What's available in the MENU for Programmed P mode of the camera

Menu structure when clicking the MENU button Program mode

• EV
- Set the exposure value to adjust the brightness increasing the value makes the photo brighter while decreasing the value make the photo darker Using the left and right navigation keys [Flash and timer] one can select from [0, 0.3, 0.7, 1.0, 1.3, 1.7, 2.0] The increment is 1/3= 0.3333333333.
• White Balance
• AWB - Auto WB, camera automatically sets the white balance.
• Daylight- appropriate for outdoor photography on a clear day
• Cloudy - appropriate for outdoor photography on a cloudy day
• Fluorescent_H - Appropriate for photography under daylight fluorescent light.
• Flourescent_L - Appropriate for photography under white fluorescent light.
• Tungsten - Appropriate for photography under halogen or incandescent light.
• Color Temp. - Manually set color temperature to match the hue of a specific light source.
• ISO
Set the sensitivity of sensor among the preset ISO values [Auto, 80, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1600, 3200]. Generally the higher settings results in greater sensitivity but more noise in the image.
• Flash
Set flash setting from [Off
• Auto - automatically discharge the flash in the dark.
• Red-eye - automatically discharge the flash in the dark and reduce redness in the eyes(red-eye).
• Fill-in - Always discharge the flash.
• Slow sync - illuminate both subject and background.
• Red-eye fix- Automatically detect and remove the red-eye effect.
• Focus
Available modes: Nomal (AF), Manual Focus, Macro
• Focus Area
Center AF - focus on the rectangle at the center. Multi AF - focus on Multiple areas of the screen Selection AF- focus on selected area Tracking AF. focus and track on the subject.
• Face Detection
• Off - turn off face detection
• Normal - detect and focus on a face.The exposure value is adjusted for a face.
• Self-Portrait- detect and focus on a face, and beep to notify the position of the face.
• Smile Shot - Automatically take a photo by detecting a smiling face.
• Blink Detection - The camera will take 2 pictures when it detects the subject's eyes are closed.
• Smart Face Recgnition-The camera automatically recognized registered faces and sets appropriate focus and exposure.
• Smart FR Edit
My Star - You can register up to 5 images per face. To increase face detection rate, try to fit the face angle into the guide.
• Photo Size
Normally I just set to highest photo size since I have a 32 Gbytes SD card.
• 14m - 4320 X 3240
• 12m - 4320 X 2880
• 10m - 4320 X 2432
• 10m 3648 X 2736
• 8m - 2832 X 2832
• 5m - 2592 X 1944
• 3m - 1984 X 1488
• 2m - 1920 X 1080
• 1m - 1024 X 768
• Quality
Select from SF-superfine, F-Fine and N-Normal
• ACB
Set either to Off or On.
• Metering
Select from
• Multi- Automatically measures the brightness by detecting various intensities on the scene. ,
• Spot - Measure the brightness of the marked, focused are in the center
• Center-weighted- Measure the brightness around the center of the screen.
• timer
Select from [Off, 10 Sec, 2 Sec, Double- camera fires first shot 10 seconds and another 2 seconds after]
• Drive
Single. Continuous, Motion Capture, AEB
• Image Adjust
Select from [Sharpness, Contrast, Saturation]
• OIS
Sets the OIS image stabilization feature to ON or OFF.
• Intelli Zoom
Set the intelligent zoom to ON or OFF. Zoom into the desired scene while having less distortion than digital zoom. The resolution changes when depending on the zooming scale when using Intelli Zoom
• Movie Size
Select from [HD: 1280 X 720, VGA: :640X 480, OVGA:320 X 240, and 320Web: for sharing]
• Voice
[Sound Alive ON, Sound Alive OFf, and Mute]

You have more control features under P mode than SMART or Auto mode! For example, the P mode offers 5 settings whereas the SMART mode offers only 2 settings ON and OFF. The sad fact is that SMART mode does not offer adjustment of the extremely useful EV setting.