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Nikon has also opted to carry over the same 3-inch display, with a modest 921,000-dot resolution, from the D3400. The screen is fixed, and sits flush with the body – if you want a DSLR with a vari-angle display then you'll need to look further up the range to the Nikon D5600 or at the Canon EOS Rebel SL3 / EOS 250D. It's also slightly disappointing to see no touchscreen functionality, a feature that would really lend itself to a entry-level DSLR, with touchscreens having become second nature for anyone using a smartphone. The optical viewfinder on the D3500 offers a coverage of 95%, which is typical for an entry-level DSLR, so you may need to be a bit careful when framing some shots to avoid unwanted elements creeping into the edges of the frame. Usability for beginners is straightforward: point the camera at a subject, doink the red button and the camera does the rest. If you want more control over your footage – shutter and aperture, for example – you need to enable the camera’s “Manual movie settings”. This allows you to control exposure when shooting movies but, annoyingly, prevents you from changing the aperture setting in live view mode. Although the experience of shooting with the camera was just okay, the images that it produced were good quality, especially when considering the low price for the kit. Conclusion All cameras should have dual slots. But having only 1 slot saves literally a few dollars in manufacturing, and at the cash register. And camera companies will make you pay a LOT for such photographic "insurance."

ISO performance is very good. The range from ISO 100-800 produced test images that were more or less indistinguishable from each other, and noise at ISO 1600 was pretty nicely controlled – certainly well enough to expect good quality prints. Beyond ISO 1600 things inevitably got muddier, with ISO 6400 probably being the usable maximum. ISOs 12,800 and 25,600 are effectively party-pieces – for emergency only. It was while we were shooting our test ISO images, incidentally, that we re-discovered one of Nikon’s more annoying bugbears: set the self-timer, shoot an image, and the camera resets to burst mode after the image is taken.I disagree. Most mirrorless cameras in the same price range offer features that are far better for beginners, like: Being a starter DSLR, we don’t get the luxury of 4K resolution video capture here, but most amateur videographers will be happy with its Full HD 1920x1080 pixel clips. Bluetooth rather than Wi-Fi is offered by way of cable-free transfer, but at least this still lets us send images to a smartphone, as well as utilise a handset as a remote means of firing its shutter.

I’ve also found some of the more affordable aftermarket versions to work well, particularly the batteries from Wasabi Power. I’ve used their batteries for several years in other cameras and found them to be one of the better aftermarket camera battery manufacturers. One final area the D3500 elevates itself above its competition is its burst mode – 5fps is very respectable. It might not be enough to cover a professional sporting event, but for portraits and events it’s pretty good. The buffer is limited: in JPEG mode we found the burst mode was good for 15 images, followed by a fairly lengthy digestion process. In RAW mode we could only shoot eight frames continuously before the camera paused to process. Nikon D3500 review: Video quality THE NEW NIKON D3500: CAPTURE AND SHARE YOUR TREASURED MOMENTS WITH THE LIGHTEST, FRIENDLIEST NIKON DSLR YET When it comes to photography, we want to be right out there doing the fun stuff—making pictures and playing with light, composition, color and exposure. Few people want to spend much time thinking about the little, practical things like taking care of your batteries and memory cards—but, it's important.

The battery life on the D3500 is amazing, though. It will effectively last for days at a time if you shoot through the optical viewfinder: longer than its predecessor or mirrorless cameras. You can’t charge over USB, which is disappointing, but during our time with the camera we didn’t even notice a percentage drop on the battery. The camera's 'Guide' mode tries to help teach you the camera's functions and how to get the most out of it. I advise people to buy a cheap camera with a zoom lens, to begin with, and then after having used it a while, after having looked at the EXIF of the images and see what focal lengths they have used a lot decide what to get next. If you've made up your mind to get a DSLR, the Nikon D3500 does face some strong competition in the Canon range. The cheapest of all is the Canon EOS Rebel T100 / EOS 4000D, but it's hard to find now. It was made down to a price and it showed – we didn't like it much at all. The EOS Rebel T7/2000D is closer to the Nikon D3500 in specifications, and an ideal alternative if you're a Canon fan. However, the battery life is worse, its burst mode is slower, and there's no retracting lens option – in fact getting a good kit lens with IS (image stabilization) pushes the price higher still. photoMEETING - Consumers are not interested in metaphysical debates over what is "reality." All they care about is what the viewfinder can do for them as they take photos. Millions of people now take photos using smartphone screens to see, focus, compose, and capture their images. We all know that the very act of capturing an image digitally is an "interpretation of reality." The true factor that we are interested in is capturing an "interpretation of reality" that we find pleasing, desirable and adequate. This whole argument of "reality" is just psychobabbble nonsense spouted by people desperately trying to put OVFs on some metaphysical, philosophical pedestal. Get over yourselves!

The viewfinder might only be a cheaper ‘pentamirror’ design rather than the pentaprism found in more expensive DSLRs, but its bright and clear, you can see right into the corners of the frame without shifting your eye and there’s no colour fringing at the edges. The information display is limited to basic exposure and status information along the bottom, but this is big, clear and easy to see. The definition is just starting to slip right at the edges of this shot, but for a cheap kit lens the Nikon 18-55mm kit zoom performs really well.In viewfinder shooting, the 11 AF points are clustered towards the middle of the frame, but if your subject is near the edge it’s easy enough to focus and then reframe before shooting. You can let the camera choose the focus point automatically or select it yourself; either way it’s very fast, and very positive. If you're looking for a smaller camera for travel shooting, then mirrorless alternatives like the Fujifilm X-T200 or Canon EOS M50 Mark II are worth considering. But as an affordable, camera for beginners that'll teach you the nuts and bolts of creative photography, then the Nikon D3500 remains an excellent choice. Nikon D3500 review: features