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Any suggestions on a good instruction manual for the Nikon D7500? The Nikon version is awful. Thanks.

Stardust Loc: Central Illinois

They don't come much better than manuals by David Busch. Good breakdowns, basic to complex. Mine really helped me

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

Amazon lists books concerning the Nikon D7500 by Rob Sylvan, Darrell Young, Jon Sparks and Douglas Klostermann.
All are highly respected authors and frequently recommended on the UHH forum. All are also less expensive to purchase than the Busch book.

Stardust Loc: Central Illinois

I would just forewarn that those cheaper ones are often Kindle versions - I prefer paper.

rjaywallace Loc: Wisconsin

There are paper editions available, too, for those who are too cheap to buy a tablet. Do you want to lug six books around or would you like to bring the contents of six books in one thin volume for easy reference? Take your pick.

Stardust Loc: Central Illinois

I believe you make a couple of erroneous assumptions in your "too cheap to buy a tablet" comment. First, you know nothing about the OP's preference nor mine nor our financial spending. He asked for a recommendation, which I gave, then simply pointed out that your "all the others are less expensive" comment might refer to Kindle editions in the case that was not his intent.

As for me I have a computer and tablet, but prefer to keep a copy of camera OEM and other's more detailed manuals on my phone (because I travel often) so I always have them with me. I don't always carry my tablet out to a shoot or on trips. But I also like to have a paper copy on the shelf, with important areas highlighted, for reference. I also find them more enjoyable to read out on the patio (with a cup of coffee), in a restaurant, etc. And, they have often sparked interesting conversations with other customers or photographers. My tablet has never done that. Also, not sure what you mean by lugging six books around but I have bought what I believe is the best manual for each of my three cameras. But because I only use ONE camera at a time, at most I would be "lugging" ONE book at a time. So, thank you for your comments but I believe one of the biggest "sins" committed on UHH is "this is how I do it, so you should do only this way too".

j45 Loc: North Central CT

Thom Hogan is usually considered the premier camera guide. THE camera guide.

http://dslrbodies.com/books/bythom-complete-guides-/nikon-d7500-guide.html

I usually get Thom's book and then one other field edition like Busch's

DanielJDLM

David Busch book is excellent. I went from a Nikon D90 to the D7500. Lots of similarities but also lots of differences...enough that I wanted take advantage of all the camera offered. Easy to read, good linear flow of information. I don't think you can go wrong...sure, there are cheaper books, but do you really want to save a few bucks on another book when you just spent a lot of greenbacks for the camera?

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jeffhacker Loc: Dallas, Texas

I agree with a lot of the comments here. I've owned a bunch of Nikon DSLR's (starting way back with the D50 and now I've got a D500. The first thing I've done with each camera is buy the David Busch book. They're a big help.

Bultaco Loc: Aiken, SC

Pegasus Loc: Texas Gulf Coast

The Nikon manual is encyclopedic, it's an owner's manual, not a how-to guide. I have the pdf on my smartphone and tablet, because it's searchable, which is very important.

I would suggest Steve Perry's "Secrets To The Nikon AF System." I have it on pdf also, at it's searchable. I read it through and through and then I just search for D7500 and Mr. Perry does a great job talking about the new features of the D7500.

I also have Tom Hogan's Complete Guide to the Nikon D7500. Again, on pdf. It is truly excellent.

When I first got my D7500, I got Klostermann's book on Kindle, and it's pretty good also to get started. The D7500 has a whole host of features and settings but I thought that Mr. Perry's opus was the best to get me going. Mr. Hogan's book is VERY detailed and if you want to learn about the intricacies of the camera, that's a great one for that.

I really don't do dead tree editions now, I like to have my books with me on my large tablet and I like the search feature.

Don W-37 Loc: Bangkok, Thailand

Here's my 2 Thai baht worth: I agree with Stardust that paper reference books work best, at least for me. I love my Kindle...for novels and certain non-fiction because they are read in a linear fashion (Page 1, 2, 3, etc.)

But reference books are used to find info quickly, and so I'm using the ToC one minute, then the Index, then flipping back and forth. I prefer paper for this. But if the snarly poster prefers to use a tablet, no problem.

Finally, I have Busch's D750 book (paper) which I have found to be comprehensive and excellent. Choose whatever works best for you. Cheers

Grace98 Loc: Waterlooville, Hampshire - United Kingdom

I've asked the same question here about two weeks ago. The general consensus was in favour of the David Busch book. I've ordered it from Amazon UK and will be arriving tomorrow. I started going through the manual but many things are not explained properly.