>>3209172This is a D3400 thread, you should probably fuck off, kid.
>>3209171Is this your first DSLR?
I have one. I like it a lot. The main problem I had when I first got it was the menus and changing things. There's a lot of oddly placed buttons on the outside. I still flip up the flash sometimes when trying to press the button for changing ISO. Shooting video is a bit odd since you can only shoot video when the LCD screen Liveview (Lv button) is activated. When the dial is set to "M", not everything is actually manual. You'll need to search through menus to change things to manual first. The mirror makes all manner of loud flapping noises when you take a photo and the "Quitemode" really isn't quite at all. If you are doing vibration sensitive stuff, use Livemode so the mirror doesn't shake the camera wen you take a photo.
Photos are great. I use the RAW+FINE mode since I want as much color/exposure info as possible for editing later and a jpg file so I don't need to convert things right away.
I highly suggest getting a second battery. The battery lasts a long time, but of you take as many photos as I do, you'll want a second one. also, go through and turn off everything you can to reduce battery usage. Like how I don't own a phone so the blutooth thing just wastes battery life for me. If you don't use that function, keep it off. I keep the screen off as much as possible to increase battery life too. There's a few timer functions for the screen too so it will only turn on when you press a configuration button and not turn on to preview a photo you just took. That's nice being able to do that.
If you need to clean the sensor, using the "Raise mirror" function in the menu, you MUST have the battery FULLY charged or the mirror will refuse to flip up and you'll get an error message. You can bypass this error message by removing the lens and pressing the Lv button. The mirror will flip up then.
