Canon® PowerShot® Digital Field Guide

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Kimberly Spilker for the phone call that one day, and to her trust in my work; to Cricket Krengel for mentioning my name to Kimberly and whose knack for keeping this "engine" running would put a locomotive engineer to shame; and to my technical editor Marianne Wallace, an outstanding photographer in her own right.

You can't write a book about cameras without help from manufacturers and the folks at Canon are always selfless in giving their time and knowledge. Thanks to Rudy Winston, Chuck Westfall, and Geoff Coalter. Mike Wong and the gang at Sandisk have been a great help with explaining memory card care and feeding. My appreciation also to Kriss Brunngraber at Bogen for his support in more ways than one. Thanks also to Jason Ledder and Kyle Kappmeier at R & J Public Relations for putting me in touch with some fantastic resources.

Thanks to my family, spread out throughout the country — Kay, Andrea, Paul, and Mark. And to my family close by — who have the misfortune of having to put up with all the picture taking — Kelly, Holly, Rowen, Vienne, and Kari.

Lastly, I would like to thank my first editor, Rob Sheppard. Rob called me ten years ago, when the term digital photography was new, and told me that he thought I would be a great fit for writing about it. We both knew that the technology would take off, and Rob has made it a fun ride! His dedication to the image and making photography accessible is an inspiration.