There's a mode dial up top, along with a dedicated exposure compensation dial, enabling more precise EV control.

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Thanks to a dedicated exposure compensation dial, the MX-1 assures user-friendly, direct-access shift of the exposure compensation setting without the need to recall the menu screen.

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In full Manual, the exposure compensation dial will be inaccessible and used to display the degree to which, by the camera's reckoning, you are over- or under-exposing.

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On the other hand, the dedicated aperture ring and exposure compensation dial were incredibly useful, and, with the proper accessories, I could make very good use of the full-size hot shoe on top.

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