Real World Nikon Capture NX
by Ben Long
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Book Reviews of Real World Nikon Capture NX
Book Review: A Pragmatic Purchase
Summary: 4 Stars
Look, you have three book choices if you want to learn NX: (1)The Nikon manual, (2)the CD by Jason Odell, and (3) this book by Ben Long. What's wrong with using all three sources of information when learning a new piece of software? All will add to your knowledge base to some degree depending on how you learn. Long's book is fine and helps you accomplish your goal of becoming proficient at NX. It's color illustrated, available, and is one of three of your only choices. You will not be wasting your money.
I currently use NX2 in conjunction with Photoshop CS3, a user of over 7 years. I find myself gravitating more to NX2 than CS3 and this book helped me in doing so.
Book Review: Solid, but could have been better
Summary: 3 Stars
Having had Capture NX for over a year, I decided to purchase this book. I had earlier purchased Jason Odell's eBook and wanted to supplement with a "diverse" opinion.
Overall, this book will get you started with NX. However, don't expect it "dive-in" to some of the deeper abilities of NX.
What dissapointed me the most was that the first half of the book is wasted on material that the reader is already going to know. It appears to me this was filler material in order to make the book thicker.
Again, to get started, this book will fit the bill. If you want to get a bit deeper, go with Odell's book
Book Review: Inadequate
Summary: 3 Stars
I had been waiting for the release of this book for some time in the belief that it would help me get in to Capture NX to a greater degree than the manual had. Unfortunately, this book is superficial and, on the whole, disappointing (although I will admit to learning a few things I didn't know before).
It would have greatly benefited from an accompanying CD-ROM so that you could work directly on the computer on the same images from the book. Reading the book and then turning to the program and trying to duplicate a lesson with one of your own images is too fractured a teaching process.
Book Review: Worth the money
Summary: 4 Stars
Capture NX is a terrific digital image processing program, being almost as capable as Photoshop but much easier and more efficient to use. However, the Nikon manual and help functions are quite superficial. The Long book fills a wide gap as the only secondary book source re Capture NX. Although a bit expensive ($35)for the size of the book, I consider it to have been a very good investment. With this book and some concentrated effort using NX, I have been able to learn a lot and get much better images than with Photoshop CS2. Incidentally, I have no connection with Nikon or Mr. Long.Book Review: OK for absolute beginner
Summary: 3 Stars
I found Capture NX to be a confusing program for the first-time user, and this book helped explain how to use it in slightly different words than the Nikon manual. It's adequate for a beginner, but probably won't satisfy advanced users of the program. Most of the "Real World" series are much better and contain more depth than this book. Also, the binding is no good. Unleashing the RAW Power of Capture NX (3 Tutorial DVD set) is a much better resource.