perpetualrevision, I agree that camera selection in Blender is not as easy as it should be. I have my own particular set-up that I find makes camera selection much easier. I have started a new thread sharing the way that I do it. It works along the same principle as Poser and DAZ studio in that the scene cameras are set-up in defined positions like front, back, side etc. I also have a scene camera that will always look at my model no matter where I move the camera or model. I invite you to have a look at the thread and see if it can help you out. Camera Selection Thread

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