dadamia Loc: Portland, OR

billnikon raises a good point about fill flash. I don't know about the FZ-1000, but my FZ-200 will not do fill flash in iA mode. Also, iA mode does not allow you to select between the three metering modes. (I want spot metering most of the time.) For these reasons, I usually use P mode.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

I have a different Panasonic, but I think it might be similar. "P" has been well described as an automatic selection of matching shutter speed and aperture. It gives a range of matching settings. You can shoot JPEG or RAW.

"iA" goes further than matching settings for exposure. It picks "modes" that might apply to situations like "night", "macro" or "portrait". You should see an icon in the upper left change. Those modes can be selected manually.

By way of example.... I was shooting an recent lunar eclipse on a tripod trying different "P" and "A" settings. I took the camera off the tripod, switched to "iA" and handheld with a very long telephoto. The camera switch to a night mode, took several exposures, aligned them and "stacked" them in camera for a delightful JPEG. It was the best shot of the night!

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

With my Panasonic in "iA" you can't force fill flash. But, it will use it if it "thinks" it is a good idea!

Bill P

"P" stands for "Programme" mode which is similar to the "M" mode where you have to set everything manually, these includes Aperture, Shutter and ISO.[/quote]

I'm not sure what you're saying, buy I think it will tend to confuse things for most readers.

In M (manual) mode, you must set all things yourself for each exposure, generally shutter speed, fstop, iSO. In P mode, the camera makes all those decisions, you set Nothing. So they are not similar, but dramatically different.

Maryak

If you cannot increase the font size of a download then stick with A mode AI, P, A, S and M would seem to be beyond you.

Now that is being a SMART ASS.

johneccles Loc: Leyland UK

What the hell are you on about, the OP only wants to know what the "P" mode does.

sailwiz Loc: Santee, CA

Also use AI+ instead of AI.

snapshot 51

I own the FZ-1000 an usually shoot in the P mode. I choose this mode because it allows you to go in the menu and set the sharpening, contrast, saturation of colors to your liking rather than what the camera chooses. I really like the 4K video for grandchildren playing ball as you can choose 8mp pictures from the clip. Hope this helps.

Neverlost99 Loc: Sarasota

Or an asshat

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