Digital Photography: Better Results With Manual.
Most people promise themselves they will learn to use the manual settings on their digital camera…but they wind up leaving it on automatic. There are some good reasons to perservere with learning to really use your camera, and with the right approach it doesn’t have to be too hard.
Beginners in digital photography all start with the same ambitions, and most run into the same big obstacle. After buying the best camera within their budget (possibly their first SLR), they promise themselves they will really learn how to use it, and rise above daggy snapshots. After all, practice is free and you can delete your mistakes. So how can you go wrong?