| Magic Lantern Guides: Canon EOS 7D Multimedia Workshop |  | Author: Lark Books
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Media: Hardcover
Edition: Har/DVD
Pages: 64
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Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.7
MPN: 1600596926
ISBN: 1600596924
Dewey Decimal Number: 771.33
EAN: 9781600596926
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Publication Date: January 5, 2010
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Product Description
Magic Lantern Guides and DVDs have always provided the very best, most in-depth coverage of a camera's ins-and-outs. Now, there's even more "magic" on the market for photographers: the MAGIC LANTERN MULTIMEDIA WORKSHOP. It's a complete class in digital photography with a D-SLR camera one that enables you to learn the essentials at your own pace, in the comfort in your own home. The attractive package includes: Camera Specific 80-minute DVD: An authoritative DVD guide made just for your model. Created by photographers for photographers, it covers specific camera features and functions. The format allows you to navigate easily between different topics and review chapters any time. - Taking Great Digital Photos: This full-color, 64-page book gets newcomers to the digital world started right. Packed with picture-taking tips and information on digital file formats, it explains how f/stops and shutter speeds work together to create an exposure, which focal lengths are best for various subjects, and how to get accurate color with white balance. Great Photos with Your Digital SLR 60-minute DVD: This live action tutorial demystifies digital shooting, and shows how to compose photos; choose the best picture-quality settings; improve results with the built-in flash; and interpret your histogram. Plus, see when to trust your camera's automatic settings or change them yourself. - Quick Reference Wallet Card: This laminated take-along is an ideal in
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 This is a generic primer on basic digital photography, book is generic, not 7D-specific May 22, 2010
J. Dessel (NJ, USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Very disappointed with this book. And what's annoying is that this book is shrink-wrapped on store shelves, so you cannot peek inside it. Smart move on the publisher's part because this book would never sell if you were allowed to preview it.
Most of what the book has to say is about general digital photography 101. Everything is worded in generic terms such as "Most digital cameras now have auto focus..." and then goes on to explain this generic auto-focus. It's not specific to the 7D at all, and it's aimed at the complete novice.
To top it all off- the book is only 60 pages.
 Misleading product!!1 May 20, 2010
Brandon
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was not the product I was expecting. The book that comes with this product is a generic guide to using DSLRs and not specific to the Canon 7D. One of the DVDs and the pocket guide are specific to the 7D but everything else is basically filler. I think it is dishonest of the company not to make this more clear in the packaging.
Know what you're getting - and what you're not.... April 18, 2010
C. Pendleton
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This was a disappointing purchase. It's basically a book and 2 DVDs. Of the three, only one item is specifically about the 7D. And that one item was not all that informative for the average person using a 7D.
I'm a new 7D owner and an intermediate level SLR owner. I was excited to get a guide that would help explain and unlock the advanced capabilities of the 7D. Boy was this the wrong book to purchase.
If you own a 7D, chances are, you are:
1) You are not new to photography, and the baseline concepts (ISO, Aperture and Shutter Speed) are second nature.
2) You probably did not purchase the 7D to use as a video camera... there are plenty of dedicated devices that do a far better job.
Given these two basic premises - here is why this package is of very little value.
1) The Book: the book is a generic book about photography and covers the basics/principals that people who buy a 7D probably already know all to well. This book is the same book included in all Lantern multimedia packages - it just has a different sleeve on the exterior. Take the sleeve off and it's the generic book. It never mentions the 7D or included images of the 7D's buttons or menus.
2) The "Great Photos" DVD: Generic. It may help some with basic concepts but, there are books that are dedicated to this subject - I want to learn how to use the 7D
3) The 7D DVD: This is actually well done - production-wise. The instructor moves along at the right pace and when I started the DVD i was pretty excited... Right up to the point where he said "The custom function menus are more advanced than you will ever need to use and will not be covered on this DVD." WHAT!? The custom functions on this camera are the very things that the photographer uses (and buys the 7D for) to get the best results out of the camera. You can use these functions to tailor the camera to your specific use - they're hugely important. To just blow off covering almost half of the menu options in the camera is inexcusable. Then, the narrator spends fully 1/3 of the time covering video usage!? This was just unbelievable to me - in the footage, they have the 7D dressed up in this full video gear (a giant lens hood rig and an external microphone - along with a bunch of other video capture gear - it's absolutely bizarre and 99.9% of 7D users will never go this far to shoot video). The DVD goes into a huge amount of detail about how to take video with the 7D. YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME. You blow off covering the custom functions of the camera and deep dive into shooting video. WOW....
Save your money and consider another resource - this slapped together group of generic and incomplete guides is not worth your time or money.
Also - to the publisher - the presenter in the 7D DVD explains the "Live View" mode incorrectly. There is a Live View mode - for taking pictures - leave the switch aimed at the camera icon and press Start/Stop to begin shooting pictures in Live View. AND there is a video mode - move the switch over to the video camera icon - yes, you can shoot pictures while taking video if you want to. The narrator incorrectly explains this feature and tell users to switch to video mode to shoot pictures in live mode... Ugh.
 DVD #2 ONLY! April 7, 2010
WilliWu (Boston, MA USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The second DVD in this package is the only EOS 7d specific item in the package and it alone is well worth the price. It provides a professional's perspective on most of the unique features of the 7d and demonstrates their use. The last section of this DVD is on the 7Ds movie feature and provides essential insights that I would never have gotten from the Canon user's manual or any of the other guides I have looked at. The book and the other DVD are not 7d specific and will be old hat to anyone with previous DSLR and video camera experience. I have had a Canon EOS 20D DSLR and a Canon XL-2 Video camera for years and got nothing out of the book or first DVD. That second DVD, however, makes the package a must have.
Canon EOS 7D Multimedia Guide April 6, 2010
Charles W. Stevenson (Cortez, FL USA)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I don't understand where the critical reviewers are coming from.
I am a very serious digital photographer and have been shooting with Canon SLR's since
the very early days. My 7D is the fifth one that I have owned. My experience covers
the range from international travel shooting to scientific lab macro work.
The 7D is a somewhat more sophisticated camera than its predecessors and, I bought
this book/DVD package to get up to speed more quickly. I was delighted to learn what
an excellent learning "tool kit" it is. The 64 page book is a very clear, concise,
and complete overview of basic photographic tools and technique.
The Great Photos" video very clearly illustrates all of the principals laid out in the book.
The EOS 7D video demonstrates the use of all of tools that are available in this very powerful
machine. Each setting and function is described and illustrated with excellent closeup
shots of the camera.
I strongly recommend that all new 7D owners buy this "multimedia university in a box" and
then sit down with their camera in hand to soak in all of the capabilities of this great
new camera system.
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