You're the proud owner of a new digital SLR camera. It's loaded with features capable of recording great photos. You've used it a few times but you're not getting the results that you know are possible. Now you'd like to find out how to turn mere snapshots into gallery quality photographs.

Get ready. We're launching the new Stay Focused Guides for owners of the most popular digital SLR cameras, just like yours. But unlike other guides which treat the camera as a technical gadget requiring confusing explanation, ours are for those picture takers who want to solve common shooting problems and capture the best photos that their cameras promise.

We answer the questions standing between you and the perfect photo within your grasp. We'll explain your way out of the many annoying problems that come up as you learn to use the many features that set your advanced digital SLR apart from the point-and-shoot variety cameras. We won't confuse the explanations with the high tech jargon; we'll use easy-to-understand English. And we'll illustrate the answers and show you before and after pictures so that you can instantly visualize the solution.

Stay Focused guides for the following digital SLR are now in the works.

Canon XSi	Canon XTi/XS	Nikon D040x/D60	Olympus E-510/E-520	Sony Alpha 300

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We've been publishing books since 1978, almost 30 years and our editor-in-chief has 50 years of experience in the photographic industry.

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