Nikon D3400 For Dummies (For Dummies (Lifestyle)) Kindle Edition

It’s a well written book and I like the reminder pictures of which button to use because as you read you forget and you would otherwise have to keep flipping back to the beginning. I found what was most useful are the real life sample shots.. author gives a scenario like say you want to take a portrait shot indoors; he will give instructions on just how to do that. I wish there were more samples like this for the macro photography area. People taking pictures of objects not flowers.. but I realize he has to be general and the book is good for very general. I do wish the manual focus chapter delved deeper into depth of field and another scenario would be added. Also, I felt the half auto modes like A and S... like where you set the aperture and the camera adjusts the shutter speed for you.. I wish that went slightly deeper and gave another example for each mode. Lastly, the author goes into great detail about the on camera flash but could we have a section on the Nikon speed light? That would so complete it for me as he speaks about how to use the lenses why not touch on that instead of getting so deep into how to adjust your photos on the computer. That area is unnecessary to me because it’s not about the camera function or what you can do with this camera. It’s what you can do with your photos already taken. Still for those of you who really dig deep and want to fix photos already taken then that’s for you. I guess I’d just rather take the shot in the way I want it that do a bunch of editing. Lastly why not talk about filters, how to set up lights that function with the camera, how to setup a shoot cord.. not just the Nikon wireless button thing.. how about how to keep this camera clean and how to properly clean your lens? These are all things I have to look up separately and I guess maybe I’m looking for that true all in one book about the camera and the things you can do with it.. this is a basic understanding of modes, buttons, and some theory behind the modes and buttons along with some sample shots. The book still brought me a step closer to feeling like I grasp what I can do.. but I still feel so far away from truly understanding. I need a class:(

If your a beginner to photography this book is a really good one to read. I'm not a beginner though. I've had SLR cameras for decades and I've been in photography for even longer. So I understand all the depth of field, shutter speed focusing excentricites and details of advanced photography. I actually learned most of that stuff in high school in the 1960's. OK, other than delving way too deep into some of that stuff this was a very well written and easy to understand introduction to the advanced features of the Nikon D3400. I'm still learning about all the advanced features this little DSLR offers and actually I may never need or use 90% of them. If you have a D3400 and want to learn all there is about how to make use of all of its features this is a great book. If you just got a D3400 and/or you're new to DSLR photography just sit the selector wheel on Auto, go out and start taking pictures. Lots of them! You'll get amazing results right off the bat and soon the camera itself will teach you what works best for you. As I was taught back in school years ago, shoot a lot of pictures and you'll learn by experience. My teacher in 1965 said, "Film is cheap shoot lots of pictures". She was right. Well kind'a right, film wasn't that cheap, but with digital your pictures are not just cheap they are free. Let the camera teach you how to take good pictures. But buy the book to learn how your complex Nikon camera menues work because the software and menues of the D3400 can be a little intimidating if you're new to it.

I must start this by stating that I deplore the dummy subtitle for the dummies series....Getting past that prejudice, I found the book informative, sequenced brilliantly, and extremely clear. I recently bought a Nikon, my first DSLR camera. Prior to this, I always used a point-and-shoot. I signed up for a Craftsy class, a very basic one, and to my dismay, I was totally overwhelmed by my lack of experience and knowledge. With this book in hand, A highlighter, and my new Nikon, I read the book page by page, marking sections, looking closely at the graphics and finding each on my camera. Not light reading, this process took me many weeks to learn the first five chapters. But now. Heh. Heh. Heh. My husband calls me the Grandma Moses of photography :-) (If you are not old enough to know what that means, just do a Google.) A day does not go by when I am not outside shooting on aperture while fine tuning my ISO and exposure compensation. No blinkies here!

...the binding leaves something to be desired. Once turned, I've had a few pages come loose from the binding. This may have something to do with a photography book using glossy paper to improve presentation. I've had other non-glossy Dummy books that don't have this problem. It's otherwise very well written, i.e., easy to understand. I'm looking forward to getting many useful years out of my D3400, more than I otherwise would have hsd without this book.

This really went into the details of the camera. I've read it 2 times and I'm sure I'm not done yet.One helpful hint I can give the readers is the author made it a point to recommend a particular USB cable to use to transfer the images to a PC. I have found that my standard PC to smartphone cable works just fine and is a lot cheaper to buy than a fancy one she mentions in the book. The Amazon Basics Android to PC USB cable works just fine. Overall a great book. There's a few gaps when it comes to how to use the Nikon software to manage images. But if you are like me and a newbie to DSLR photography and the D3400 is your camera, this is money will spent.

I found this manual extremely educational and helpful in assisting me to understand my camera and it's functions. Each section is set out in a simple and clear format making it easy to use.I must comment on some of the reviews I read before I made my purchase, mainly that a number of people stated the book was not in colour. In fact the book is in colour and states this on the front cover. I don't understand some people's thinking.

In the world of photography I class myself as an idiot snapping anything and everything. This manual is just what I needed. Each chapter takes you through the process of how to get the best out of your camera in a clear and concise way. A must fir any beginner like myself to a dslr camera.

My Dad is glued to this (& he never reads instruction manuals!) following his recent camera upgrade to the Nikon D3400. The instructions that came with the camera were minimal....and you do need some guidance working out navigating the menus....let alone anything more complex.Written in easy style with good index to find topics you need.He was delighted to receive this as an Easter present rather than the usual chocolate

Easy to follow even for beginners, and structured to allow you to move through the book comfortably to learn what you need at any given point. Plenty of detail covering all levels of usage, a good reference book to come back to as you advance with the camera.

Brilliant aid for owners of a NikonD3400. Much clearer than the small manual supplied with the camera. The index allows you to quickly find the topic which is of interest to the reader.