Thank you every one I had no idea about turning off the is when on a tripod

Thanks for all the advice guys but yeah they and I know I'm no pro but I do pull off pretty good photos in day light it is flash shooting that concerns me and they said I would be better than no photograher. What concerns me is after reading my book to study up an practice with an external flash after realizing the built in one is not good enough is My menu on my camera does not line up to what the book is showing pictures and describing yet I do have a canon eos1000dtkis and the book says canon1000d so it should all line up what the?

When I scroll down the menu it stops at sensor cleaning on my menu I don't have live view controls or flash control it scrolls from sensor cleaning back to the top which is lcd brightness

Thanks for that I guess I'm just confused because page 116 shows pictures and talks about flash control and i do not have that on my camera

Yes the manual reads as canon eos1000d

Hi rpavich it was the manual that explained and shown me a picture of what my menu screen should look like on my camera that i found I did not have flash control setting on my camera.

Thanks for your advise so far my brother in law just lent me his canon430ex11 flash but i have noe discoverd my canera does not have flash control on my camera to make it work automatically. Should I get a manual flash to be able to adjust the flash manually

second week of june and yeah your right about the plenty of practice :thumbup:

Hi every one I am new to thissite and new to photography. I own a canon d 1000is camera and a friend has asked me to take photos at his wedding.After taking photos at my daughters 21st I realise I need a good flash. What do you recommend :D