Besides, many cannot understand the manual.
Manuals often read as if they were produced by this sequence:

Japanese engineers write down specs and procedures in Japanese Techno Babble.

A staff writer then translates to simplified techno babble, leaving out a lot of important stuff.

A translating service that works on line assigns the job to someone who is a native Sanskrit speaker/writer who once watched a movie in English subtitles written by a Russian, in cyrillic.

Translation goes back to camera company where one of their executives edits it, while drunk. Then runs it through the cheapest OCR/printer setup app they could buy because the project was over budget.

Printer produces manuals, in multiple languages.

Little old lady on packaging line puts wrong language manual in box with your new camera.

But you can't tell the difference so you play with buttons and dials and then post question on UHH where someone who would not make it in a school classroom* gets upset because others have asked the same question.

*Hint you get a new group of students every year, or even every semester. And they all ask the same questions over and over. Oh, sometimes you get someone who failed the class and is in it again (my record was a student who was in the class for the 5th time, 3 of them with me). They don't even know what questions to ask for the most part.

Sure, and I've seen some pretty weird explanations in manuals, and it's not not confined to photo equipment but there is so much information on the web that a quick search has always provided me with illumination.

So if I need to find the answer to something I endeavor to research it myself, that way not only do I inevitably learn a whole lot of other stuff but when the subject of my query proves to have a "duuuhhh!" light bulb moment at least 30,000 others out there don't shake their heads at my stupidity.

Rob..

I guess the point is if you don't like answering questions the question is why are you on a forum that lets one post boring pictures of birds and flowers but also allows one to help people. i agree some people's questions are really basic. I have been on the giving end of many things in my life. It is of no amazement how people just don't understand things. But then I understand I have a good ability to be on the up side of understanding. I just share to those who can not do this. Not a religions person but any stretch of the imagination but......isn't that what Gods intended us to do. Not kill each other over self proclaimed images of him, put money in the basket at church or put down other peoples beliefs. All he want us to do is get along and help each other.