I'm a little embarressed admiting I need help with this to my peers, because I've been in this way too long to not know the answer. So

as you may, be I could really use some help.
I use to shoot with the TRV900 with everything auto. I'd set white balance, start shooting and hoped for the best. Always shot indoors with pro lighting.
Now I've got the VX2100, and I'm shooting outside more. I want to take my shooting to the next level, but still want to use auto mode as much as possible. I know that's a very small level jump. Here's the problem. I now have the Zebra Stripes at my disposal. I set it to 100. I'm getting heavy stripes sometimes on the models face (noticed it outside alot). So, here goes.........
How do I still shoot in auto mode, but lower the exposure (if that's even what I want to do) enough to make the zebra stripes go away? Is that even possible? If there's anyway to explain it as "push this button" instead of "you want an f stop of..." that would be right up my alley. I've googled it but it instantly starts taking about shooting in complete manual settings.
Thanks in advance, and feel free to chuckle at the village vx2100 idiot.
