Photographer’s Guide to the Canon PowerShot S95, the newest in the series of camera guide books from White Knight Press, was published in April 2011, and is available for download in a high-quality color PDF version for $9.95 or a full-color paperback version for $24.95. This guide is similar in format to the previous entries in this series, but is the first of these user guides that deals with a Canon camera.
The new user guide, like the earlier ones, explains all operations, features, menus, and controls of the camera in clear language, providing guidance not only about how to accomplish things with the camera, but when and why to use certain features. The guide does not assume any specialized knowledge by the reader, but adopts a patient and helpful tone in explaining topics such as autofocus, manual focus, depth of field, aperture priority, shutter priority, HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography, and RAW files.
The book is 256 pages long, and its more than 170 color photographs provide illustrations of the camera’s controls and menus, and also include examples of the various types of photographs that can be taken using the many creative settings of the camera, including the My Colors settings, which let the photographer alter the color processing of images; the Scene mode, with settings that are optimized for various subjects, including landscapes, portraits, and underwater shots; and special features such as the Smart Shutter and Miniature Effect options.
In addition, the guide goes beyond the realm of everyday photography, and provides introductions to more advanced topics such as infrared photography, street photography, macro photography and creating 3D (three-dimensional) images that can be viewed with conventional red and blue 3D glasses.
The book also includes a full discussion of the video recording abilities of the PowerShot S9, which can record high-definition (HD) video with stereo sound.
In three appendices, Photographer’s Guide to the Canon PowerShot S95 provides information about accessories available for the camera, sets forth a list of useful web sites and other resources for further information, and includes a section with helpful “quick tips” that give particular insights into how to take advantage of the camera’s advanced features in the most efficient ways possible.
Please check out this excerpt from the book, or the Table of Contents from the book to get an idea of what the book looks like.
To order the PDF version, please use this link to the PDF download page. If you purchase the PDF version here, you will also receive, at no extra charge, links for downloading the .mobi file, which is formatted for Kindle readers, and the ePub file, which is formatted for devices such as the iPad, Nook, and Sony e-readers.
Photographer’s Guide to the Canon PowerShot S95 is available in paperback through several sellers, including Amazon.com. Please use the button below to purchase it from Amazon, or you can go to the Amazon site and search for “Canon S95″ in the Books category. As of March 2, 2012, the book was shipping within 24 hours from Amazon. Also, at least one Amazon Marketplace seller, camerabooks.com, offers fast shipping. Here is a link to the page for “new” books at Amazon.
If you would like to purchase just the Kindle version, it is also available directly from Amazon; please use the button below to go to the page for the Kindle book:
If you would like to buy this guide just for the iPad or for other devices that use Apple’s iBooks format, the PowerShot S95 book is available in the iBookstore. Here is a link to a preview of the book’s listing in iTunes.
The PowerShot S95 guide is also available for the Barnes & Noble Nook reader; here is a link to the page for the Nook version.
The book is also available from Amazon.co.uk. Buying the book from this site may be a better option than Amazon.com for buyers in the U.K. and Europe, because the shipping cost may be lower than from Amazon.com. To purchase the PowerShot S95 book from Amazon.co.uk, or to just look at the product page, please use the link in the first sentence above, or go to the Amazon.co.uk site and search for the book there.
You also can purchase the PowerShot S95 guide through Barnes & Noble.com online, using this link to the product page. Or you can go to bn.com and search for the title.
There also are quite a few other options, including buy.com, Powells.com, booksamillion.com, and camerabooks.com. You can find a complete list of online sellers by going to bookfinder.com and searching for the book’s title.
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Thanks so much for this fantastic guide. I am glad that I made my decision to buy this book. And many thanks for keeping the price low for the pdf version. It helped me to make my mind setup for the purchase. Thanks again,
Syed
Thanks! I’m glad you found it useful.
My book just arrived yesterday via B&N special order. This book is everything it claims to be. The printout of Canon’s pdf, hole-punched, in a binder on my computer books shelf does not suffice. Canon’s manual is a reference book. White’s book serves as a proper tutorial which I can read at my leisure and also bring along with the camera if I want. For me it is worth the extra money to have the actual book. I keep the pdf of Canon’s manual on my computer for searching fast. White’s book is very readable and clear. And the layout and photos are very pleasing, which is important to me. By perusing the book, in just 24 hours I have learned so much. I did not understand all the differences in SD cards – see pp 19-24. That in itself justified for me getting this book. I already purchased and have been using the eye-fi card from reading a preview of the book. I am looking forward to learning all about the menus and setting up the shortcuts to my favorite menus. I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants to get the most out of the fantastic S95 camera.
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Kudos to White Knight Press – my order for the pdf version of the Canon S95 guide came very quickly, and I was given the opportunity to pay in Swiss francs (with the correct exchange rate). I have loaded the file to my iPad, and at first glance, this seems exactly what I need. My S95 took great photos during my recent vacation in Barcelona in “auto” mode but now I want to learn much more about using the camera.
Thanks very much — I hope the book turns out to be useful to you — the S95 is a great camera, with terrific capabilities.
–Alex White
Even though I carefully chose my S95 and normally drive a DSLR, I never think that I know all I need to know about my cameras. When I found the first indications of this book on the Internet, I realised that the extracts showed it went into every conceivable option available. I bought the pdf and have used it as a tutorial to go through every available option in what I believe is still the best pocket camera available. There’s no point in having a Swiss Army Knife to just butter toast. An S95 is not just an ordinary point and shoot. This book will not make you an awesome photographer, but it will let you know the functions of an awesome camera.
Thanks for the comment! I agree that the S95 is a great camera, especially for its small size. I’m glad you’re enjoying this terrific camera.