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Well, I may seem a bit of a philistine but unless 'photography' is the first consideration and there are no really tough obstacles to creating an acceptable image, I am more than happy to leave the D3100 to it's own devices. I still check the image for sharpness and general exposure of the critical areas but on the whole with the average scene, and often with quite demanding scenes, the fully auto gets the job done very nicely for me.
If I were wanting top quality I would of course be using the D200 with a fast, non zoom, non AF lens... On a tripod!
But no doubt many would consider that approach more akin to that of Fred Flintstone.
Sorry but I wouldn't switch from Aperture to Auto. It's not a case of getting top quality...which we know is only achieved by your formula. But it's about maximising quality for the available equipment. I would always want to have control over the aperture that's best for the image and best for the lens performance.
I acknowledge that the average scene with static subject will be adequately captured by Auto. But looking at the aperture, shutter speed and ISO settings that Jans camera selects on Auto would not be my choice. The algorithm that chooses when to lift/lower ISO as opposed to changing aperture or shutter seems peculiar. But of course that's not a Nikon. Lol
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Eric