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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Mike Harris

I use my Nikon camera’s video record button… for photos! Here’s why

Nikon Z8 close-up on black background with lens flare over record button .

If you’re a stills photographer, you might have never pressed the video record button on your camera. Not ever! But I press this little red button on my Nikon Z8 hundreds of times every single shoot, because it toggles a very handy function on / off. Everything!

So, what do I mean by that? Well, whether you’re looking through your EVF or the rear LCD, you’ll notice a heads-up display with a plethora of information – including your exposure settings, an exposure meter, battery life and you may have set up some optional extras such as a virtual horizon or histogram.

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