jbeejay80120 Loc: Littleton, Co 80120

Nikon D7100: From Snapshots to Great Shots
Batdorff, John
If you Google John Batdorff you will find he has written books on a wide variety of cameras, as well as, recommendations on lens selection. I thought I would buy his book on Amazon $17 and change. From what I read about him on line I decided to buy his book.

bbrowner Loc: Chapel Hill, NC

I got my D7100 shortly before Thanksgiving. I found the many YouTubes specifically for the D 7100 invaluable.

tjphxaz Loc: Phoenix, AZ

I have David Busch's Compact Field Guides for my Nikon's including the 7100. I am anxiously waiting for release of his D750 Compact Field Guide in early March. The fact that he is taking 6 months to publish tells me he does thorough research with camera in hand before writing the guide. I prefer these "compact" guides because they are wire-bound, compact for travel in the camera bag, and Busch has an easy to comprehend writing style. This and the Nikon owner's manual should be all you need.
You will find lots of preferences for different writers in the posts. If you can, try to thumb through a sample of instruction books to find a style that you like. There are also some good guides available free on the Internet. Search "Nikon D750 Guides." Ken Rockwell, Digital Camera World, Photography Life are sites with good instruction guides and settings guides.

Jules Karney Loc: Las Vegas, Nevada

I use y-tube also. For me it's the best way to learn about the new 7100. You can freeze make notes, and practice. Great camera. Love mine.

latebloomer Loc: Topeka, KS

I found Michael Andrew's Nikon D7100 Crash Course Tutorial Training Video | Made for Beginners! very helpful. Just put the camera in your hands and he will go over almost all the options, settings, and recommended settings (from beginner to advanced.) This is like having a guide by your side. This is a 4 1/2 hour video.This is available from Amazon as a DVD for around $38. You also can download the video from Michael Andrew's web site http://michaelthemaven.com/ for $38 and for $8 more also get the DVD.

I found David Bush's Nikon D7100 an excellent choice as a book. You can get a Kindle version of this book and always have it on your smart phone or wherever you want it.

sureshot10 Loc: Parker, Co.

Hi Arlene, I have the "Nikon D7000 - The Expanded Guide" by Jon Sparks. This is very complete, has pictures and tables and recommendations for some of the better resets. Also a pullout Quick Reference Card that you can remove and put in your pocket/camera bag. I personally got a self sealing plastic Mylar sealed bag, punched a hole in one corner and attached it to my camera strap - very convenient. There should be a guide by Jon Sparks for the D7100 by now but the D7000 guide has 98% of everything on the D7100. Love the D7000 - have fun.

Arlene777 Loc: Central NJ

After reading all the responses I decided to order Darrell Young's book. I had to choose one and I honestly can't explain why. But, I promise I will revisit this topic and add my 2 cents. Right after I did that someone posted about some videos that were good, particularly Terry Sandlin suggested: "Michael Andrew's Nikon D7100 Crash Course Tutorial Training Video Made for Beginners" Its a 4 1/2 hr. video. I viewed a sample of it. Costs around $38 for dvd from Amazon but it can also be ordered to download to your computer. If I find the book difficult (I really need careful explaining when it comes to the technical things in life) I may consider this. May also consider it if I can't find free one's on the Internet that are good.

Before I posted my question here regarding guides for the D7100, I tried our "search" and I didn't find too much. But now that it seems so many "Hogs" own this camera, there were many more helpful comments. I hope this forum will be helpful for the many more new Nikon D7100 owners (and there seem to be many that acquired one during the holidays).

Thanks to ALL the HOGs out there who took the time to be helpful. So many of you have a great deal of experience and knowledge about photography in general. I think I speak for many of us newbies when I say, we are a little lost but eager to learn. We appreciate your patience and guidence. Thank you for a valuable discussion on this topic. Continue adding if you read this and want to further the dicusssion. We'll take all the help you have time to give. :) Arlene

FairwayPhotos Loc: Massachusetts, USA

I have always found the Blue Crane videos helpful. They typically have one basic cd for each camera and then an additional one for "beyond the basics"

I am more of a visual learner so these have been real helpful to me. They are available at B&H, Adorama and most reputable camera shops.

Jim

jack schade Loc: La Pine Oregon

David Bush's. I have bought many books for specific cameras. I like David's the best by far.
Jack

earl_house Loc: Tulsa County, Oklahoma

I have Nikon D7100 From Snapshots to Great Shots by John Batdorff

Nikon D7100 Field Guide by J. Dennis Thomas

Mastering The Nikon D7100 by Darrell Young

I think all of these are great. I tend to favor Mastering the Nikon D7100 by Darrell Young.

I keep it downloaded on my phone for instant excess.

momad30044

I bought the Nikon D7100 Digital Field Guide by J. Dennis Thomas and have loved it!

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

I prefer Darrell Young, but only because his books have unlocked my D90 and D7000 for me. After 2-3 years of using my D90, I picked up Young's Mastering... book and found that I had only scratched the surface of the D90's possibilities. When I got my D7000, I ordered Darrell Young's and David Busch's books. Frankly they are both excellent. But I liked Young's format a little better, particularly the quality of the index pages.

I have purchased many Dummies books over the years and have each time realized that I have thrown away the money. You'd think I would learn. ;-) Parrots, Joomla, Photography, Web Design, JavaScript. Maybe just cut out the cartoons and recycle the rest into toilet paper.

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

Nikon is one of the few companies that still put manuals in the box. My Sony a6000 came with a joke--15 pages or so. But the manuals are always on-line and downloadable. I've found that much better anyway. With the pdf file I can search on a word or phrase and find just what I am searching for.

Reinaldokool Loc: San Rafael, CA

:-D :-D :thumbup:

dbeals Loc: Washington State

I just went down to our local library and had these book forwarded to our library from others so I can preview them before I buy.