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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Mike Harris

Buying your first camera? Forget megapixels – make sure it has this one physical feature

Mike Harris with Nikon Z8 and green circle around command dial .

Buying your first camera is the most important photography decision you’ll ever make. Get it wrong, and it’ll make your photography life much harder and less enjoyable. You might end up having to buy another camera – or worse, you might give up photography altogether.

So let me impart a little wisdom, as somebody who’s used more than their fair share of imaging devices: make sure that your camera has this one physical feature. Well, I say one, I guess it’s technically two – a front and rear command dial.

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