Hello Everyone!, I'm Trish.
I am also lost on how to do things around here. Very new to the site, and find it extremely interesting, but have yet to learn to navigate everything. Like, there were tips for beginners on the front page, and now I can't find them again. I need to work my way through them all!
At one time, a few life times before this one, I was very much into photography. I was luck enough to work with a photomeister in Germany for a little while, and used to do developing and know my way around my camera. But as time has moved on, so has my memory, so I'm essentially new to it all. I've always had a camera, but now, with the loss of my job, I'm wondering if there's any chance for me to make a living with my camera...but the challenges of learning it all are a bit daunting,
to say the least.
Is ISO what ASA was on my old Pentax Spotmatic F film camera? 
I had one till a babysitter stole it from me back in Tacoma, WA.
Now I have my Sony Cybershot (which I have had about five years), and
today my new (used) Pentax K10D arrived with a Tamron A17P, a Phonix 0.25X Super Fish Eye, and the last one I could get (before I ran out of $$) a Pentax 28 mm. So far I've gotten a couple shots in focus.
In the time I don't spend looking for a new job, I plan to spend every moment trying to learn this camera and the ropes enough to do animal, portrature, stock or wedding photography, especially the business end of things (I'm not very business oriented). I also hope to get good enough shots to enter competitions. So, this site has so much information to offer someone like me. I'm thrilled to find it, thankful it is offered, and determined to become a craftsperson at photography by hook or by crook. My grandfather was a hobby photographer. I have some of the old equipment that was his, but unfortunately, not the Hasselblad my grandmother gave away a few years back.
Anyway, I do go on, so will step back in the background for now, and will see ya'll around.
Take care,
Trish