Mastering the Nikon D300/D300S, by Darrell Young, provides a wealth of experience-based information and insights for owners of these powerful and sophisticated cameras. Darrell is determined to help the user navigate past the confusion factor that often comes with complex but powerful new professional camera equipment.

The book explores the features and capabilities of the two cameras in a way that completely surpasses user's manuals. It guides readers through the DSLR camera features with step-by-step setting adjustments, color illustrations, and detailed explanations for each option. Each button, dial, switch, screen, and menu configuration option is explored in a user-friendly manner, with suggestions for setup according to various shooting styles.

Darrell Young's friendly and informative writing style allows readers to easily follow directions, while feeling as if a friend dropped in to share his knowledge. The learning experience for D300/D300S beginners-and refresher information for professionals-goes beyond just the camera itself. Detailed explanations cover White Balance, the Histogram, the Multi-CAM 3500DX autofocus system, and how the Live View and D-Movie modes work. Camera accessories such as Speedlight flash and GPS units are also considered.

Every photographer, from amateur to pro, can learn by studying the "greats". In Why Photographs Work, author/photographer George Barr analyzes 52 striking images by some of the world's top photographers. Accompanying Barr's analysis of each image is an explanation by the photographer describing the making of the image, including not only the how, but also the why. Also included is a brief technical description of the equipment used in making each image.

With guidance from Barr, we learn to decipher that certain intangible "something" that makes an image go beyond the ordinary. As we gain an understanding of and appreciation for the elements that make an image truly great, we are bound to improve our own images as well.

Included are images by: Pete Turner, Beth Moon, Charlie Waite, David Maisel, John Sexton, Susan Burnstine, Freeman Patterson, Francois Gillet, Roman Loranc, Phil Borges, and many others.

This 2-in-1 TRAINING KIT delivers in-depth preparation plus practice for 70-662, the required exam for the new MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuring certification. Ace your exam prep-and build real-world job skills.

HTML5 and CSS3 are the future of web development, but you don't have to wait to start using them. Even though the specification is still in development, many modern browsers and mobile devices already support HTML5 and CSS3. This book gets you up to speed on the new HTML5 elements and CSS3 features you can use right now, and backwards compatible solutions ensure that you don't leave users of older browsers behind.

This 2-in-1 kit delivers in-depth preparation plus practice for 70-686, the required exam for the new MCITP: Windows 7, Desktop Administrator certification. Ace your exam prep-and build real-world job skills.

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Make your iPhone or iPad app stand out in the highly competitive App Store. Along with a technical overview, App Savvy focuses on the business, product, and marketing elements critical to pursuing, completing, and selling an app. This practical reference explains every step in the process, with guidelines for making your app unique, addressing budget items, and finding the right app developer.

Lisp is a uniquely powerful programming language that, despite its academic reputation, is actually very practical. Land of Lisp brings the language into the real world, teaching readers Lisp by showing them how to write several complete Lisp-based games, including a text adventure, an evolution simulation, and a robot battle. While building these games, readers learn the core concepts of Lisp programming, such as recursion, input/output, object-oriented programming, and macros. And thanks to Lisp's powerful syntax, the example code is short and easy to understand. The book is filled with the author's brilliant Lisp cartoons, which are sure to appeal to many Lisp fans and, in the tradition of all No Starch Press titles, make learning more fun.

This is an updated and newly revised edition of the classic book The Art of Photography (originally published in 1994), which has often been described as the most readable, understandable, and complete textbook on photography. With well over 100 beautiful photographic illustrations in both black-and-white and color, as well as numerous charts, graphs, and tables, this book presents the world of photography to beginner, intermediate, and advanced photographers seeking to make a personal statement through the medium of photography. Without talking down to anyone, or talking over anyone's head, Barnbaum presents "how to" techniques for both traditional and digital approaches. Yet he goes well beyond the technical, as he delves deeply into the philosophical, expressive, and creative aspects of photography so often avoided in other books.

Bruce Barnbaum is recognized as one of the world's finest landscape and architectural photographers, and for decades has been considered one of the best instructors in the field of photography. This latest incarnation of his textbook, which has evolved, grown, and been refined over the past 35 years, will prove to be an ongoing, invaluable photographic reference for years to come. It is truly the resource of choice for the thinking photographer.

