OK, so I admit it, I never read the manual. And I never really cared about much more than snapping shots of my friends and family. But I saw something yesterday that has changed me, and now I am determined to learn to use my camera. I have the s400...
There was the most fantastic spiderweb hanging from the ceiling of a parking garage. The sun was kind of shining down through the space in the ceiling between 2 sections of garage, and right there was a fantastic spiderweb, big round, lovely, the sunlight was flickering and burning on it.
So I tried like 5 times w/ my digital camera to catch it, I tried from all sides/angles. Finally the only one that remotely worked was when I put my fingers over the flash (pretty high tech, eh?) but it still didn't look nearly as awesome as the real thing.
I know NADA about cameras and taking pictures, I just point and pray and shoot. I am wondering which if the zillions of buttons on my camera I should start playing with? Thanks
Here's a tip- take the manual into the john/toilet/bathroom to while away the time "on the throne"... you will learn what all those buttons do! 
