Lesson one for Sue

I knew I could count on you all. Thank you so much for your advice. I will await my package, and see what goodies comes with it. I will play and play and play with it over the next month and hopefully be a little comfortable taking pictures when I come over in May.

Peter, I will go and find this exif info on my other pictures. Thank you.

I love this board!

I feel a group hug coming on  .

I found picture information when I right clicked my picture and went into properties. I really should have read up on the camera I have now, it's a neat little job. Anyway, it talks about f-stop, exposure time, ISO speed. Focal length and Max aperture, all of which is foreign to me right now.

I think I've got some learning to do. 

Along with the camera I ordered a how to DVD so that should be a great help, as I am useless learning from a manual. 

Although I haven't contributed to this thread, I would love to take part in the group hug. I constantly take pictures into the sun and will post some here as soon as I can remember where I took them! I don't use filters but a good result can be gained using software. I highly recommend JASC Paint shop pro 9, although a 4 year university course would help me fathom it all out.

Sue.

Don't let all these details about what information is contained within pictures, confuse you or spoil your pleasure in your new camera. Just use it and enjoy it.

Re memory cards, if your old camera use SD type cards, then you are in luck. You can buy an adapter that will allow you to use the SD cards in the CF slot of the 400D. I bought one to use the SD memory cards from my old camera, they works fine in the 400D. It cannot tell the difference between the cards in the adaptor and the real thing.

All the latest pictures of birds in flight were taken on a SD card and the adapter.

Regards Roy J.

Some times I feel like I have to know it all, and then I get a little confused.

 The camera is supposed to be shipped tomorrow, I can't wait until it arrives.