I took a hard look between the 3400 and the 3300 as I am looking for something small, budget friendly and would work with my FX/DX lenses I already have. One of the big things for me is long exposure lightning and lots of landscapes. There is no back IR sensor there is also no remote shutter plug available either. In addition to the loss of the sensor cleaning feel this is a huge loss in functionality regardless of having really great stats on the sensor. Being fairly new into the Nikon camp and as a consumer, I keep looking at the newer models and scratch my head thinking they aren’t as good as the previous generation. I have a 5500 and would not trade it for a 5600.I am also fairly confident i’ll buy the 7200 over 7500 too if I don’t decide to go into another camp. They don’t feel like upgrades but more so tradeoffs within the same ecosystem. This camera doesn’t really require a lot of adjustment to make great pics.I generally have it in program mode -0.3 EV standard picture style with the contrast and saturation pushed up a notch and when it’s sunny and bright out. I just set the white balance correspondingly to sunny conditions.