Cluttered, but clean

The D4 has a lot more controls on the back than the D3S, in part because many are duplicated for use with the vertical grip (as has become common in this class). There's a new joystick--two, actually--and a dedicated Live View switch. For the AF area mode, the D4 uses the same convention as the D7000, with a button on the focus-mode switch (on the front of the body to the left of the lens) that brings up the AF-area mode options.