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Magic Lantern Guides: SONY DSLR A300/A350 (Magic Lantern Guides)

Meet the A300 and A350 the two newest cameras in Sony's beginner-friendly "A" series. They're alike except for sensor resolution (the 350 has the highest available in any consumer model), and are perfect for anyone ready to move up from point-and-shoot cameras. That's because they actually allow photographers to view the scene in front of them on the LCD monitor prior to shooting. Owners will look to this guide to find out how to use the Live Preview with AF and exposure control; adjustable variable angle LCD monitor that flips out and twists; and Super SteadyShot(R) image stabilization that vastly reduces blur.

Hacking the PSP: Cool Hacks, Mods, and Customizations for the Sony PlayStation Portable (ExtremeTech)

We're not just playing games. You love your PSP. You loved the first edition of this book. If you're ready for more fun, here it is. Check out: Networking hacks that let you IM and speed up multiplayer game action. Awesome audio, video, and image hacks. Game hacks that let you use a single UMD cartridge for multiplayer games. The ever-popular homebrew applications, with secrets for sneaking them past the firmware. We're taking playtime to a whole new level.

Let the fun begin with complete instructions on how to do all this and more with your PSP, including:

• Speeding up Web surfing.
• Getting maximum quality when moving video or audio to your PSP.
• Using your PSP like an iPod.
• Transfering DVDs to your PSP.
• Getting more power.
• Playing multiplayer games with a single UMD.
• Writing homebrew apps, even if you've never programmed before.
• Learning to fool, and even downgrade, your firmware.
• Running Linux® and Windows®.

Visit hackingpsp.com to post your questions on the author's forum, download any files you need, get updates to the book, and check out new hacks the moment they're available.

Get ready to make the most of Sony's awesome entertainment device, and hacker's dream - the PSP. Hacking the PSP covers everything you need to know to: Transfer video and DVDs to your PSP Transfer audiobooks and text Hack the games you play every day (including using the PSP as an XBox game save device) Move your TiVo and ReplayTV shows to your PSP Convert your DVDs to run on your PSP Create your own quick-charge battery packs Learn how to program the PSP Repair your PSP Create your own hacks and run homebrew software Find all the online and offline resources you need And much more!

Magic Lantern Guides: SONY DSLR-A200 (Magic Lantern Guides)

Sony has something for beginning photographers, or those just going digital: an excellent entry-level D-SLR with a 10.2MP sensor, High ISO sensitivity range to 3200, and High ISO Noise Reduction technology. The 40-segment honeycomb, with its spot and center-weighted metering systems, offers outstanding exposure accuracy. And the Super SteadyShot® image stabilization systems increase a novice's ability to achieve quality photos. Newcomers eager to master all the basics, and make the most of their new equipment, will find both the Magic Lantern Guides and the DVD Guide essential components of their photography kit.

Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Digital Field Guide

The Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Digital Field Guide is filled with everything you need to know in order to take amazing photographs using your Sony Alpha A700 digital SLR camera. This full-color portable guide walks you through the essential controls, features, and functions of the A700 using step-by-step instructions and full-color images of each menu screen. This robust guide not only shows you how to adjust white balance, autofocus, exposure, and choose lenses, it also teaches you when and why you should adjust each of these key settings. The Sony Alpha DSLR-A700 Digital Field Guide goes beyond camera settings to offer you a refresher guide to the principles of digital photography, covering the essentials of lighting, composition, and exposure. Filled with amazing examples, this book also presents a variety of tips and tricks to capturing portraits, candids, sports, travel, macro photography, and much more.

Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 Digital Field Guide

Start taking the best photos of your life--today

Your Sony Alpha DSLR-A100 has dozens of amazing features. Would you rather spend hours studying the manual or snapping pictures? This guide gets you on the fast track, with full-color illustrations that help you identify and understand every button and dial and the effects you can shoot for. Learn to use every control, what pitfalls to dodge, and the secrets of capturing spectacular images in more than 20 shooting situations. Wherever your A100 goes, this book should go too.

