Uhm.. they are better indeed, and the grain isn't too bad. if you want less grain, you have to reduce the ISO setting if possible.. probably all the "preset" modes also modify it to be able to raise the shutter speed... I always let it at 50 ISO.
Anyway even at 800 ISO, the grain is quite good! With my camera, already at 200 the pic is not worth to be posted
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