PhotoTeach2

Yes ... it is indeed your specific fault ... and "YOU" KILLED the dSLR. Be PROUD of your contribution to SOCIETY !!!

HOW are you doing your bracketing ??? Does your camera do it automatically -- or are you manually changing shutter-speeds between each (3) separate shots ??? And why Shutter-Speeds instead of ...

WELCOME to the photography hobby ... I started in 1959. I suggest not getting locked into a "system" at this time because while photography has always been changing, it is taking dramatic "changes" ...

The only "real" camera is a Crown Graphic. It all been downhill since then, (except for the BEST EVER overall CAMERA ... FZ-1000 ). ALL cameras are compromises ... There are BOTH advantages and ...

The most SURPRISING thing I found is the number of NEW images I probably would NOT have taken if not for the convenience/SPEED of the "continuous" zoom. There simply had been many, many, many times ...

What is the difference between "protecting" and "managing" them ??? It can be the same thing, (w/ managing being more encompasing and include "protect"). And besides is not the overall purpose of ...

I understand your confusion and fear of future obsolescence. And I also admit "one" thing you would lose is (expensive) faster-prime. But the FZ has a Hand-Hold NIGHT-shot mode which works ...

I would not say to specifically "protect" highlights, (especially if you chose to let some specific ones "blow"). I would say to "manage" them, (since zebras allow seeing specific pixels/areas), or ...

OK ... fine ... I won't argue with your definition. BUT ... I also suggest "TO" the Right is exactly what is done w/ histogram or (more accurately "zebras"). It is also what is being done w/ simply ...

But even with a full-brightness range (DR), I still feel that simply being ETTR "aware" can benefit if you ensure the "highlights" are at a desired shift, (to the "right").  This is just normal ...

I suggest that with most normal DR scenes, little or NO PP (brightness). ALL of the photos I regularly post are SOOC, (using zebras to ETTR to 100%).  There are only a couple that could appreciably ...

But they may NOT be "to the right" if low-DR scene and setting in "manual" or (auto) EC setting to "0". So you may indeed have to make a conscious effort to guarantee appreciable curve shift to the ...

The D3400 is cheap (cheapest) because it is the most emaciated and limited. (The AF-lag in LiveView is over 2 FULL SECONDS -- you literally could not give me one -- and do you really want to be ...

I suggest that anyone/everyone that is going beyond simply shooting at "0" meter indicator, (or auto w/ "0" EC), is using ETTR to some degree . Anytime/everytime that you shift, (especially ...

Good Grief Bob .... comon now ... how is exposing "to" the right, (but beyond), NOT avoiding over-exposure ??? There is nothing about going "past" right in ETTR. (albeit one might choose that for ...

Well, wildlife us most commonly shot at standing/eye-level ... so not usually needed anyway. BUT ... I can also envision situations were FA-LCD can still come in handy.

But why not ... when "nested" it is just like any other camera.  And obviously was never an option w/ film. So why not if such a convenient option ??? But does not really add to the size/weight. An ...

Most you would not be specifically able to tell by the images, but I don't have to stand on chairs or kneel anymore, (getting too old for all that anyway).  I have done many over-the heads in groups. ...

If the "over" exposed image does not have any (important area) that are "saturated/blown", then you absolutely want to use that (+ -- lightest/brightest) image and "darken" it to your desired ...

I think you might me making a bigger deal of the "locking". It seems to me that is a physical-locking for TRANSPORTATION purposes. In other words, a "professional" camera must be physically able to ...