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Ellofiend wrote:Hello everyone
I have been combing through some of the cameras on the market at the moment and I stumbled across the D3400, I would like to hear your opinion on this camera as I am considering it for use here in Sydney for spotting at the beach, I have a budget for the body of about $500-600 and would like to hear your input and suggestions for other cameras that might be more appropriate for the task. Sometimes I do some photography from my house and can usually fill the frame with a 300mm lens that a friend has lent me so would the D3400 be the right camera for close-medium range spotting. Thankyou
cpd wrote:Ellofiend wrote:Hello everyone
I have been combing through some of the cameras on the market at the moment and I stumbled across the D3400, I would like to hear your opinion on this camera as I am considering it for use here in Sydney for spotting at the beach, I have a budget for the body of about $500-600 and would like to hear your input and suggestions for other cameras that might be more appropriate for the task. Sometimes I do some photography from my house and can usually fill the frame with a 300mm lens that a friend has lent me so would the D3400 be the right camera for close-medium range spotting. Thankyou
The D3400 should do fine. People used to get along with Nikon D70 and Canon 350D. A quality lens is a key thing.
However, just quietly, I would say I'm not so fond of the "simplified" control layouts on the lower end Nikon cameras. I hate having functions I want to change buried down in layers of menus. Mr and Mrs Family taking their family happy snaps might not care, but when I'm leaning out the window of a moving vehicle trying to photograph a bicycle rider going pretty quickly, it drives me nuts.
That's the only drawback of the lower end ones.
Ellofiend wrote:Hello everyone
I have been combing through some of the cameras on the market at the moment and I stumbled across the D3400, I would like to hear your opinion on this camera as I am considering it for use here in Sydney for spotting at the beach, I have a budget for the body of about $500-600 and would like to hear your input and suggestions for other cameras that might be more appropriate for the task. Sometimes I do some photography from my house and can usually fill the frame with a 300mm lens that a friend has lent me so would the D3400 be the right camera for close-medium range spotting. Thankyou
vcruvinel wrote:The main thing is a quality lens!
seahawk wrote:Do not forget the the D3400 will not auto-focus with any used non AF-S lens. So all the beautiful AF-D lenses are no good for you. It would be good to know the combined budget for camera and lenses or what lenses you already have.