Thanks again to everybody for the warm welcome and the great information.
Ok. Here are a couple questions:
1. I'll hold off, as suggested, on getting a "flash-thingy" until I learn to use light better, but don't I need one for night-time photos? Sometimes my little wiener dog does some real cute things at night! Also, my friends have been known to put themselves in some drunken situations - if I got a good photo - hello! BLACKMAIL! :-)
2. Do I need the light meter? It's not working and I'm going to get a new battery for it. But if that doesn't work, do I absolutely need the meter?
3. Two of my lenses have an "auto/manual" option. Does that have something to do with lighting?
4. I was taking some pics and suddenly the camera went dark. I read something about the mirrors sticking sometimes on these types of cameras so I took the lens off to check it out (like I even know what the mirror looks like or where it is!). There was a piece of film in there. The end piece that goes in first on a new role of film. Does this mean my whole role is ruined? Could it have scratched anything? Is this an odd occurrence?
OK. That's it for now.
Thank you! jasmine
