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<blockquote data-quote="blackstar" data-source="post: 723669" data-attributes="member: 47518">Thanks, Mike, Cindy, and Paul.The purpose of this experiment is to compare shots between Auto mode and P mode hoping to decide which mode performs better conclusively. I assume (double-checked) in P mode, camera is in charge of speed and aperture combo together with auto iso, only in Flexible P mode, you can select the combo instead of the camera does. In my experiment, I didn't use flexible P mode and both shots taken from on a tripod. It seems all agree the annoying tiny bumps come from high iso noise. So maybe P mode could be called super auto mode? BTW, from the location designation on the Mode dial, P, A, S, M modes are all placed each to other, but Auto mode is far and gapped away from them. Hence if P mode can be conclusively (guess it's not according to Paul's comment) better than Auto mode, I would put mode dial in 1st mode group (i.e., PSAM). For using flash, I can always manual it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="blackstar, post: 723669, member: 47518"] Thanks, Mike, Cindy, and Paul. The purpose of this experiment is to compare shots between Auto mode and P mode hoping to decide which mode performs better conclusively. I assume (double-checked) in P mode, camera is in charge of speed and aperture combo together with auto iso, only in Flexible P mode, you can select the combo instead of the camera does. In my experiment, I didn't use flexible P mode and both shots taken from on a tripod. It seems all agree the annoying tiny bumps come from high iso noise. So maybe P mode could be called super auto mode? BTW, from the location designation on the Mode dial, P, A, S, M modes are all placed each to other, but Auto mode is far and gapped away from them. Hence if P mode can be conclusively (guess it's not according to Paul's comment) better than Auto mode, I would put mode dial in 1st mode group (i.e., PSAM). For using flash, I can always manual it. [/QUOTE]

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