Tony Northrup's Photography Buying Guide: How to Choose a Camera, Lens, Tripod, Flash, & More (Tony Northrup's Photography Books)

Tony Northop's Photography Buying Guide provides complete and concise information and recommendation for photographers; from the complete novice to the aspiring professional.Written in the same style as Tony's videos, this book reads like he is sitting in the room with you and a few friends having a casual chat. He provides a fair and seemingly unbiased approach with plenty of great insight into the inevitable "Canon versus Nikon" debate, as well as every other major manufacturer's products. And for those with a long standing brand loyalty, like me, Tony provides chapters dedicated to each manufacturer's product line.It doesn't end there. The Guide covers everything you might need; filters, extension tubes, computers, and remote releases are all in there.In the Kindle version, hyperlinks below each QR code for the hours and hours of video worked seamlessly. Tony provides extensive hyperlinks throughout the text to both Amazon's offers on certain products, and to the manufacturer's site or other retailers for additional product information. I do not know about other readers, but my Amazon wishlist just grew significantly.Let me give you just one example. The Manfroto carbon tripod  Manfrotto MK293C4-A0RC2 4 Section Carbon Tripod Kit with Quick Release Ball Head (Black) _item just replaced the more expensive Gitzo on my got-to-have list. What sold me? Tony's Guide and video that demonstrated the horizontal center post feature that just does not stand out in other on-line descriptions.If I have to fault anything about the Kindle version of Tony's Guide, it might be that the illustrations occasionally obscure a little of the text when viewed on my Fire. The work round is simple - rotate from portrait to landscape, or the other way round and voila. If this creates a problem, why not buy both a print and digital copy? It might be worth a little more to have ready access to Tony's Guide any time you are considering your next photographic equipment from a lens filter to a top of the line system.

When you have a specific question about something in photography (or anything else for that matter) everyone will always have an opinion. Great example are online forums where everyone will have their own opinion on something.With this book (I have the kindle version) you will get Tony's and Chelsea's professional (true and tried) opinion on just about any equipment you will need. The guide is very honest, doesn't pick a side (Canon or Nikon) and even recommend some third party companies because they are the best bang for your buck. They give suggestions for people just starting out with a very small budget all the way to the pros with $$$ to spend.What I personally like about this book is the fact that it's almost like a FAQ book where two professionals that make a living from photography answer all the questions you might have about every type equipment you can imagine for this field. Great reference book when you are ready to buy a flash. or upgrade your monitor, or go to a full size camera, or a new lens, or tripod... you get the point I think.You also become part of a very unique community where Chelsea and Tony both will answer your questions if you happen to have any. It's almost like joining a very big family.I highly recommend ALL their books to people just getting into photography to pros looking to get new gear.Just see for yourself about the book. Take a look inside since you can do that on amazon. You will love the rest of the book.Let me also add the book is VERY easy to read. it's not 'dumbed' down, but just everything is explained really well which won't confuse a novice photographer.

I had previously given this Book a 1 star rating because I was very disappointed in its usefulness in purchasing a tripod gimbal head. If you value the user reviews as much as I do then I must apologize to you as well as the author for my initial review. It was much to harsh. I am now increasing my review rating from one to four stars. That's a giant change from my previous review.I explain that by saying that I was really premature in judging the book by a very small segment of the books content. After the fact and a comment by the author, I did a further examination of books content. I soon realized that I had made a huge error in judgement which is a big disservice to all. The book contains a much better guide to purchasing and includes many valuable buying tips than I had realized when I wrote that initial review. Had I taken the time to look further into it's contents before I gave it such a low rating my review would have definitely given it a much better star rating. I won't give it a 5 star rating as there are areas of the book that I feel wont be of much value for those that might be looking for purchasing guidance on some items. However those items ares a very small part of the whole book.

Como todos os livros escritos pelo casal Northrup, este é claro, objetivo, completo e agradável de se ler.

Excellent book! Well written! Reviews cameras and everything related to cameras.

Nicht für Leute geeignet die über das Fotografieren etwas erfahren wollen. Hier geht es um Equipment.

I found the book useful; it helped me choose the right camera to buy. I have bought a new Sony Alpha A68M 18-135mm DSLR. A big decision; choosing the right one was was important - I am hoping to develop into a serious photographer in the future.

Este hombre hace videos de youtube y por eso fue que compré su libro. Este libro contiene básicamente todo lo que tienes que considerar al momento de comprar: lentes, flashes, luces, reflectores, etc. Basicamente te explica como comprar cualquier equipo de foto y video.También incluye tips por si vas a comprar usado (algo que es bastante comun porque los fotografos cuidamos mucho nuestro equipo). Este libro lo escribió junto con su esposa que también es fotografa.Incluye un pase a un grupo privado de facebook y asistencia en un foro donde la comunidad pequeña de fotografos es muy activa.Totalmente recomendado para saber que escoger