Does anyone know how to set (or even read what the camera sets) the ISO
on the Nikon Coolpix L14? The instruction manual is mute on this issue.

SLR film cameras have a shooting button that can take a shutter release
cable. I haven't seen this on a digital camera. For production work like
catalogs or yearbooks, you'll want to command the camera to take a picture
and send it back to the computer immediately. This would be the ...

I recently had some old 35mm photo slides scanned and converted to digital
files and copied to a CD when I view the files on the CD from my PC the
results are acceptable however when I put the CD in my DVD player  and view
the photos on my TV monitor the results are often ...

I understand, I think that the lower the F number the better.  And it looks
like the average digital camera is an f2.8.
So, my question is, where does shutter speed come into play?  And what is
shutter lag and all that other jargon?