Monthly Archives: July 2011

There has been no change in the situation with Amazon’s shipping times for the Photographer’s Guide series of books on the Leica D-Lux 4 and D-Lux 5, Panasonic Lumix LX3 and LX5, and the Canon PowerShot S95. Amazon is currently … Continue reading →

I’m doing one more set of photographs today, this time to illustrate the HDR (High Dynamic Range) capabilities of the Panasonic Lumix LX5 camera.  Again, as with the other two posts I’ve done recently, I’m not going to go into … Continue reading →

A few days ago I posted some photos illustrating the First-Curtain and Second-Curtain flash settings with the Lumix LX5, using a model car with headlights that I was using to do similar illustrations for another camera. This time, I’m going … Continue reading →

I have been working on my newest book in the Photographer’s Guide series of guides to advanced compact cameras — in this case, the Nikon Coolpix P500.  In working on the photographs for that book, I decided to do a … Continue reading →

The situation with Amazon.com has not been improving.  The Panasonic Lumix LX5, Leica D-Lux 5, and Canon PowerShot S95 books have not had their normal availability there in recent weeks. The D-Lux 5 book currently is listed as In Stock … Continue reading →

Well, here is the latest twist in the continuing tale of shipping times and availability of my camera books on Amazon.com. I won’t go back over much of the history, which I have discussed over the past few weeks.  Basically, … Continue reading →

The results are in from my experiment in ordering a book from Barnes & Noble online (bn.com).  As I noted in an earlier post, after I ordered a copy of Photographer’s Guide to the Canon PowerShot S95 on July 7, … Continue reading →

I know I’ve talked a good deal about shipping times over the past week or so, because of the problem of Amazon’s changing my books from being in stock for immediate shipping to listing them as shipping in 2-3 weeks. … Continue reading →

I’m still trying to figure out exactly why most of my Photographer’s Guide paperback books are currently listed on Amazon.com as shipping within 2-3 weeks, when they used to be kept in stock for immediate shipping.  They are print-on-demand books, … Continue reading →

Today marked the last step in my test to see if my current guides to the Panasonic Lumix LX5, the Leica D-Lux 5, and the Canon PowerShot S95, really take 2-3 weeks to ship on Amazon.com, as that site has … Continue reading →