Wow, sikes. I forgot about this thread. hahaha
Anyway, just a refresh of whatever's, my online gallery is at http://www.phototaker.fotopic.net where all my dumb arse pics are posted. hehehe
minicooper2u,
Digital cameras only will have the function to view the LCD when focusing to take a photo. For digital SLR's (dslr), you would have to view it through the OVF (optical view finder), which is the small little hole. So far, I think only olympus e-410 digital slr has a unique feature whereby you can view the lcd while composing a photo (Composing a photo means focusing to take a photo). The thing is that digital slr's will usually always capture more details as compared to non-dslr cameras. Furthermore, dslr camera has a good raw capture feature which captures even more details than compressed photos (.jpg format). erm... long story ler. I'm not a professional but I learn quite a lot from other photographers also. I used to hang out with some serious photographers so I pick up info from them over TT. hehehe
simplycomplex,
Actually, even with a simple camera phone, you can still learn stuff. Just that you would lack more manual control features to play with but one basic thing you could always learn with whatever camera device is the composition of a photo. meaning, the way a photo is taken, like the angle, the framing, etc. of a photo. Photography has lots of things to learn but if you keep it fun, it won't be all that technical. :)