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Contents of Fast Track to Digital Photography
Chapter 1: Image Properties- Megapixel
- Image Parameters - (Hue, Saturation etc)
- Shooting Modes - (exhaustive list of what different shooting modes do in different cameras)
- White Balance
Chapter 2: Shooting Settings- Aperture Priority mode
- Aperture Size (f-number)
- Shutter Speed
- Shutter priority mode
- ISO Rating
Chapter 3: Camera Features- Image Stabilisation
- Exposure Compensation
- Flash sync and intensity
File Formats
How to Shoot- Macro
- Telescopic
- Portrait
- Lanscape
- Night
- Action
- Architechtural
Shooting Modes- Single Shoot
- Burst modes
- Multiple shooting mode
- Self timer
Chapter 7: Focussing - Focussing modes-continuous/Single Focus
- Auto Focus-Spot Focus/Area Focus/multiple-spot Focus
- Light metering - spot/evaluative
- Manual Focus
Chapter 8: Techniques
Chapter 9: Transfer and Printing- USB/Firewire
- Blutooth/WLAN
- PictBridge
- AV-Out/HDMI
Chapter 10: Camera Accessories- Tripod
- Filters
- Memory
- Lens
- Lighting
- External Flash
- Portable Image-viewers
- Remote control
- Batteries
- Battery chargers
Chapter 11: Camera Care- Lens cleaning and maintenance
- Carry bag
- Microfiber cloth
Chapter 12: Software- Picasa
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Lightroom
- Photography software for Linux
Chapter 13: Web services for photographers- Flickr
- PBase
- Picasa Web
- Smugmug
- Snapfish
Chapter 14: Image properties- Difference between a p&s and a dSLR
- Kinds of Sensors
- Image Compression
- Full-Frame cameras
- Sensor size and image resolution
Chapter 15: Glossary
No, there are not many oversized images. Yes, we know the FastTrack to Linux was full of these - not happening here. Most of the images are for illustrating technicalities.