Originally Posted by abyss_al

i used to shoot all in auto mode, but doing it all by urself is much better... takes time and practice to learn the camera... go to this site and read the review on your camera, it will tell you all the features and settings, each review is usally 10-20 pages long, just scroll down and cick through all the pages..

http://www.dpreview.com

about your camera:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/spec...kon_cp8800.asp
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/nikoncp8800/

read it all.. it will help you alot