Summary: This is a waste of time/money!!!

Comment: This DVD is a dumb waste of time and money, even IF you are an absolute beginner. There is little to no useful information. Even if it was free I wouldn't recommend wasting your time. Cheesey junk.

Summary: Difficult to categorise.

Comment: A 45 minute DVD in which presenter Bob Krist explains some of his more favourite settings on the Nikon D200 camera and the way in which he puts them to good effect. This product is more suited to owners of the D200 if only because they will recognise the various camera features which are highlighted as Mr Krist uses them.

Whilst the content was interesting, I found it difficult to identify exactly which category of photographer at whom this DVD is aimed. If, like myself, you have just purchased your very first DSLR (Digital single lens reflex camera) and are wondering where to start, I would suggest this is not the DVD for you. If, however, you have started to take some decent photos, it should help you progress onto slightly (but only slightly) more advanced techniques. If you are already well down the road of taking excellent photographs using the many varied settings that are available on the modern DSLR then you will gain little from this product.

I really must register my overall disappointment. Just think about the product titles. Firstly we have a DVD from the "Nikon School." I would have thought the very word Nikon would ensure a content worthy of that name. But not so. Secondly, the DVD is called "Understanding Digital Photography." I may be a newcomer to the DSLR but, like Mr Krist, I too have sold my photography to National Geographic and I am also an award-winning author. My understanding of digital photography, however, was not enhanced by this product and my overall knowledge is no richer for my having studied the content closely.

NM

Summary: A middle'n production

Comment: I bought this dvd to help a friend learn about her first digital camera a Nikon D60. She has no experiance with SLR's and no experiance with digital, just 35mm point and shoot cameras. We watched this together. It was a good and accurate presentation of many of the things you can do with a Nikon DSLR and almost compleatly useless to her because she'll need months of experiance, and a few thousand pictures under her belt, befor she will be able to start to benefit from the information on this disk. On the other hand it almost put me to sleep, but then I have used film and digital SLR's for 40 years.

This dvd does not cover the absolute basics of how to make and save a photo, or how to judge weather you have made a good comopsition, but it does show you ways you can use your DSLR to grow your skills as a photographer. Once you are ready to take control of your photography away from the camera (program mode), this dvd can help. As for my friend, I hope she will become comfortable enough with her camera in the next few months, that we'll be able to sit down and watch this dvd again.

Summary: re-Beginner

Comment: It was good for the basics, an overview, but don't pay full price for it.

Summary: Nikon D 40 user

Comment: The DVD is very helpful in learning the details of getting the most out of a DSLR.