Although a half-dozen of us pore through every word of my books looking for typos and goofs before they go to press, I’ve learned that, as careful as we are, we’re no match for the 20,000 or so eagle-eyed readers who (I hope) read each of my photography guides from cover to cover. Vendors make changes to their products, firmware is updated, or I discover something new about a particular camera, too. If you’re looking for updates, corrections, and fixes, you’ll find them here.
You may discover that not every typo listed is present in your copy of my book; as soon as we receive an alert, every verified error is corrected for all future printings and editions. So, with any luck, your copy has already been amended. If, by chance, you discover a typo that is not listed here, the reason that it is not shown is that nobody has reported it to me yet. Please do so! Leave a comment here, and I’ll not only make the fix, but I’ll respond directly to you.
The list below includes all corrections that have already been made to future printings of the books noted.
Global: In most of my recent camera guides I passed along Photographic Solutions’ (then) recommendation to use Eclipse 2 cleaning solution instead of the original Eclipse 1 product to clean sensors. The company has since discontinued Eclipse 2 and recommended going back to the original solution, which they now say does the best job. Lacking a chemical laboratory to run tests, I’m changing my directions to match their latest recommendation.
David Busch’s Sony A380/A330/A230 Guide to Digital Photography
Page 104: Under What changes? in the next to the last sentence delete everything after unless. (Sony removed the AEL button in the A380/A330/A230 series.)
David Busch’s Sony SLT-A65 Guide to Digital Photography
It says:
” Grid Line
Options: Off, Rule of 3rds Grid, Square Grid, Diag. + Square Grid
Default: Off
This feature, the first item on the Custom 2 menu screen (see Figure 3.10), lets you choose from three possible configurations of composition aids on the camera’s screen. The Rule of 3rds Grid option puts two pairs of parallel lines on the screen, dividing the image into 9 parts. If you place the most important part of your composition near the intersections of these lines, you will be observing the Rule of Thirds, which calls for locating the main features of the photograph away from the center of the image. The Square Grid uses five vertical lines and four horizontal lines, in each direction, yielding 24 blocks, which allows for more precise placement of the components of your shot. Finally, the Diag. + Square Grid option uses the same square grid with diagonal lines intersecting in the center of the image, giving you a few more options for alignment of the elements of your composition. (See Figure 3.11.)”
It should say:
“The Square Grid uses five vertical lines and THREE horizontal lines”