Hi Digidave.
Thanx for your reply, very helpful. No, owning a P & S camera won't stop me at all, we all have to start somewhere. The thing that might stop me a little is my location.........there are a lot of things we are missing here in Cyprus where I live! I will do what I can, and will ask questions as they come up...........who knows, I might even have some older knowledge from my dark room days that might help here.............