How to Reset a Nikon D3400 Back to Factory Settings
Whether you’re troubleshooting an issue, selling or trading-in your D3400, or just want to start again with a clean slate of settings, here’s how to reset a Nikon D3400 back to factory settings.
The Nikon D3400 is a 24-megapixel DX format DSLR from Nikon. It's designed as an entry-level DSLR, and was released in August 2016. It uses Nikon F-mount lenses.
It replaced the D3300, and the D3400 was replaced by the D3500 in August 2018.
These are the posts on this site that are mostly or substantially about shooting with the Nikon D3400.
Whether you’re troubleshooting an issue, selling or trading-in your D3400, or just want to start again with a clean slate of settings, here’s how to reset a Nikon D3400 back to factory settings.
Here’s how to turn on and use the Nikon D3400’s self-timer and the options you can set with it.
Here’s a rundown of how to use the Nikon’s D3400 continuous mode for shooting rapid bursts of photos.
Here’s a step-by-step guide to checking and updating the firmware version on a Nikon D3400.
Here are some recommendations for wide-angle lenses for your Nikon D3400.
Here’s a guide on how to put an SD card in a Nikon D3400, how to format the card to make it ready for use, and how to remove an SD card from a D3400.
Formatting the SD card in your Nikon D3400 is an important step that you should do regularly to reduce the risk of file corruption and issues in saving your photos and videos. Here’s how to do it.
Here’s a rundown of the various features and modes of the Nikon D3400 for shooting video.
Here’s a rundown of how to download photos and videos from a Nikon D3400 to a desktop or laptop.
Here are some quick, easy, and free ways to find the shutter count of a Nikon D3400 without installing new software or learning new command-line code.
By default, the Nikon D3400’s Live View will turn itself off after 10 minutes. You can bump that up to a maximum of 30 minutes.
Whether you’re looking to upgrade your home office for Zoom meetings or building a basic home vlogging studio, you can use a Nikon D3400 as a webcam or for real-time video capture to a computer. But it’s not quite as simple as just plugging your camera in with a USB cable. Here’s a guide on how to do it and what you’ll need to make it work.
You can’t charge the Nikon D3400’s battery by leaving the battery in the camera and connecting the camera to a USB power source. So here’s how you do it instead.
The method for changing the aperture, or size of the opening to let the light in, varies according to the lens you’re using. Here’s how to do it with the lenses most commonly used on the Nikon D3400.
A guide on how to turn on Bluetooth on the Nikon D3400 DSLR.
Here are the answers to various questions readers have asked me about the Nikon D3400 DSLR.
Just like old-school film cameras, the Nikon D3400 has options for imprinting date and time information in the bottom corner of the photo. Here’s how it works.
A collection of images taken across the Nikon D3400’s ISO range (ISO 100 through ISO 25600) to provide examples of the D3400’s high-ISO performance.
Here are some samples of photos I’ve taken with Nikon’s AF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR to give a sense of how it performs in real-world shooting.
The Nikon D3400 doesn’t offer the option to choose a different aspect ratio when taking photos, but here’s a partial workaround that works for small numbers of images at a time.
Here are some practical examples that show the zoom range of the Nikon 18-55mm lens in case you’re trying to decide which lens bundle to go with.
A rundown of some of the good options for batteries and chargers that are compatible with the Nikon D3400, including Nikon’s own as well as some good ones from aftermarket manufacturers.
A practical guide on how to change ISO on a Nikon D3400, including manual and Auto ISO options.
If you’ve just bought yourself a Nikon D3400, or even if you’ve had one for a while and are looking to make use of more of its features, here’s a quick rundown of what I think are the best books on using this camera.
A collection of high-resolution photos I’ve taken with a Nikon D3400 under real-world shooting conditions.
The Easy Panorama mode that was in its predecessor has gone. Here’s a guide to shooting panoramas with the Nikon D3400.
The Nikon D3400 DSLR has two color space options in its settings. Here’s an explanation of which to use when.
The Nikon D3400 has a number of options you can choose relating to image quality, image file formats, and size. Here’s a rundown of what they mean and which is best for what.
Wondering which memory cards will work best in the Nikon D3400? Here are some practical recommendations.