Read the Part I.  So what do you need to know about photography
in this age?  That there is still a difference between what is
sold to the consumer and what is sold to the professional. The
great majority of digital cameras out there are called "Point
and Shoot."  They perform the same function as did similar film
cameras. True, they often have program upon program built into
them that provide you with many choices and much flexibility in
your picture taking, but the vast majority of people set their
camera on the initial standard setting, the "P" or "green
window" and never try any other option.  They do not read the
instruction manual and they do not learn how to do more than
accomplish playback of the images they shot. ISO setting remains
a mystery and what image quality they should choose is another
mystery. P&S cameras usually have small zoom lenses that use
relatively small f-stop values, meaning they aren't really good
for low-light shooting, but they often have anti-shake
technology to compensate for