Your Nikon D90 digital camera offers professional-quality features like 11-point autofocus, Live View, and the ability to shoot HD video. Take full advantage of every feature with Nikon D90 For Dummies! This fun and easy guide helps you understand and use all the dials and modes, manage photo size and quality, take creative control with manual settings, and share your images in print or online.

With this full-color book, getting great shots is a snap. You’ll learn to:

* Format memory cards, use Live View, create custom settings, and change lenses
* Use thumbnail and calendar displays and picture data, and get tips for inspecting your photos
* Control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO; work with active D-lighting; and use various flash modes
* Take control of lighting, exposure, and color
* Set up, shoot, and review photos using the viewscreen
* Record HD video, including sound, and know what your D90 can and can’t do
* Download, organize, and archive your images, share them in prints, e-mails, or slide shows, and use Nikon’s photo management software
* Decide when you should use JPEG and when to use NEF
* Adjust resolution for optimum print quality or file size

Photographic expert Julie Adair King also shares secrets for getting the best point-and-shoot pictures, why you might not want to use the top image quality setting, and much more. Grab your Nikon D90 and Nikon D90 For Dummies, and start shooting!

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Nuts and bolts — set up your camera, work with lenses and memory cards, and use automatic photography modes
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Go live — get the scoop on using Live View mode and recording and playing HD movies
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Gain new shooting skills — find out how to use advanced options to capture any subject like a pro
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Exposure is everything — control aperture, shutter speed, and ISO; work with Active D-Lighting; and use various flash modes
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Out of the camera — download, organize, and archive your images and share them in prints, e-mails, and slide shows

Open the book and find:

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Tips for taking perfect portraits, dynamic action shots, and beautiful nature pics
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Techniques for manipulating color and focus
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Detailed coverage of every menu option
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Advice on which Custom Settings to use (and which ones to avoid)
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How to choose the right Image Quality setting
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Help with using Retouch menu options to fix problem photos
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Easy-to-understand explanations of technical lingo