* Follow an illustrated road map that makes it easy to locate the controls on your camera and learn what each does
* Review photographic essentials including exposure, lighting, and lens choices
* Learn to capture great images of tricky subjects like flowers, pets, sporting events, sunsets, and fireworks
* Explore such techniques as fill flash, infrared, panoramic, macro, and filter effect photography
* Troubleshoot potential problems with your A100

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Magic Lantern Guides: Sony DSLR A700 (Magic Lantern Guides)

Anyone who buys this superb Sony semi-professional camera will want to try out every one of its awesome features. The 12.24 MP Exmor APS-C size CMOS imager, with on-chip noise-canceling before and after A/D conversion, provides over 12 million pixels. A Dynamic Range Optimizer with Advanced Auto mode allows you to select any of 5 dynamic range optimization (DRO) correction levels; Super SteadyShot® Image Stabilization has built-in technology that moves the image sensor in response to camera shake, reducing blurs. Magic Lantern shows photographers how they all work

Magic Lantern Guides: Sony DSLR A100 (Magic Lantern Guides)

Peter K. Burian is a freelance photographer based in Toronto, Canada. His outdoor, travel nature and lifestyle photographs are used widely by editorial and advertising companies. He is the author of numerous photography books and isa frequent contributor to magazines, including Shutterbug and Photo Life. Find out more at www.peterkburian.com. A guide to what is expected to be a top-selling camera in 2007! The Sony A100 is the first digital single-lens-reflex camera from the manufacturer of the world's best-selling digital cameras. It has Super SteadyShot anti-shake image stabilization, and sports a 10 megapixel APS-C CCD with anti-dust sensor cleaning technology; a Minolta A lens mount;, and eyestart autofocus to name the more notable of many innovative features. 5" x 7-1/2". b/w illus. throughou

Doing Cultural Studies: The Story of the Sony Walkman (Culture, Media & Identities, Vol. 1) (Culture, Media and Identities series)

This book introduces the substantive and theoretical strands of contemporary cultural studies through the medium of a particular case study: that of the Sony Walkman. Through the Walkman example, Doing Cultural Studies shows how and why cultural practices and institutions have come to play such a crucial part in our lives, and introduces the central ideas, concepts, and methods of analysis involved in doing cultural studies. The authors of this unique work show how the Walkman is a typical cultural artifact and medium of modern culture, and studies how the key cultural processes are discerned. Examining the Walkman culturally leads to exploration of how it is represented, what social identities are associated with it, how it is produced and consumed, and what mechanisms regulate its distribution and use. This unique book offers students insights not only into the basic approaches of cultural studies, but also into how cultural studies can be used to understand the way culture works in the context of our everyday lives.

Sony vs Samsung: The Inside Story of the Electronics Giants' Battle For Global Supremacy

Sony vs. Samsung is business history at its best! It explores the divergent fortunes of these two electronics giants in the last decade and identifies the true reasons behind Sony's decline and Samsung's rise. Contrary to popular belief, Chang shows that success (or failure) does not simply arise from different strategies. Rather, it emerges from major decisions that are deeply rooted in the companies' organizational processes and their executives' political behavior. This book is a must-read for any senior executive.

Constantinos Markides
Robert P. Bauman Professor of Strategic Leadership and Chairman,
Strategy Department
London Business School

Sea-Jin Chang has produced that rarity in a business book--one that is as valuable to practicing managers as it is insightful to academic researchers. In this fascinating comparison of two modern global giants, he applies his high resolution research microscope to their changing fortunes by dissecting their contrasting strategies, and providing interesting insights into their divergent organizational processes and management practices. This is a very valuable contribution to the international business literature. It will end up in as many corporate boardrooms as faculty seminars.

Christopher A. Bartlett
Thomas D. Casserly Professor Emeritus
Harvard Business School

Sea-Jin Chang has written a fascinating comparison of Sony and Samsung that will be valuable to anyone interested in strategy, organizations or international business. The interwoven and very detailed case studies of two very different companies in overlapping industries illuminate problems such as adaptation to technological change (analog to digital), organizational flexibility and globalization. His attempt to analyze both strategic development and implementation is successful and very useful. Both academics and practitioners will learn a lot from this book.

Stephen J. Kobrin
William Wurster Professor of Multinational Management
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

Refreshingly original and entertaining, this book analyzes major strategic decisions of Samsung and Sony and highlights organizational processes and top management leadership that have shaped their performances. This is a must-read for all executives who want to understand the strengths and weaknesses of Asian competitors. It also provides penetrating insights to other Asian companies with global ambitions.

Myoung Woo Lee
President and CEO
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The Complete Guide to Sony's A300 & A350 DLSRs (B&W Edition)

The Friendly Manual with Professional Insights! This comprehensive 450-page book explains every knob, button, and feature of the Sony A300 and A350 DSLR digital cameras. Generously sprinkled with insights and real-world examples (including a whole chapter on Live View), this clear manual was written in a way that is not condescending nor intimidating. Get the most from your investment from a professional photographer who has used them! Be sure to read customer review's from Mr. Friedman's Sony Alpha 100 book on this site!