Gary Friedman a77M2 book

I have been going through the book and it is a real help. Many of the features of the Mk2 are difficult to understand, but Mr. Friedman makes it very accessible. Sony should make this book available to every new owner!   

Mike

I was quite happy to pay full price but I am not an original A77 owner and never bought his original book so I can't say how similar they are. But he obviously put work into producing it so I was happy enough given the price. It's a very useful book and as @GlassEye pointed out, should replace that terrible excuse for a manual.

I did e-mail him as he described Dyxum as an A-mount only forum. He sent a nice reply back saying he would update for version 1.01....

Here's the link to Gary's books

http://www.friedmanarchives.com/ebooks/index.htm

Can't comment on the video as I haven't seen it but people say good things about and didn't mind paying for it

Just had a look at the page where the colour printed version is sold from lulu.com and the price is stated as £118.16. Surely this is a massive error. Maybe someone who knows Gary could mention this to him so it can be sorted.

Thanks stiuskr.
I'm quite new here (and learning a lot from the forums, thanks everyone) and haven't seen these books before so I must admit, when I saw that the B&W version is £31.34, I was a bit gobsmacked at the colour version price but if that's what it cost then so be it. At least there is a price for all pockets from the download version to the printed ones.
Thanks again.

Thank you Basil. I understand a little more now. I hadn't realized that the print was in small runs and only on demand, and at 600 pages and in full colour, the price for that version is more understandable.
Your high recommendation for Gary's books is noted and the website is now in my browser faves.
Thanks again.

Having subscribed to Gary Fong's on-line tutorial 'Unleashing the power of your a77ii" the pay to view full version of this short introduction clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YGA6TsY5V4, I wondered whether it was worth my while buying Gary Friedman's e-book version of his a77ii Guide.
In the end, for a modest US$26.45, I felt it was worth it, and it certainly is.
I downloaded the 600 page full colour .pdf file to my iBooks and it's now sitting on my computer, iPad and iPhone and I can dip into it as and when needed.
Gary Fong's video tutorial is a very handy start in that it shows you on screen what various settings can do and recommends the ones he likes. Gary Freedman's book is a very much more detailed yet accessible and user-friendly reference covering every aspect of the menus, settings and controls, and all the effects they can achieve.
I'd recommend it to anyone with an a77ii.