coppermine & SMF - problem related to upload approval

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setup cpg1.4 &  smf 1.0.9, bridged  - groups based on user groups from SMF.

In SMF I have a special group, called Photo
I created 1 public album and now I would like to set the permission sin such a way to allow uplaod without approval only for users who are members of Photo group

I have user A - regular ( default member of Registered) and user B, member of Photo ( by default he is a Registered user , too)

I start with setting Approval = Yes for all groups. In this case both A and B require admin approval after uploading photos.

Then I change Approval = No for Photo group. After this, both A and B DO NOT require approval from Admin - like this setting affects normal Registered users too. A inherits Photo group settings ?

If I turn Approval  = Yes for Photo group and Approval = No for Registered - then user A (regular) DO NOT require approval - as expected, but B - which is member of Photo requires approval !! however - B is also a Registered user by default...  so I would have expected B to inherit Approval = No permission.

Am I missing something here ?