Become Familiar with Your New Camera by Putting Its Manual in the Bathroom
Reading a camera’s user manual is a great way to become familiar with all of its features and functions, …
Nikon’s Curious Policy on User Manuals Has Some Customers Grumbling
Apparently Nikon has decide to save some trees (and shipping weight) by no longer including user manuals in some of its digital cameras. Since most people likely never touch the manuals anyway, it's not really a problem, but the company's draconian stance towards downloadable instruction manuals has some customers grumbling.
Basics of Photography Cheat Sheet
Here’s a beautifully designed cheat sheet by …
What Camera Instruction Manuals Looked Like Back in 1929
This is the instruction manual for the Kodak Petite camera, which was made …
NASA Astronaut’s Photography Manual
NASA has a long history of using Hasselblad cameras in space and, interestingly enough, you can download the Astronaut's Photography Manual used to train astronauts from Hasselblad's website. It covers everything from operating the Hasselblad 500EL/M to composition, using situations unique to astronauts in its examples and illustrations.
Odd Russian “Photosniper” Camera
This camera rig might not be the best to bring to a public photo shoot.