Originally Posted by vroom_skies

I see where Irish is coming from, but I would have to disagree. It's always best to have the camera in your hands while learning, plus it makes it a lot easier to test ideas & enforce methods. All SLR's work the same in theory, it just might be a different layout for each brand, but no book is going to help you there unless it's a book that is geared towards a specific brand, which negates the point all together.