owning REIT’s in an mutual fund or REIT index fund. I was more concerned on how taxes affect your investment’s location (Taxable vs. Tax Advantaged) and that was totally ignored. Dissapointed.
Customer Review: Great intro to REITS
Great book for someone trying to get a basic understanding of REITs written from an investor’s perspective.

Skunk Works: A Personal Memoir of My Years of Lockheed Customer Review: Great book on a legendary company
This book is based as an (auto)biography of Ben Rich the boss of the legendary Lockheed “Skunkworks”. It is a lot more than that however with an overview of secret ‘black-ops’ of the cold war period. The development of the U2 and SR-71 as well as an in depth introduction to the F117 Stealth fighter make this a must have book for the technophile. But it is more than that, there are great snippets from ‘other voices’ such as engineers, pilots and even the military have their say about the Skunk works and in particular its enigmatic founder Clarence “Kelly” Johnson.

Commodity Investing: Maximizing Returns Through Fundamental Analysis (Wiley Finance) Straightforward and accessible, Commodity Investing balances academic-quality analysis with clear, compelling prose, and provides those interested in this fast-growing field with unparalleled investment insights. Page by page, you’ll acquire a deeper understanding of this discipline and discover how to make more informed decisions when investing in such a dynamic environment. With this book as your guide, you’ll benefit from the lessons of experienced practitioners and quickly come to grips with what it takes to make it in today’s commodity market.
Customer Review: A complex topic well done
It isn’t easy to write a book about investing in commodities—the topic can seem simple but can quickly become quite complex. The authors have done a very good job. My only criticism is that I would have liked to have seen more on ETFs and strategies for trading commodities (collars, swaps, etc). But it is probably best that the authors kept it simple enough to inform without causing confusion. It makes an excellent desk reference for someone wishing to learn more about commodities.
Customer Review: A good basic primer
It’s a good fundamental primer on most of the products in the commodities markets, discussing the supply and demand characteristics of the underlying products. It doesn’t spend much time on trading or technical characteristics – the book is clearly aimed at introducing traders to the products they’re actually trading, to the extent traders find that necessary. Useful discussion of energy products, crack spreads, as well as ethanol and agricultural products.