I am at a total loss trying to understand how anyone could be offended over you offering to help them learn a little about the basics of photography . I has to be just a misunderstanding of what you are trying to do. I think the hardest lesson to teach will be that "you must understand your camera" in order to take good photos. My camera is not the best in the world, but I do sometimes think the menu structure is the most complicated in the world. After having this camera for years, after reading and studying the manual over and over, I still find new things, and am constantly forgetting the old ones. So my best advice is to buy a camera that you are willing to spend the time to learn about all the "bells and whistles" you paid for. If you don't like to read manuals and don't want to devote time to study details, buy a simple camera, you may not take the best photos in the world but you will at least take photos... instead of getting dejected and aggravated with a complicated camera.
