Originally Posted by
IluvJae
Here's a question. On my camera (XSi), there's a blue box that goes like 1/4, 1/25 so forth and so forth. What is that for. I'm trying to learn how to shoot in manual mode more then the regular modes.
That's your shutter speed. Those numbers are the length of time (in fractions of a second) the shutter is open and letting light from the lens shine on the camera's image sensor.
For this purpose you want to turn the dial on top to M for Manual.
Check the "resources" sticky in the photography/photoshop subforum for tutorial links 'n such.
Or you can hit me up on AIM some time and I can sort you out.