Magic Lantern Guides: Pentax Zx-M K1000 |  | Author: Joseph R. Meehan
Publisher: Sterling
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1188325
Media: Paperback
Pages: 176
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.1 x 0.5
ISBN: 1883403553
Dewey Decimal Number: 771.32
EAN: 9781883403553
ASIN: 1883403553
Publication Date: December 31, 1999
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Product Description
Millions of owners of the Pentax 2XM and its successor, the K-1000, made it one of the most popular first-purchase SLR cameras. With an expert guide that fits in your pocket, all its features are easily available anytime, anywhere, from the basics of exposure, depth of field, and shutter speed, to lens selection, filters, and flash control. Other tips cover avoiding blurs, controlling lighting, and other details that help an amateur create professional-quality work. The author lives in Salisbury, CT. 176 pages, 25 color illus., 100 b/w illus., 5 x 7 1/2.
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 Nice guide for a novice Pentax owner February 11, 2002
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought this book hoping for information specific to my camera (ZX-M) with tips on photography in general. Spending a couple of hours on photo.net and reading a book by Lee Frost provided far more useful information than is contained in this book. The manual that came with the camera does a very good job educating the user on the various functions of the camera. There were some useful tips on using flash and understanding the metering system. If you are a complete novice this will be a very useful book for you. If you are a complete novice and have spent some time doing research before purchasing your camera this will not be as useful. If you are an experienced amateur this book will be of very little use.
 Not enough camera-specific information April 7, 2000
36 out of 36 found this review helpful
I bought this book hoping it would be full of specificinformation on my Pentax ZX-M. Unfortunately, I found it consisted ofonly one chapter on my camera, one on the older K1000 (as advertised), and the rest general tips that you could read about in much more detail in a book like Grimm et al.'s Basic Book of Photography or Adams' series. I wanted information on lenses in the Pentax system, how my specific flash unit worked best, etc. Buy this book only if you're looking to complete your photo library and have extra $ you don't want to spend on film.
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