Mode dial

A mode dial or camera dial is a dial used on digital cameras to change the camera's mode. Most digital cameras, including DSLR and mirrorless cameras, support modes, selectable either by a rotary dial or from a menu. On point-and-shoot cameras which support modes a range of scene types is offered. On DSLR and mirrorless cameras, mode dials usually offer access to manual settings. The more compact point-and-shoot cameras, and cameras offering a great many modes, do not have mode dials, using menus instead, while others, such as the Nikon Z50II, use a combination of a single scene setting, followed by a menu selection of the specific type of scene. Some interchangeable lenses themselves offer control over things such as aperture, reducing the need for mode support in the camera body.