The D3400 is Nikon’s newest entry-level camera system, and it comes with plenty of features to entice beginning photographers. If you’re looking for more creative control and a more capable camera ...

Both entry-level DSLRs have an APS-C sensor, which is much larger than you typically find in a smartphone or the typical point-and-shoot. That larger sensor allows for better low light shots and ...

I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology and handed out buying advice for what seems like forever; I'm currently absorbed by computers and gaming hardware, but ...

A few years ago Nikon started putting 24MP or higher pixel-count sensors into its DSLRs. At first this hurt their noise performance some, but it also did something else. It ensured that Nikon’s ...

Outwardly the Nikon D3400 is virtually identical to its 2-year old predecessor, the D3200, which in turn was very similar to the D3100 model. The Nikon D3400 is a rather small DSLR camera, although it ...

Let’s get the bad news out of the way first. Your smart phone – and I don’t care which one it is, who made it or which iteration you might have – will never take pictures as sharp, focused and defined ...

I've been reviewing hardware and software, devising testing methodology and handed out buying advice for what seems like forever; I'm currently absorbed by computers and gaming hardware, but ...

Nikon announced the D3400, its latest compact, entry-level DSLR. A successor to the two-year old D3300 (a Digital Trends recommended camera), the D3400 is nearly identical in almost every regard, but ...

Images, and the devices that capture them, are my focus. I've covered cameras at PCMag for the past 14 years, which has given me a front row seat for the changeover from DSLRs to mirrorless cameras, ...