Pentax Digital Slr Cameras Article

The Master Guide to Digital Cameras By Ron Eggers and Stan Sholik Amherst Media Soft cover, 8 1/2" X 11" 125 pages, illus, some color, $ ISBN 1-58428-143-X

Stan Sholik is a professional photographer in Orange County, CA, where he has had a studio for over 30 years. He likewise has had articles published in View Camera magazine, Photo Electronic Imaging, Photo Lab arsenal, Petersen's picturesque, and Professional Photographer.

This book provides usual message about basic features of digital SLRs including image sensors, settlement, file formats, removable media, connectivity, and common problems. The authors again provide a accurate discussion of specific models based on their experience using the cameras. They include sample images from each camera.

The book covers cameras manufactured by Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax. Fuji, Kodak, and Sigma. The conundrum with prose a book in this age of rapidly changing technology is that the day the book is published it is probably out of date because Nikon. Canon, Pentax, Olympus, and Fuji have introduced new models, and Minolta has introduced its SLR. If you are thinking of purchasing a SLR, again this book can help by giving you the central information on camera features and how they compare with the new models.