D7000 Official!

Bitrate and HDMI are deciding factors.
As for hack. I don't know of any hacks for Nikon DSLRs.
They are very conservative on firmware releases.
Generally our best bet today is to contact proper guys or have our own BGA flash reader.
So we could get any firmware without waiting. Just after release.
 
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Scott rinckenberger on the CHASE JARVIS blog says:

"The rolling shutter is quite a bit better than we had seen in the previous cameras. There is manual exposure for shooting video."

I'm very happy about this.
 
Anyone know what the bitrate data is for the 1080p video? Nikon doesn't seem to have any info on their website.

I hope it's comparable to Canon 7D/5D. I'm loving the low light abilities that I see so far in videos. I've been waiting to see what Nikon does with Video as I prefer the organic look of Nikon's images over Canon and Panasonic

60p would have been nice, but that doesn't bother me too much.

I think this will be a very good purchase :)
 
Other than the fact that this is Nikon's first DSLR with 1080p and manual controls, can someone fill me in why this might be a more exciting product than the Canon 60D?

I'm not knocking Nikon... I Looooove Nikon cameras and lenses. But for video, why might this be a better product?? I can't see it from the specs. I was set on buying a 60D in a few weeks but might consider waiting a bit for this.

Also, the video from what I've seen so far look kind of muddy, but that might be youtube compression and low light shooting mud/noise.

semajha said:
This is way more exciting than the Canon 60D... W00t, can't wait! I might be upgrade to this.
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Assuming it's FAT32 then we're looking at 26Mbps H.264 1080p given there is a 20min record limit according to Nikons spec sheet. BUT the specs say MAX record time so maybe that's 20min @ 720p.
 
I'm at work, and so can only use a pretty bad monitor that will only allow 720p, but on those youtube samples:

* I see mud (could be youtube's compression, let's bet on that so far)
* I also don't see wobble, I guess in this respect the D7000 will be at least as good as the canons (unlike previous nikons)

but the big deal is:
* I don't see moire
* I see very little aliasing (just on cables hanging over the streets, everything else seems fine)

I want to read "no line-skipping" out of that, but even if it was still there Chase Jarvis would have worked around that problem...

it could be the reason why they can't do 60p

I know this is going to sound totally weird, it actually hurts my brain just asking, but: are there any ugly PR-guy-without-a-clue tests out there somewhere?
 
even if the camera uses fat32 it most likely supports fat16, which without doing the math myself but since the max file size is half would mean it's 13 mbps? not great.
 
24 fps works fine at 25 fps but not without problems, mainly with audio sync and pitch since the picture speed difference is small,but also with shutter speeds under 50 hz lighting, you have to shoot manually at 1/25, 1/50 or 1/100.
 
Well it sounds like Vitaliy is keen on it so maybe he can push the bit-rate to over 50Mbps and make it a 5D killer.
 
dadoboy said:
Other than the fact that this is Nikon's first DSLR with 1080p and manual controls, can someone fill me in why this might be a more exciting product than the Canon 60D?
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Well as far as only talking about the video aspect, the D7000 has alot better ISO performance compared to the 60D. Which is important regardless of shooting stills or video.

Also, and this of course depends on where and how you use it, the body quality is alot better and weather sealed. Which is a big + when shooting outdoors. Other then that it looks like they are pretty equal as far as video goes, not sure which one will give less jello, but the D7000 looks very promising.

As for stills, i would say it´s a no contest for the D7000 since it outdo the D60 in almost every feaure, except for mp, but 1.8 mp isnt important if it only gives you more noise instead of a better iq so that´s a tick box feature win only.
 
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squig said:
Assuming it's FAT32 then we're looking at 26Mbps H.264 1080p given there is a 20min record limit according to Nikons spec sheet. BUT the specs say MAX record time so maybe that's 20min @ 720p.
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key point right here...

26mbps h.264

if it doesnt have b-frames, expect mud.
 
no articulated lcd , odd why only its D5000 has that ... and odd that the D90 replacement is called D7000 , not D95 or something .. video looks good ,, annoyingly pretty people all the same .....
 
From day 1 I've thought that Nikon's highlight roll off & color were more film like than the 5D but in every other regard the Canon's were kicking their butt. If Nikon finally got the codec & bitrate right this time then they may finally have a winner but that's yet to be seen. Again, if they caught up with resolution, codec & bitrate then the only thing missing is the very useful 60p.
Glad to see they also learned a thing or two from Canon's marketing department & released a quality promo video with the camera.
Wonder what kinda ISO's he was shooting the night/bar scenes at? Sure would be nice if the camera can shoot passable stuff at 1250 like the 7D.
 
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I want to read "no line-skipping" out of that, but even if it was still there Chase Jarvis would have worked around that problem...
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I'm not sure about that, he doesn't seem to be too familiar with shooting video after all?!
I mean, honestly, the short was pretty poorly executed. Shouldn't it blow us away with what the footage can look like rather than shooting low light scenes with a zoom starting at f3.5 which appears to look 'not too bad' regarding the setup, imagining what ISO it must have been?

There are so many talented DSLR filmmakers out there that could have shown the true potential of this camera if used right for this purpose.

Why does this keep happening again and again, those are major companies, they should have tons of people to get this done right.

AAARGH
 
burnardo said:
I assume the viewfinder will be dead when shooting video, right?
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It kind of has to. The mirror in front of the sensor has to be moved away for shooting, otherwise it would be blind. Moving it away means that the viewfinder will be dead.
 
stip said:
Why does this keep happening again and again, those are major companies, they should have tons of people to get this done right.
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Considering the usual Nikon video sample releases up to this point, this is a huge step in the right direction.

Also, why are you criticizing the guy for using a 3.whatever lens? Maybe they did that on purpose to show off the ISO range of the camera. It's more or less a marketing video so showing off how far you can push the thing till it breaks is kinda what you'd want. If you want clean, crisp, low ISO images then watch the pretty people playing in the desert video. Honestly, I've got no clue what you're cranky about here.
 
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