Camera for Noob

How do I change the angle of the lens?

depends what version you are using. select your camera, and it’s either in the edit buttons ( 2.49 ) or in the camera buttons ( 2.5+ )

I’m using 2.60 - can’t even find camera panel. Can you step me through this?

Be my guest:
http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.5/Manual/Render/Cameras
Bye