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Message: <blockquote data-quote="lokatz" data-source="post: 649640" data-attributes="member: 43924">Nothing wrong with P mode.  In the vast majority of cases, your camera will do a great job.  There are situations where having more control yourself can be helpful, though, and what you described strikes me as one of them: by pre-setting the 'ideal' aperture and shutter speed, you not only eliminate the odds of your camera making a poorer decision, for whatever reason, but you also allow it to start the precise part of the focusing process just a little bit quicker, so the odds of reaching sharp focus on that moving subject go up.</blockquote>