Nikon D3200 Product Review-Is Nikon D3200 worth its price?

Is Nikon D3200 worth its price?

Designed to shoot huge landscapes and the crowds, the Nikon D3200 is a good digital camera for the beginners. But does the gadget worth its price?

This is the first question that strikes in our mind while deciding to purchase it. Equipped with a 24.2 MP DX-format C MOS sensor, the D3200 lets you capture sharp, clear and beautiful images in Full HD. You can enjoy clicking bright photographs even in the low-light conditions, thanks to the built-in flash feature of the device that eliminates the need of clicking images only during the day. Composing shots, viewing photos and reading menu is an enjoyable experience with the device as it supports 3-inch display.

It is extremely easy to optimize the settings of the camera. Photographers can make a choice among six common Scene Modes like Night Portrait, Portrait, Close up, Landscape, etc. to accomplish better results in almost every challenging situation. This makes the D3200 a worthy purchase with innumerable user-friendly features and advanced functionality. The device is available in black color.

Let's take a look at the outer camera body

Advanced Features Found in the Nikon D3200 Camera

1.Guide Mode features to learn the key features of the device and the different ways of controlling it while shooting. In addition to this, the Guide Mode also assists in image capturing. It is easy to understand and operate.

2.There is a highly accurate 420-pixel RGB sensor that helps in optimizing the shot in an effective manner.

3.The 921,000-dot, ultra-high-resolution display of the gadget makes it easy to compose, check and reassess your footage the way you want.

4.The gadget comes endowed with a highly versatile VR image stabilized lens, AF-S DX Zoom-NIKKOR 18-55mm capable of delivering an excellent image quality even in dull and dark backgrounds. If you wish to expand your system, the gadget offers a possibility of choosing more than 70 NIKKOR lenses.

5.Extremely fast and active 11-point Auto focusing System tracks the subject more precisely in any setting.

6.There exists an EXPEED 3 image-processing meant for speedy operation and artistic in-camera effects.

7.The Nikon optional wireless mobile adapter available with the camera makes it easy to share the images and videos instantaneously with your tablet and Smartphone.

Handling and body structure of the device

This time, Nikon has made several improvements and changes to its 3100 model in order to provide photography enthusiasts something exciting and fresh. When it comes to handling the Nikon 3200, the light weight and compact nature of the device creates no hassle for the users. Handling and carrying the device from a place to another is extremely easy and convenient for the users.

Let’s now talk about the camera body. The camera is strong, stylish and robust enough to bear up slight knocks and scratches.

The Nikon D3200 contains a few direct control buttons. It also supports a new Live View button, which is of great help for the beginners while composing images on an LCD screen.

As far as the screen for the Nikon D3200, Nikon has made several improvements to it. Besides being clear and bright, it supports a good angle of view from different shooting positions. The optical viewfinder found in the gadget is also brilliant, apparent and easy to operate.

Pros and cons of the Nikon 3200

Pros: The gadget is highly compact and light in weight.

Cons: The gadget comprises of a very small Pentamirror viewfinder, which is one of its major drawbacks.

Pros: The Guide mode is a highly useful feature for beginners and is extremely easy to operate guiding a person throughout the process of shooting.

Cons: The kit lens is not as good as was that of its predecessor.

Pros: the camera offers a high-performance at high ISO’s.

Cons: It has a fixed LCD that often creates trouble for the users.

Pros: It is easy to use the gadget for clicking images. Moreover, it delivers great images and performs well in all types of lighting conditions.

Cons: The menu is a little complicated.

Pros: Continuous video auto-focus is of great use for the photographers.

Cons: It lacks live histogram.

Image quality offered by the Nikon 3200

The gadget offers an excellent image quality using the 24 megapixel Fine JPEG setting. The settings of ISO 100 through ISO 400 are extremely good. The least amount of noise enters at ISO 800, but despite that the image quality remains sharp and clean. One can easily change the in-camera sharpening level by shifting the Picture Controls.

As far as the flash settings on the camera are concerned, these include Auto, Fill-flash, Auto with red-eye reduction, Rear curtain with slow sync, Auto slow sync, Auto slow sync with red-eye correction, etc. Thus, capturing images in dark remains no more a trouble now. The best of all, the Nikon D3200 enables you click in shutter speeds of up to 30 seconds. It supports a Bulb mode for exposure times of almost any length, which is a great feature for night photography.

Lenses to be used with the Nikon 3200

The Nikon 3200 Nikon performs well with almost all AF-S type lenses. You can choose any of the lenses depending on your expertise and photography requirements. Some of the popular lenses used with the gadget include Sigma 150mm f/2.8 EX APO Macro EX DG HSM Nikon-f, Nikon Nikkor AF-S VR 200-400mm f/4G IF ED, Nikon Nikkor AF-S 17-35mm f/2.8D ED-IF, etc.

In the beginning, we asked a question whether the Nikon 3200 is worth its price or not. Well, the gadget definitely comes equipped with several innovative and advanced features than its predecessor. When it comes to features and image quality, it is definitely one step ahead of the Nikon 3100.

Thus, the Nikon 3200 proves itself as a great video camera among the gadgets of this range.