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Liz;

Your comment doesn't make any sense.
EVERY digital camera has a light meter built in.
They have to, otherwise auto exposure wouldn't be possible.
The trick is to learn how to read it.
On my Nikon DSLRs, the display even approximates a match needle.

Made sense to me! If I had a DSLR, maybe I could find that, ED. Since I don't have one, and the budget doesn't allow for one, guess I should just shut up here and go to strictly using the built-in modes in the wanna-be camera I do have, instead of struggling with alternate settings

Liz
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Liz;

I apologize for the tone of my reply to you.
It came across as a little harsh, and that's not the way I wanted it to be.
I don't want to discourage you (or anyone) from participating and learning about digital photography.

Welcome to ShutterTalk and I look forward to seeing more posts from you.