After roughly two years, Nikon finally announced its newest entry level DSLR in the form of D3400. Is this a good replacement for the previous D3300 or should consumers simply need to consider other brands?

The recently announced Nikon D3400 got all the nice features that the prior model had. These includes the 24.2MP CMOS true resolution, the same 23.2 x 15.4mm sensor size, highest effective ISO sensitivity of 25600, and the 5 frames per second burst shot mode.

So the question here is, would it even be a good idea to buy the D3400 instead of the D3300? Aside from the Bluetooth connectivity capability and the doubled battery performance, the D3400 and D3300 are pretty much the same.

Within the two-year gap, it is kind of perplexing that the D3000 series only got improvement on the battery performance. However, it could be noted that the new D3400 is also getting an overhaul on its sensor with Expeed 4. The same thing that runs on D5300, which gives the camera great noise-handling mechanics.

The screen is still the same with its 3-inch 921,000 dot LCD so images and videos captured can still be previewed at a very decent quality.

What Nikon did with the Wi-Fi is to have it replaced with a low-powered Bluetooth functionality that may be as effective on minor transfers, but not on bulk workloads.

What's notable in this update is the introduction of the AF-P lens. This makes the stepping motor of the lenses quieter and faster on both regards.

With the price concerned, Nikon was able to make it price less than a grand, but not without some drawbacks that make the dual lens bundle sound weird. It comes with a VR version of 18-55mm and a non-VR version of 70-300 mm lens.

Consumers may double guess that these features are switched mistakenly due to obvious purposes, but they aren't. That's how they ended up with a price point of $999.95.

To summarize it all, the Nikon D3400 may be a good DSLR for beginners, but with the price point and the features, it may still be okay to settle with the former D3300 with a few sacrifices, which aren't really that huge.