Nikon D3500 Body

Offering an impressive battery life, richly detailed images and a relatively compact build for its class, if you want a DSLR format camera and are just starting out on your photographic journey, then the Nikon D3500 is a can’t-go-wrong option.

The Nikon D3500 is decent for travel photography. Its sensor punches above its weight, with solid image quality and good dynamic range for an entry-level APS-C camera. Battery life is fantastic, too, so it can easily last through long days on the go. It's also one of the most portable DSLRs around. That said, it's still relatively bulky compared to mirrorless alternatives, and the autofocus system is pretty basic, with focusing limited mostly to the center of the frame and unreliable tracking for fast subjects.

It's now over three years old, but the Nikon D3500 remains the best DSLR around for beginners looking to embrace creative, manual photography with a traditional setup. Built around a solid core of great image quality, intuitive menus and a superb battery life, the D3500 now offers impressive value, too. Mirrorless rivals should also be considered, particularly if you need a touchscreen or 4K video. But Nikon's entry-level DSLR continues to fly the flag for the format by offering the kind of handling and value that mirrorless cameras struggle to match.

My d3500 is approaching 200k actuations and still keeps going. However, in this review i will be compwring it against my d600...a camera that costs about 5x as much new. The d3500 is noticeably built worse, and feels like a toy against it. However, the d3500 is well built given the price and target market. The d3500 also has great output for what it is. Yet, i dont take mine above iso 1600 unless i have to. The d600 i start to get concerned around iso 4500. The d3500 also lacks many physical ...

What's not to like about this camera given it's price point..... My son recently loaned his to me as a back up for a couple of weddings I have coming up. My other cameras being a Pentax K3 and a Nikon D800. Firstly what hits you is the size. Who would have thought a DSLR that's smaller than many mirrorless, with a really nice deep grip and super light. The shutter sound is nicely dampened and quiet and auto focus is quite snappy (hey i've shot Pentax for a decade ... anything is snappy) I was ...