Hello,

I'm planning to buy my first DSLR camera. My budget is somewhere around RM2,600.

I want to buy a camera that I can use for a long time. It will be very helpful if you can help to give suggestion on which camera to buy under my budget.

Currently I'm looking on Nikon D3400 and Nikon D5300 since the price point almost the same. If anyone have been using either of this camera can you suggest me please?
I also afraid if warranty of the older model is not covered by Nikon.

Hope this forum can help me with my new passion. Thanks in advance.

Good choices but note that the D5300 is very old since the latest is D5600.

The D3400, though lower is of the latest.

They are generally very similar, only the D3400 being smaller in size and does not have certain features.

The generation gap is the one make me confuse actually. But they have almost the same feature and D5300 have higher based on what I "Googled".
If you given the choice to choose between this 2, which one you will pick? hehe

Choose the one with better autofocus.

Take a look at snapsort. being said that the 5300 is performing better in low light situation and better auto focus. but is an old system though http://snapsort.com/compare/Nikon-D3400-vs-Nikon-D5300

This post has been edited by ervinlew: Jul 28 2017, 10:18 AM

Wah..... This also consider as reply ah?

Anyway back to TS,
No love for mirrorless? Hehe just thoughts.

My budget is low currently. The max I can go now is rm3000. Decent mirrorless seems like exceed my budget limit.

sony A5100 can get below 2k & then 1 more lense to yr preference. only isue is lack of hotshoe

A6000 comes with hotshoe and is within his RM2.5k budget.

*sorry, 2.6k with a max of 3k

why not get a used D7000 or D7100? it has advanced mid range features that you will come to appreciate once you have the knowledge and experience..

Get a Nikon D3xxx series, upgrade the body only when you feel that the current body doesnt keep up to your skill.

This post has been edited by lwliam: Jul 28 2017, 04:24 PM

I would so go for a6000

why not D5500 (i own this)

also considering mirrorless
Olympus OM D E M10 Mark II
Fujifilm X-A3
Panasonic DC GF9k

go for mirrorless, they are more or same alike, if entry level dslr i would really recommend get a 2nd hand unit, because u dont know what you want at first

canon 200D

I dont have experience in photography yet, so I worry to buy 2nd hand camera if they might have any problem with it.

The price of D5500 is beyong my budget value. The max I can go now is RM3000

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