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Playback and Shooting Menus

For an entry-level camera, the Nikon D3500 has a remarkable number of options and settings you can use to customize the way your camera operates. Not only can you change shooting settings used at the time the picture is taken, but you can adjust the way your camera behaves. Indeed, if your D3500 doesn’t operate in exactly the way you’d like, chances are you can make a small change in the Playback, Shooting, and Setup menus that will tailor the D3500 to your needs.

This chapter will help you sort out the settings for two of the D3500’s menus. These are the Playback and Shooting menus, which determine how the D3500 displays images on review, and how it uses many of its shooting features to take a photo. I’ll cover ...

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