Once you've come to grips with the core Python language, learning how to build Python applications presents a far more interesting challenge. Many critics consider this classic book, now updated for Python 3.x, to be the industry standard tutorial for Python application programming. With clear and concise explanations of Python syntax and programming techniques, and numerous examples that illustrate both correct usage and common idioms, Programming Python shows you the right way to code with Python.

The ultimate, in-depth reference for troubleshooting Windows 7 -- from the inside out! This supremely organized book delivers hundreds of prevention tips, troubleshooting techniques, and recovery tools, with a companion ebook and additional content online.

Many claims are made about how certain tools, technologies, and practices improve software development. But which claims are verifiable, and which are merely wishful thinking? In this book, leading thinkers such as Steve McConnell, Barry Boehm, and Barbara Kitchenham offer essays that uncover the truth and unmask myths commonly held among the software development community. Making Software will open your eyes and help you choose the tools and technologies that are right for you.

Create your own robots, toys, remote controllers, alarms, detectors, and more with the Arduino device, the simple microcontroller that's become popular with artists, designers, students, engineers, and hobbyists. With this book, you too can dive right in and experiment, regardless of your technical skill level. You'll find solutions for most common problems and questions Arduino users have, including everything from programming fundamentals to working with sensors and communicating over wired and wireless networks.

Is it possible for JavaScript programmers to learn the iPhone SDK and live to tell the tale? Technology guru Danny Goodman did, and in this book he leaves a well-marked trail for you to follow. Goodman knows the challenges you face with the SDK, so he introduces Objective-C and Cocoa Touch in a context you'll understand. If you're a JavaScript programmer and want to take advantage of the iPhone, this is the book for you.

Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred is a geeky toy-making and craft book, stuffed with projects like sewing a stuffed sock squid, building a steam-powered milk-carton boat, soldering an oversized joy buzzer, and crafting working boomerangs. Readers create board games, musical instruments, and cool toys that move. The book assumes no prior knowledge of skills like carpentry, sewing, and soldering, and each project is explained from the ground up. Primers on topics like basic electronics help readers master foundational techniques so that anyone, regardless of their experience or skill level, can pick up this book and successfully build the projects. Projects are suitable for a wide range of builders and are all cheap, or even free, to build-best of all, once each project is built, readers have something totally sweet. Every project includes tips, tricks, and technical data that will help readers expand and modify the projects, or craft something totally new.

Apache Hadoop is ideal for organizations with a growing need to store and process massive application datasets. With Hadoop: The Definitive Guide, programmers will find details for analyzing large datasets with Hadoop, and administrators will learn how to set up and run Hadoop clusters. The book includes case studies that illustrate how Hadoop is used to solve specific problems.

Master the fundamentals of Adobe Illustrator and watch your designs come to life. With Deke McClelland's unique and effective learning system, you get step-by-step tutorials, hours of DVD-video demonstrations, and lots of hands-on projects to help you improve your knowledge and hone your skills.

If you're new to ActionScript 3.0, this is the ideal introductory guide. You'll learn the language and how it works through hands-on exercises that build skills as the book progresses. Learn how to animate graphics, load assets, draw with code, build navigation systems, control sound and video, move assets in 3D, and much more. Updated for Flash CS5, this feature-rich guide is invaluable for Flash designers, developers, and beginning programmers alike. Written by teachers for students, authors Rich Shupe and Zevan Rosser draw on their vast experience as Flash developers and instructors to give you a solid ActionScript foundation, without losing site of creativity.

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With over 250,000 apps to choose from, you can make your iPhone or iPod Touch do just about anything you can imagine -- and almost certainly a few things you would never think of. But how do you know which apps rise above the rest? The second edition of Best iPhone Apps guides the way, with an updated collection of gee-whiz apps that delight, empower, and entertain. Author J.D. Biersdorfer stress-tested thousands of titles from the App Store emporium to handpick the ones that will make the biggest difference in every aspect of your life.

The ultimate, in-depth reference for conquering Office 2010-from the inside out! This supremely organized book packs hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds-plus a companion CD-so you can really put Office 2010 to work.