first manual camera?

I have a lot of experience in manual photography, and you won't even have to pay for a book!

First of all, think of photography as a way to gather light in order to make an image, in much the same way as you gather water in a glass when you're thirsty. First, you turn on the faucet, right? But how much do you turn it on? A trickle, full blast, or somewhere in between? That would be like the camera's aperture. It allows light to come in at a trickle (smaller aperture, or larger f-number, like f16 or f22), full blast (wider aperture, like f1.4), or somewhere in between (f5.6, f8).

Now, depending on how much water is pouring into your glass at once, you will change the length of time you have the water running. That's like your shutter speed. Shorter shutter speeds are in very tiny fractions of a second, like 1/1000. They're good for capturing fast action, but you need a wider aperture in order to make the proper exposure. Longer shutter speeds pair up with smaller apertures, and require a tripod to avoid blur from camera shake.

Your aperture will determine how much of your image is in focus, by the way. Smaller apertures will make more of the image in focus, while larger apertures (smaller numbers) will keep one area in focus, but leave the areas closer and farther than the focus area out of focus.

Shutter speeds can freeze motion or emphasize it with motion blur. Faster shutter speeds will give sharp action pictures, but if you want some streaks of motion, use a slower speed.

The "Sunny 16" rule is a good one to start with. It is meant for film photography, but it can be easily adapted to digital. On a sunny day, you set your shutter speed at the reciprocal of your film ISO, and set your aperture at f16. If you're using 200 speed film, set the shutter speed at or close to 1/200. For digital, you get to set your own ISO, depending on the lighting situation. Higher for dimmer light, lower for brighter light. Anyway, f16 is for sunny situations, but if it's really bright, like a sandy beach, or a sunny snowy scene, then go up one on your aperture to f22. If it's overcast, go down one to f8. For full shade, go down one more to f5.6.

If your camera has a built in light meter, by all means, use it! If not, you can buy a light meter to help you out. For film pictures, buy lots of cheap film to practice with. For digital, just take lots of pictures and check them right away to see if they're okay.

I have been shooting 40 years + and have taught photography.

The best book I ever found to tell you how to do this quick, easy and to the point is the Kodak pocket guide to 35mm photography. Everything in that book is useful. I haven't checked, but imagine they make a digital version too.

I still carry one, as it doesn't matter how long you've been doing something, you can still screw up.

have much fun

borders books or the library, just look for books about photography...infact i have one that is very good titled "photograhpy" just that...it is very helpful indeed.