found a website with quite a few tutorials

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its at http://www.dcviews.com/tutors.htm

look on the right and scroll down, here you will find info on the following;

Abbreviations
A
B - C
D - I
J - N
N -S
S - Z

Aperture
The basics
The pitfalls
Manual settings
Depth of field

Batteries
Battery basics
Battery pitfalls
(Quick) chargers
Battery life

Color concepts
The basics
The pitfalls
Filters
Gamma settings
Histograms
White balance

Connectivity
The basics

Distance of subject
The basics
The pitfalls
Digital zoom
Depth of field
Macro mode
Optical zoom
Tele mode
Wide mode

Digital aspects
Digital zoom, a bonus
Digital zoom, poor man's
Focal length Multiplier
Image stabilization
Noise reduction
Sharpening & softening
White balance

Exposure
The basics
The pitfalls
Auto bracketing
Compensation
Dynamic Range
Exposure values (EV)
ISO Sensitivity
Manual shutter setting
Metering modes
Scene modes
Shutter Technique

File formats
The basics
BMP / RAW
TIFF / GIF
JPEG / GIF
DPOF / EXIF
Video formats

Flash & lighting
The basics
The pitfalls
Flash types
Flash modes
Output compensation
Special flash units

Focus
The basics
The pitfalls
Auto focus assist lamp
Depth of field

Human aspects
Your eyes & resolution
Your eyes and color
Seeing with your brain

Image correction
Barrel effect correction
Pincushion correction
Perspective correction
Noise reduction

Image distortion
Artifacts
Barrel & pincushion
Blooming effect
Chromatic aberration
Jaggies & noise
JPEG quality levels

Image enhancement
The basics
Color
Contrast
Sharpen & soften
Special effects

Image sensors
CCD / CMOS
SuperCCD (Fuji)
Effective & image pixels
Image resolution
Protection & cleaning

Lenses & optics
The basics
The pitfalls
Macro mode
Optical distortion
Optical zoom
Protection & cleaning
Tele lenses
Wide ange lenses

Photographic themes
The basics
Architecture
Composition
Landscape
Portraits

Photographic techniques
Panorama pictures
Perspective
Stereo photography
Subject distance

Printers & printing
Printer types
Printer resolution
Paper types & quality
Albums/web sharing
Print services
Vulnerability / protection

Printing alternatives
TV or beamer show
CD show
Web distribution/sharing

Software
The basics

Storage media
The basics
The pitfalls
SmartMedia card
CompactFlash card
Sony Memory Stick
Multi MediaCard
xD-Picture card (new)
Media Comparison Chart
IBM microdrive
Digital wallets
Cheap solutions

Time & timing
Burst mode timings
Focus lagtime
Self timer option
Start-up time
Time lapse option

Viewfinders
The basics
The pitfalls
Optical viewfinder
Electronic viewfinder
Liquid Cristal Display

goodluck ..and happy reading

[Jamie]

WOW! Great site, heaps of good and useful info for newbies like myself.

Thanks

Jamie

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