[stu1903]

Hi guys and Gals, I'm a newbie to this forum and this is my first post so please go easy on me.

Just purchased my first SLR camera, Sony Alpha a300.

I decided to jump straight in at the deep end and go to manual mode but all my pics are black. I've tried mucking about with different setting F & shutter speed with no sucess.

Is there any tutorials that you guys know of that would be good for a complete beginner?

Will also need to purchase a tripod as I just can seem to hold the camera steady!

Thanks in advance and hope to be a regular contributer to your forum.