DSLR gains from the Nikon D7000: cross your fingers

Mcgregor,

Its been said aperture had to be set before live view does that mean only for those new lenses without aperture rings?

What about old manual lenses with aperture rings? Can you adjust them even when in live view?

Ted
 
I dont have any manual aperture lenses with me but I bet you´re right. I was planing in looking for an old manual 50mm tomorrow in 2nd hand stores.
 
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teddybear said:
Mcgregor,

Its been said aperture had to be set before live view does that mean only for those new lenses without aperture rings?

What about old manual lenses with aperture rings? Can you adjust them even when in live view?

Ted
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Of-course, they're manual. You can easily de-click the aperture ring on the ai and ai-s lenses too.
 
That would be good news. So far, in the samples I have seen, the colors seem more natural and organic compared to the canon palette.
 
teddybear said:
Mcgregor,

Its been said aperture had to be set before live view does that mean only for those new lenses without aperture rings?

What about old manual lenses with aperture rings? Can you adjust them even when in live view?

Ted
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D Lenses (AF+Aperture Ring) = no luck for manual adjustment. Get the Fee error.

Ai Lenses = aperture works as expected. My 50mm is a very tight fit on the D7000, though - had to force it to mount and the aperture ring was very stiff.
 
Sinapps,

In another forum I posed same question to a d7000 user and his observations is that an old manual lens works, its workflow is this,

1.Step down lens aperture to smallest f stop (to avoid FEE error and to get into live view.)
2.Set shutter speed (as this locks after entering live view.)
3.Enter live view.
4.Change aperture and ISO to get desired exposure or effect.
5.record

To change shutter speed, bring back aperture to smallest setting, change speed, adjust aperture accordingly.

Not exactly FULL MANUAL CONTROL per se, But this is ok.
 
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teddybear said:
Sinapps,

In another forum I posed same question to a d7000 user and his observations is that an old manual lens works, its workflow is this,

1.Step down lens aperture to smallest f stop (to avoid FEE error and to get into live view.)
2.Set shutter speed (as this locks after entering live view.)
3.Enter live view.
4.Change aperture and ISO to get desired exposure or effect.
5.record

To change shutter speed, bring back aperture to smallest setting, change speed, adjust aperture accordingly.

Not exactly FULL MANUAL CONTROL per se, But this is ok.
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This would be with a D-lense I would guess. AI and AI-S lenses should not give any FEE error.
 
Sinapps,

In another forum I posed same question to a d7000 user and his observations is that an old manual lens works, its workflow is this,

1.Step down lens aperture to smallest f stop (to avoid FEE error and to get into live view.)
2.Set shutter speed (as this locks after entering live view.)
3.Enter live view.
4.Change aperture and ISO to get desired exposure or effect.
5.record

To change shutter speed, bring back aperture to smallest setting, change speed, adjust aperture accordingly.

Not exactly FULL MANUAL CONTROL per se, But this is ok.​
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Thanks for that "Oh mightly DIY Master". :) I updated the first post. VERY GOOD TO KNOW. BUMMER FOR SURE....but good to know.
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Either I am misunderstanding these conversations, or there is already some bad/wrong information getting out about this camera.

When you change the settings via Shooting Menu / Movie Settings / Manual Movie Settings and toggle to ON, you can change aperture, white balance, and shutter speed not only in Live View, but while in the middle of recording a movie, too.

I just did exactly that with my old Nikkor 35mm F2 lens on the D7000.
 
Correct.

Really, people need to RTFM. I may have just misunderstood these posts, but it's mindboggling that people don't realize you can exercise full manual control in Live View and while recording.
 
FYI:

If you have old fast primes AND you want shallow-ish depth of field AND you want your footage to look like film (e.g. 180-degree shutter), you will need a set of ND filters.
 
Correct.

Really, people need to RTFM. I may have just misunderstood these posts, but it's mindboggling that people don't realize you can exercise full manual control in Live View and while recording.​
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YouTube video demo? I KNOW alot of people want to see HOW to do it in the D7000. It's NOT that we can't figure it out....it's that many of us don't HAVE the D7000 yet....and we'd just like to see how to do it. I understood TeddyBear's post just fine...still...seeing it would be nice.
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I totally wish I had the time to post a video of my first impressions. I may do so later. I'm about to break out the tripod, so maybe I'll throw something on this thread later.

I'm learning tons on the fly. I am coming from the world of video camera + 35mm adapters, so this is still new to me. :-)

xoxo
 
Mirezzi said:
Correct.

Really, people need to RTFM. I may have just misunderstood these posts, but it's mindboggling that people don't realize you can exercise full manual control in Live View and while recording.
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Yes, there absolutely is full manual control of video on the D7000.

But...you cannot change aperture on the body with lenses that have no aperture ring while in live view. But you can set it beforehand.

And if you turn the ring of AF lenses the have an aperture ring, the dreaded FEE error appears on the LCD and live view cannot be activated.

This workaround is for lenses that have an aperture ring and give the FEE error on the body when the aperture is not fully closed. The camera won't let you enter live view in this state, so you have to enter live view and THEN open up the aperture. The FEE error returns but the camera still allows you to shoot video in this state, while FEE is displayed. That's all this workaround is for, but appears to be necessary with these lenses.

Another omitted point in the list above is that the camera body itself has to be set to the smallest aperture of the mounted lens before going into live view, otherwise the lens will only stop down so far, regardless of the ring position.

With older manual lenses this should not be necessary to even do this. But in any case, if your lens (of any flavor) has an actual aperture ring, you CAN adjust aperture without leaving live view. This is good news and shouldn't be seen as anything else.
 
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Yes, there absolutely is full manual control of video on the D7000.

But...you cannot change aperture on the body with lenses that have no aperture ring while in live view. But you can set it beforehand.

And if you turn the ring of AF lenses the have an aperture ring, the dreaded FEE error appears on the LCD and live view cannot be activated.

This workaround is for lenses that have an aperture ring and give the FEE error on the body when the aperture is not fully closed. The camera won't let you enter live view in this state, so you have to enter live view and THEN open up the aperture. The FEE error returns but the camera still allows you to shoot video in this state, while FEE is displayed. That's all this workaround is for, but appears to be necessary with these lenses.

Another omitted point in the list above is that the camera body itself has to be set to the smallest aperture of the mounted lens before going into live view, otherwise the lens will only stop down so far, regardless of the ring position.

With older manual lenses this should not be necessary to even do this. But in any case, if your lens (of any flavor) has an actual aperture ring, you CAN adjust aperture without leaving live view. This is good news and shouldn't be seen as anything else.
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Thank you! I updated the first post on this thread again. Manual control? YES.
 
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