its not full auto point and shoot. Its like Shutter Priority/Aperture priortiy combined. Camera still takes care of adjust aperature/shutter speed based on light input, but all the other settings are adjustable. and it still allows you to change the aperature or shutter speed if you need to and will adjust the other to compensate etc without having to change modes. I guess it more like a smart manual mode :lol
Its actually pretty nice in a lot of just out and about situations. Obviously in a shot like you posted earlier with Dans CRZ you would have to shoot manually, but good for those situations where you dont have the lesiure of really setting up a shot.