David Busch's Canon EOS Rebel T5/1200D DSLR Camera Photography Guide - Learn Digital SLR Techniques for Portraits, Landscapes & Action Shots

This book is fantastic, it is a comprehensive and complete guide to your new Canon Rebel T5 digital camera. Yes, there is a manual that comes with the camera but they are usually woefully inadequate. So, I went online and purchased this book.Here are the Pros and Cons of purchasing this book:PROS:1. It has plenty of pictures and diagrams so that you can visually see what the author is describing for the camera and the lenses2. It has excellent documentation in "easy to read" format, even the most uneducated novice camera person (like myself) can understand what is being explained.3. BUT, the explanations are also good for more advanced camera users. Each of the functions is well documented and there are good tutorials on which functions of the camera will provide the best picture for what you are doing.4. The layout of the book is good, you can do the "Quick Start" as I like to call it or dig into the more advanced topics;a. The first two chapters are a quick start to explain the new camera and get you up and running quicklyb. Chapter three gives you a "Roadmap" to your new camera and is also very useful for your understandingc. Part two, Chapters 4 through 7 give you the more advanced features of your camera. My suggestion is that after you have read Part one and worked with the camera for a couple of weeks you will then want to come back to Part 2 and get advanced training.d. Part Three is the Advanced portion of the book for people really serious about their work.1) Chapter ten, "working with lenses" is a must read before you go out and purchase additional lenses for your camera2) Chapter eleven "Working with Light" is a good instruction for the novice on how to use light and flash to your advantage.5. PRICE: the book is worth the price, frankly I don't know how they include so many "color pictures" in the book and offer it for this price, it's almost like they are willing to loose some money so that you can have a great instruction book.CONS:1. Frankly I don't have any with this bookI feel this book is excellent and a must buy for anyone getting their first Rebel Digital Camera