Digital Photography Basics

[richman]

I'll be getting my S40 or S45 in a few days; very excited, 1st digital camera. I want to read up and improve my knowledge about everything photography before it arrives. I don't even know what ISO means, so please point me to any good sites that can teach me the basics. I read somewhere that the manuals don't really have a lot of background info. How would you recommend I go about my journey from idiot to pro?!

Thanks

[Gibbs]

Hi'ya

There are tons of great sites to be found. Here's one to get you going.

http://www.photocourse.com

Enjoy

[slejhamer]

The photocourse site mentioned above is a great place to start.

Good general photography sites, not specific to digital, include Kodak's site and the "Making Photographs" article on photo.net:

http://www.kodak.com/US/en/consumer/pictureTaking/index.shtml

http://www.photo.net/making-photographs/

Enjoy,